Little Feat

[fox69]

"Heaven's Where You Find It"

"Heaven's Where You Find It"


Every time I see you
You're singin' the same old blues
You've got it wrong, love's not a matter of pride
It's a matter of pick and choose

If the sun was shinin'
You'd probably wish for rain
With you, up is down, in is out,
I'm tired of hearing you complain

Heaven's where you find it
Don't you know it's true
Heaven's where you find it
Standin' right there, right in front of you

We got somethin' goin'
Sweeter than a buckwheat cake
Can't you see love's in your backyard
Right here waitin' for you to take

Why don't we stop this nonsense
Get your feet back on the ground
For a country boy you got your nerve
You been livin' large all over this town

Heaven's where you find it
Don't you know it's true
Heaven's where you find it
Standin' right there, right in front of you

I know you men are prowlers
Can't leave nothin' alone
You always think the grass is greener
I got more than you need, right here at home

Just behind the pearly gates
With permission, I'll demonstrate
Here's a clue, for what it's worth
There's a paradise right here on Earth

Heaven's where you find it
Don't you know it's true
Heaven's where you find it
Standin' right there, right in front of you

 

[fox69]

"Hi Roller"

"Hi Roller"


Hi roller and a lowball jack
Stuck outside trying to truck it on back
Marooned on a lake, in a bad boder town
Watchin' the marks lay their money down
Hey now Jack, say hi, here's a sight to see
There's a queen of hears, and her fancy's free
Ace in the hole, it feels so nice
I'm just a fool, in a pair of dice

So hi roller, you're a lowball Jack
Stuck out of luck, get on back
She said she's a winner, that was easy to see
I told her there was something she could do for me, yeah

Lady, oh lady, be the wild card in my hand
I can't win for losing
In this no man's land
I been dealin' from the bottom
The bottom of the deck
Blind alleys and dead ends, it's a lousy
Shipwreck

 

[fox69]

"Home Ground"

"Home Ground"


It's steamin'
And I'm screamin' down
That red hot blacktop
On cruise control
And my tires are tired
But I still got such a
Long way to go... 'till I'm

Coastin' back to that west coast
North of movie town
Where my baby's waitin'
Holdin' down that home ground
Holdin' down that home ground

When it's freezin'
So cold in the mornin'
Ya know I really hate to go
Don't need no stage door jennie, no bad luck penny
Lookin' for a one night Romeo

Was a time I was crazy
I played a fool... I was a clown
Now I got my baby
Shes a holdin' down the home ground
Holdin' down the home ground

This room service lifestyle
It's OK for a while
But a little homecookin' would sure bring a smile
There was a caterer in decatur
She once grabbed my eye
But I came to my senses
And passed on the my...my...my...

Now I'm dreamin'
Bout that old coast highway
The castles made of stone
And the road through the mountain
That's where I'm countin' on makin my turn for home

I'm breakin' all the limits
Way past the speed of sound
Gettin' back with my baby
Shes a holdin' down the home ground
Holdin' down the home ground
Holdin' down the home ground

 

[fox69]

"Hoy Hoy"

"Hoy Hoy"


Back door sliders, narrow escapes
Busted gray wall, greasy embrace
Finances ailing, crawlin' down
The rain slicked alleys, ain't no escape in this town

Blood on the stone, blood on the rock
Consumed with the passion, that only time could unlock
One life wasted, another one gone
The streets are on fire, and I'm calling you home

Hoy hoy
Hoy hoy
Don't go there boy

Juanita's daughter got her kicks in the streets
And her mama's warning "you better duck the heat"
She's got a concrete body with candy cane hair
Razor balde business appearin' out of thin air

Stars fallin' down, snow on the ground
Chasin' the dragons all over the town
The dream catcher's wagon, lurkin' to loom
A one dance ducka, you know he's workin' the room

Hoy hoy
Hoy hoy
Don't go there boy

Preacher's on the corner wrapped in a heavenly light
But noise of the chopper drowns the message tonight
He says "you saucy senoritas take care where you swing
Cause the lords of the boulevard don't owe you a thing."

Hoy hoy
Hoy hoy
Don't go there boy

Hoy hoy
Hoy hoy
Hoy hoy
Hoy hoy

 

[fox69]

"I Do What The Telephone Tells Me To Do"

"I Do What The Telephone Tells Me To Do"


Wake up, and have a cup
Turn on the t.v... read the paper
Cause I know someone's calling me up
Waitin' for the phone to ring
Get me up and do my thing
Cause I do what the telephone tells me to do
That's the truth dog
Just a waitin' on you

Cause I do what the telephone tells me to do
Hey fool maybe you do too
Everybody's got a telephone ringin'
Everybody got a telephone singin'

So whets new, whets swinging
Whets goin' on where your phones ringin'
I hear your friends are way too lazy
Is waking up at Wal-Mart making you crazy
If you looking for action
Pure satisfaction
Well I do what the telephone tells me to do
Here's my number call me up and I'll
Do it with you

Cause I do what the telephone tells me to do
Hey fool maybe you do too
Everybody's got a telephone ringin'
Everybody got a telephone singin'

Ya tell me yeah, ya tell me no
Always telling me where to go
Sitting' here and the phone starts to ring
Feelin' good the way it pulls my string
When I get tired of all the talk
Go outside and take a walk
Locked in a cell with old ma belle
Sometimes things just don't go so well

Cause I do what the telephone tells me to do
Hey fool maybe you do too
Everybody's got a telephone ringin'
Everybody got a telephone singin'

 

[fox69]

"I Got Happiness"

"I Got Happiness"


I'm out here standin' on the corner
Guess I'll shuffle down the street
My baby's gettin' kinda tasty
Freedom, oh it can't be beat

Wayward lawd lawd
Wayward oh no
Wayward oh no no
I got happiness

You know pressure seems to get me
Travelin' with my hat in my hand
Lookin' for a hand out
Hand out in no mans land

Wayward lawd lawd
Wayward oh no
Wayward oh no no
I got happiness

I might be down, but down don't bother me
I'm on the green side of the lawn
You see, I'm still kickin' yeah

Don'tcha ever get to thinkin'
This trap of life is gettin' tough
I raise my hands and get to walkin'
Sometimes I think I've had enough

 

[fox69]

"I Will Pay For Gumbo"

"I Will Pay For Gumbo"


I don't smoke, I don't shoot smack
But I got a spicy monkey ridin' on my back.
Don't eat beignets, too much sugar and dough,
But I will play for gumbo
Yes, I will play for gumbo

It started at my Grandma's kitchen down by the sea,
She warned me when she told me "son the first one's free"
It hit me like a rock or some Taikwondo,
Cause I will play for gumbo
Oh yea, I will play for gumbo.

A piece of French bread
With which to wipe my bowl,
Good for the body.
Good for the soul.
It's a little like religion
And a lot like sex.
You should never know
When you're gonna get it next.
At midnight in the quarter or noon in Thibadeaux
I will play for gumbo
Yes, I will play for gumbo.

I'm not talkin' quesadillas or a dozen Krispy Kremes,
Or a pound of caviar that's a rich man's dream.
No banana split No fillet of pompano.
No, I will play for gumbo,
Yeah, I will play for gumbo

A piece of French bread
With which to wipe my bowl,
Good for the body.
Good for the soul.
It's a little like religion
And a lot like sex.
You should never know
When you're gonna get it next.
At midnight in the quarter or noon in Thibadeaux
I will play for gumbo
Yes, I will play for gumbo.

Maybe it's the sausage or those pretty pink shrimp
Or that popcorn rice that makes me blow up like a blimp.
Maybe it's that voodoo from Marie Leveaux,
But I will play for gumbo
Yeah, I will play for gumbo

The sauce boss does his cookin' on the stage,
Stirrin' and a singing for his nightly wage.
Sweating and frettin' from his head to his toe,
Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo
Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo

 

[fox69]

"I'd Be Lyin'"

"I'd Be Lyin'"


Slippin' on down into my easy chair
All the channel changes in the world out there
Rag and bone man is shoutin' the news
And you know I'll believe it
If you say that it's true

Still sittin' here watchin' as it all goes by
A thousand angles of our darkest side
A typical day, mind closed up in a box
Don't the world go 'round
The writing's on the wall

[Pre-Chorus]
But the lines are all a mess
Horizontal ripples in a vertical stream
Any resemblance, living or dead
Is accidental, nothings as it seems

[Chorus:]
I'd be lyin', if I didn't ask why
I'd be lyin', if I let it go by
I could say it makes no difference how I try
But I, I'd be lyin'

There's no end to the means, a means to an end
When all you have is yourself as a friend
An angel's there, swept beneath your heart
The world before you
You can't look in it's face

Moire lights turn day for night
The blue dog singin' in the same blue rain
There's a lot in life I let slip away
It was compromise through idle eyes

Stretch your mind, not your hand
Makin' a list as you walk back the cat
I'd be dealin' in the wind

 

[fox69]

"I've Been The One"

"I've Been The One"


I've been the one who has been frightened
And almost borne away
By the very thoughts that I feared yesterday
And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes
How can I cry about something from someone that I won't see

Oh my friends all say she had her chance
Let's go shoot some pool
You know a fool is just a fool
And I've tried everything that whiskey cures
But the pain endures
And now I'm feeling that pain
I put my pride in my pocket
That's how I'll spend my loneliest days
And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes

Don't know what to do
Hold the lamp above the rafters
These smoke-filled rooms will not replace her

I've been the one who has been frightened
And almost borne away
By the very thoughts that I feared yesterday
And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes

 

[fox69]

"In A Town Like This"

"In A Town Like This"


The highway running serpentine through canebrake and maple
Reluctantly relinquishing to hardwood and pine
The towns fly by and disappear a sameness grown tenacious
Enduring faithful year after year

Any boy who's got a past can disappear
And never cast a shadow

In a town like this everybody knows
In a town like this everybody knows

Girl child born in '82, raised inside a fog of wealth
Nurtured by the Ozark Nazarenes
Silent and serene drifting in a dream
The promise of a future

Any boy who's lookin to get lost just might be found

In a town like this everybody knows
In a town like this everybody knows

The woods conceal with screens of green so fine
The mountain now invisible to the naked eye
And in the rhythm of a mountain night
A melody surrenders
And falls down to earth a beautiful surprise

Any boy can come to town look around settle down
In a town like this everybody knows
It's a cryin' shame