Little Feat

[fox69]

"Skin It Back"

"Skin It Back"


Well I'm waitin' for something to take place
Something to take me away from this race
'Round city to city, town to town
Runnin' around in the shoes of a clown
And that desperate, no count, desperado
A depot of love, my business is the street
I be shakin' 'em down, oh Colorado
Texas she's nice but Georgia's oh so sweet
Steal away with me darlin', your lovin' just can't be beat
So it seems that the world keeps on turnin' but so what
I don't doubt it, it just keeps on the move
You're a dream and that's all that I ask for
So well now, I'm wonderin' just how I'm gonna tell it to you
Skin it back (skin it back).

Somethin' real, somethin' to feel
I can't find a soul who'll take on this mess
It's those rock and roll hours
Early graves without flowers
Please, please darlin' put my mind at rest
I'm beggin', please darlin' put my mind at rest
So it seems that the world keeps on turnin' but so what
I don't doubt it, it just keeps on the move
You're a dream and that's all that I ask for
So well now, I'm wonderin' just how I'm gonna tell it to you
Skin it back, tell it to you
Skin it back, tell it to you
Skin it back, tell it to you
Skin it back, tell it to you.

 

[fox69]

"Snakes On Everything"

"Snakes On Everything"


Someone looking out for me
You can step right up and show yourself if you will
It seems like I've been hiding from my friends too long
You can take over for a while- I need the rest
A chance to laugh it off
I ain't made sense in so long - I almost quit trying

This can't be the way it's supposed to work
I've tried by myself and now I want to try it out with you
You may not believe I need it - I haven't shown it in the past
It took me a while to get above myself
I barely made the test
You're out there and I feel you
So come on out of hiding

Someone looking out for me
You can step right up and show yourself if you will
It seems like I've been hiding from my friends too long
You can take over for a while - I need the rest
A chance to laugh it off
I ain't made sense in so long - I almost quit trying

 

[fox69]

"Somebody's Leavin'"

"Somebody's Leavin'"


Tell me somebody
What was it like when you saw your whole life go under?
Did you cry?
Was there someone there or were you on your own
Why can't two people
Leave well enough alone
Just being here is lonely
So why don't you just give me a chance to come into your life
Did you hear me when I told you I loved you
Forgetting what you might not know
Somebody's leavin' tonight
Somebody's leavin' tonight

So why don't you let me take you down to old mexico
Where you can dream, none so sweet as dream I have of holding you
Did you hear me when I told you I loved you
Forgetting what you might not know
I've tried so many ways just to tell you
But you left me here jus to hold my own
And I know that you been hurting, 'cause I been hurtin' too
Somebody's leavin' tonight
Somebody's leavin' tonight

 

[fox69]

"Something In The Water"

"Something In The Water"


She don't look like her mother
Nothing like her father
How else can you explain it must be something in the water

Pig tails, overalls, freckles on her face
Skinny as a toothpick turned side ways,
Something happened to her when she turned sixteen,
From a little Dixie Chicken to a Mississippi Queen,

She spent her days a fishin with a bamboo cane
Every night skinny dippin in the Ponchatrain
IF you were living breatin, had two feet
You would be stalking that girl cause she looked so sweet

You could always find her when the night time fell,
Drinking of a bucket from an old stone well,
Drinking from her hand,
Dancing to the moon,
She don't look like her mother, nothing like her father,
How else can you explain it must be something in the water.

I never will forget that look in her eye
The night she took me down to the riverside,
She wrapped herself around me like a honey suckle vine
An let me have a taste of wild cherry wine

You could always find her when the nighttime fell
Drinking of a bucket from an old stone well
Drinking from her hand
Singing to the moon
She don't look like her mother
Nothing like her father
Folks round here say it's something in the water

Two straight months without any rain
I never ever saw that girl again
But I still got her picture
Burning in my head
Dancing in a downpour
Soaking wet.
You could always find when the night time fell
Drinking of a buck of an old stone well
Drinking from her hand howling at the moon
She don't look like her mother nothing like her father
How else can you explain it must be something in the water
She don't look like her mother nothing like her father
Folks round here say it something in the water

 

[fox69]

"Spanish Moon"

"Spanish Moon"


Well the night that I got into town
Was the night of the rain, it froze on the ground
Down the street I heard such a sorrowful tune
Comin' from the place they call the Spanish Moon.

Well I stepped inside and stood by the door
While a dark girl sang and played the guitar
There was hookers and hustlers, they filled up the room
I heard about this place they call the Spanish Moon.

There's whiskey and bad cocaine
Poison get you just the same
And if that... that don't... kill you soon
The women will down at the Spanish Moon.

Well I pawned my watch and I sold my ring
Just to hear that girl sing, yeah yeah
I don't care who, you can wake up ruined
You can lose it all down at the Spanish Moon.

 

[fox69]

"Spider's Blues (Might Need It Sometimes)"

"Spider's Blues (Might Need It Sometimes)"


Spider was a funny old fellow,
Had long skinny arms and legs
He used to spin around the dance floor,
That's how he got his name

Well long last Sunday down at the May soiree
Hurricane Lucy hit Spider and the bodies flew every which way
Spider told Lucy 'Girl I'd like to give ya a piece of my mind'
She said, 'Ya better hold on, Ya better hold on
Ya better hold on to it honey
You might need it sometime'

Well the Spider and Lucy they started datin' in June
They danced every night together from then until the August moon
Shined a light so bright they began to swoon

Then the Spider asked Lucy 'girl won't you be my bride?
I got a hundred dollar bill and a slightly used Cadillac ride
And girl if ya say I do I'll give ya everything I got that's mine'
She said, 'Ya better hold on, Ya better hold on
Ya better hold on to it honey
You might need it sometime'

Now the Spider and Lucy were gettin' hitched in the Spring
He took his hundred dollar bill and he bought the girl a cracker jack ring
Standing there at the alter it was as quiet as a tomb
Til he promised her 44 kids and a house with 22 rooms
Lucy screamed 'Spider, are you crazy? What's wrong with you?
Ya better hold on, Ya better hold on
Ya better hold on to it honey
You might need it sometime
Ya better hold on, Ya better hold on
Ya better hold on to it honey
You might need it sometime'

 

[fox69]

"Straight From The Heart"

"Straight From The Heart"


It was a mystery, one of a kind
There's no doubt about it
Over my shoulder I was lookin' to see
Just what was comin', comin' at me.

One step up, two steps back
Right on the money, got me right on the line
Straight from her heart, straight into mine
Feelin' I'm gettin' comin' through fine
I'm gettin' it straight from the heart.

Try to remember, don't you forget
Don't ever doubt it
Up from behind, just hiding from view
The love of a lifetime may sneak in on you.

One step up, two steps back
Right on the money, clear down the line
Straight from the heart, straight to your mind
The love that you're gettin' is comin' through fine
You're gettin' it straight from the heart.

You're lookin' so puzzled, no need to be
Didn't I tell you, don't ever doubt me.

One step up, two steps back
What got behind you, well it got through to me yeah
Straight from the heart, straight to your mind
The love that you're gettin' is comin' through fine
You're gettin' it straight from the heart.

Gettin' it, gettin' it straight from the heart
Gettin' it, gettin' it straight from the heart
Gettin' it, gettin' it straight from the heart...

 

[fox69]

"Strawberry Flats"

"Strawberry Flats"


Ripped off and run out of town
Had my guitar burned when I was clownin'
Haven't slept in a bed for a week
And my shoes feel like they're part of my feet
Let me come down where I won't be a bother to no one
Let me unwind please give me a hole to recline in

Knocked on my friend's door in moody texas
And asked if he had a place for me
His hair was cut off and he was wearing a suit
And he said not in my house, not in my house
You look like you're part of a conspiracy

Now I'm six hours out on strawberry flats
Trying to get to Waco 'fore it freezes over
They're stopping every one who looks too weird
At the ghoul bust texas road block
Oh let me come down where I won't be a bother to no one
Let me unwind please give me a hole to recline in

Got a ride on a highway king
Made the cross road by nine fifteen
If I don't find a place to crash
Well I might as well cash it all in

If I was a no 'count gambler or a Texas fool
Or a millionaire with a suit and real short hair
Or do you even care

 

[fox69]

"Takin' My Time"

"Takin' My Time"


I'm just takin' my time so please don't rush me
I gotta sort out some things I didn't know existed
I've been here before I know where the traps lie
I can only take what's there 'cause the rest doesn't matter

I'm tired of talk so please don't rush me
You know I want the same things that you do
You're wastin' your time the way you come on to me
Slow down your rhymes and try to reason

You can't make things move any faster
By second-wishing them to death
You seem to be living on a level that's decent enough
You got what you wanted so why do you tell me
I'm on the wrong track
I'm doing the best I can do

Why try to out-guess a situation
That I know you're not even fully aware of
I want you to know that if it keeps on this way
I can't keep on letting you bring me down

 

[fox69]

"Tattoo Girl"

"Tattoo Girl"


In the summer when it rains in the afternoon
Heat running sweet from the earth to the moon
Nobody’s gonna tell you what you gotta do
In the Summer when it rains in the afternoon

You’re a tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
A tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
A tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
Try to make it lighter
Keeps on getting older

At a certain time of day when gravity is light
Still seems like things could work out right
The hot dusty past is long left behind
At a certain time of day when gravity is light

You’re a tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
A tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
A tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
Try to make it lighter
Keeps on getting older

When the night time comes and baby’s got the blues
Refrigerator’s leaking, dog ate the shoe
There’s a party up the street but the party ain’t for you
When the night time comes and baby’s got the blues

You’re a tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
A tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
A tattooed girl with the world on her shoulders
Try to make it lighter
Keeps on getting older