Little Feat

[fox69]

"Fighting The Mosquito Wars"

"Fighting The Mosquito Wars"


Say goodbye to the simple things
Say goodbye to all of that
Ever wonder where a road can lead you
When you've turned your back
Sittin' on the banks of a north flowing river
All the years and tears flowing down
Lookin' for a lazy mans way out
Under vast untroubled skies

Say what you will
Is what i see what others see
Say what you will
This is my territory now

Lookin' up not a cloud in the sky
Been gone for years
Fighting the mosquito wars
Still carry the scars but they're fading away
I'll see you on the other side some day

The sun setting off of her smile
It was pure magic
Can still see her wading hip high in green water
Watching the dancing northern lights
Ghosts in the sky ghosts in the sky
Stealing the thunder

So say goodbye to the simple things
Say goodbye to all of that
How can you know where a road can lead to
When you turn your back
I took a hike in the costal mountains
All the years and tears flowing down
The sun on the ocean shone like a jewell
A whisper of better times
Of better times

Lookin' up not a cloud in the sky
Been gone for years
Fighting the mosquito wars
Still cary the scars
But they're fadin' away
I'll see you on the other side some day

 

[fox69]

"Fool Yourself"

"Fool Yourself"


Look out child your bound to change,
You can't ever stay the same
Cause if you keep on singin' the same old lines
You're going to look around babe and find your friend's out of town

Watch out girl the words your sayin' don't really fit the play
Somebody else you might talk to now
Knows what you sayin' what you mean
They don't help your style

You might say you ain't got a hold on yourself
You might say you always try your best
You might say you only need a rest
You might say you can only fool yourself
I said fool yourself
I said fool yourself

Don't believe the words you read
They're written on the street
And every time you know you play their game
They'll knock you down and take your pride away

See how bad you need to cry
But no matter how you try
It's the same old story once again
You always have number one who calls you friend
I call you friend

You might say you ain't got a hold on yourself
You might say you always try your best
You might say you only need a rest
You might say you can only fool yourself
I said fool yourself
I said fool yourself
I said fool yourself

 

[fox69]

"Forty-Four Blues / How Many More Years"

"Forty-Four Blues / How Many More Years"


I wore my.44 so long, Lord it made my shoulder sore
I wore my.44 so long, Lord it made my shoulder sore
I'm going to a party, where they say my baby's gone

I bin so bad this mornin', I don't know what I'm gonna do
Well, I woke up so mad this mornin', I just don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm going to my baby's house, I'm gonna tell her where I'm goin'

How many more years, are you gonna dog me around
How many more years, are you gonna dog me around
You took all my money, all my love too

Well I went down to my baby's house
And I asked her for my clothes
Well I went down to my baby's house
And I asked her for my clothes
Ah hoo

 

[fox69]

"Front Page News"

"Front Page News"


Don't it always seem to hit you?
Right when you think you can lay back easy
Those times are hard to come by
Sittin' still with nothin' on your mind.

Memories are friends that you had
It's so clear if you need to see
I can count on you, you can count, you can count on me.

Those clouds outside your doorway
Don't seem so dark or move so fast
If you keep on rocking long as it keeps raining
Back and forth on your porch
Just keep on rocking, keep on rocking.

If I could only tell you what I feel now
It's been so long inside of me
All the years that I've been trying
To stay in touch, to stay in line
Trying just to be myself, be myself and no one else.

Front page right through to back page
Have I got news for you?

You know the story, it's the truth, love's the proof
If you keep on rocking long as it keeps raining
Back and forth on your porch
Just keep on rocking, keep on rocking.

Have I got news for you?
Front page, back page
Have I got news for you?
Front page, back page
Have I got news for you?

 

[fox69]

"Gimme A Stone"

"Gimme A Stone"


They come to me and they start to cry
Say ya gotta do something about that guy
They say take this sword I say thanks a lot
But I do allright with this sling I got

Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Stone that I can hold
Stone that I can throw
Someone gimme a stone someone gimme a stone

Never had to fight such a real big man
Just gimme a stone and I'll do what I can
See how he laughs when I put out his eye
And there he'll fall and there he'll die

Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Stone that I can hold
Stone that I can throw
Someone gimme a stone someone gimme a stone

Absalom absalom
Would I die for you my son
I would have it all undone
The way it all came down
When I look at you my son
I see myself when I was your
Saddest thing I ever done
Was put you in the ground

Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Stone that I can hold
Stone that I can throw
Someone gimme a stone someone gimme a stone

Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone
Stone that I can hold
Stone that I can throw
Someone gimme a stone someone gimme a stone

 

[fox69]

"Got No Shadow"

"Got No Shadow"


Take yourself you who love no one else
I can see all that's changing
It ain't so hard smooth as you like it
When you like when you like
It all takes time but
When you know it's work it

You keep your dreams it may be dark tonight
Tomorrow dark to light
It's up to you and me
It could start tonight

Take your life I know you been longing for
Some good dreams good dreams well it's
All right smooth as you like it
When you like when you like

Got no shadow living in the closet with me
You once traveling lonely
Got no shadow living in the closet with me
Making room for you and you for me

 

[fox69]

"Hamburger Midnight"

"Hamburger Midnight"


Square knees was asking for a reason
How can I go sleeping in a car
I got red hot tires my tires are smokin'
I'm so broke I don't wanna stop
My gears are crying
My gears are crying
I got the ha hamburger
Ha hamburger
I got the ha hamburger midnight blues
Got a grease mother she's a holder finder
Keeper of the scooter gas
You gotta lift your tail and seal you fate
Snort the crank your old man stashed
And ride a tin can
Ride a tin can street machine

Square knees was asking for a reason
How can I go sleeping in a car
I got red hot tires my tires are smokin'
I'm so broke I don't wanna stop
My gears are crying
My gears are crying
I got the ha hamburger
I got the ha hamburger
I got the ha hamburger midnight blues

 

[fox69]

"Hangin' On To The Good Times"

"Hangin' On To The Good Times"


Hey old friend, it's been such a long time
Since I saw your smilin' face pressed against my window pane
Though it's the middle of the night
And we were racin' the light of the mornin'
All those new thoughts dawnin'
About the wrong and the right
We spent our money so fine
The girls were standing in line
Every other night
Was always the same
Paradise without any shame

We'd stay up all night
Tryin' to find just the right rhymes
And we were fightin' the good fight
Hangin' on to the good times

Jaunita she's a little bit older now
Spotcheck Billy looks just the same
Three card monte on the boulevard
With mirrors on his shoes

And I just have to laugh
When I recall the time down in New Orleans
Don't ya know
Rained us out of an indoor show
We spent our money so fine
The girls were standin' in line
Down in the quarters at lucky Pierre's
A time of our life without any cares

We'd stay up all night
Tryin' to find just the right rhymes
And we were fightin' the good fight
Hangin' on to the good times

Yes old friend we had some times
And later on the moon declined
To shine its light so benevolently
It's grace withheld from our company
And though we went our own ways
We couldn't escape from where we came
So we find ourselves back at the table again
Tellin' stories of survivors and friends

We'd stay up all night
Tryin' to find just the right rhymes
And we were fightin' the good fight
Hangin' on to the good times
Up all night
Tryin' to find just the right rhymes
And we were fightin' the good fight
Hangin' on to the good times
Up all night
Tryin' to find just the right rhymes
And we were fightin' the good fight
Hangin' on to the good times

 

[fox69]

"Hate To Lose Your Lovin'"

"Hate To Lose Your Lovin'"


Last night I sat my baby right down
And said the talk's all round the town
You're cheatin' while I work all day
I guess that feelin's finally gone
And I got so tired of spendin' my nights alone
So I packed my bags and I'm goin' away

But I sure would hate to lose your lovin' don't you know
If you said good-bye it just wouldn't feel right some how
'Cause it felt so good
Whole lot better than I thought it could
Honey I hate to lose you now

Well I swore I wouldn't sit and cry
'Cause my baby left me both high and dry
Wouldn't sit and pine gonna move on down the line
Well I knew just what I had to do
Had to find me some love that's new
'Cause lovin's so easy to find

But I sure would hate to lose that lovin' don't you know
If you said good-bye it just wouldn't feel right some how
'Cause it felt so good
Whole lot better than I thought it could
Honey I hate to lose you now

But I think it's gonna be all right
'Cause I found a little girl last night
And she said you better just move on in
'Cause I got my rent paid through next week and I'll be out tonight
But don't ya know I'll do my best to be back by ten

I sure would hate to lose that lovin' don't you know
If you said good-bye it just wouldn't feel right some how
'Cause it felt so good
Whole lot better than I thought it could
Honey I hate to lose you now
Don't you know
Honey I hate to lose you now
Tryin to tell you
Honey I hate to lose you now

 

[fox69]

"Heaven Forsaken"

"Heaven Forsaken"


Hamburger Mary's
So down on her luck
After the fall
She couldn't get up
Branded a loser
If that wern't enough
Got busted for panderin'
Man times was tough

Now she is heaven forsaken
Her life has taken a turn
She is heaven forsaken
Whats shakin' is cause for concern

Dj'n joan
She knows shuck and jive
When she do what she doin
Oh man alive
Girl don't ya worry
The lions all been fed
Why don't ya just hush up
And go back to bed

Cause you are heaven forsaken
Your life has taken a turn
Yeah you is heaven forsaken
Whats shakin' is cause for concern

Rise up, rise up, riseup
Rise up, rise up, riseup

Old rasta rosie
She was rockin' along
Learning the lingo
And singin' a song
Theres a good reason
How rosie got old
She pulled extra time
For doin' what she told

Now she is heaven forsaken
Her life has taken a turn
She is heaven forsaken
Whats shakin' is cause for concern
Rise up, rise up, riseup
Rise up, rise up, riseup

Our hero Johnny come lately
Or never it seems
All the cats start to flippin'
When he hits the scene
And if old prince charmin'
He don't come around
They'd be riding you girls
On a rail outta town

Cause you are heaven forsaken
Your life has taken a turn
Yeah you is heaven forsaken
Whats shakin' is cause for concern

Rise up, rise up, riseup
Rise up, rise up, riseup