Little Feat

[fox69]

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"


Well, I ride on a mail train baby
Can't buy a thrill
Well, I been up all night, baby
Leanin' on the window sill
Well, if I die, on top of the hill
And if I don't make it
You know my baby will

Don't the moon look good
Shinin' through the trees
And don't the brakeman look good, baby
Flaggin' down the double "e"
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea
But, don't my man look fine
When he's comin' after me

Now the winter time is comin'
The windows are filled with frost
I went to tell everybody
But, I could not get across
Well, I want to be your lover, baby
I don't to be your boss
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost

 

[fox69]

"Jamaica Will Break Your Heart"

"Jamaica Will Break Your Heart"


As I try to tell this story
Of crystal sands and love and glory
I am reminded by my new friends
Of how it was for me
The sun and herbs did rule the day
At night we danced till the moon went away
I always thought that all was right
’Cause never ever did we fight

Everybody smiles and sings
Jamaica will break your heart, boy
Jamaica will break your heart, boy, boy

Those loving precious hours
Sacred as the flowers
That seemed to bloom as if by chance
An honor to our passing dance
I always told her I’m not worthy
She would laugh and say don’t worry
There ain’t nothing here to prove
Ain’t no mountain to be moved

Everybody smiles and sings
Jamaica will break your heart, boy
Jamaica will break your heart, boy, boy

How this sorry state came to be
You know it ain’t no mystery
A blue eyed boy from ’cross the sea
Erased our love and history
He bought the land he bought the sand
One day she took my hand
You know I’ve got to live she said
And moved into his flowery bed

Everybody smiles and sings
Jamaica will break your heart, boy
Jamaica will break your heart, boy, boy

I’m standing now by foreign streams
Contemplating foreign dreams
What was now is now the past
Who was first is now outcast
I don’t know when but soon, someday
She’s gonna let me come back to stay
And there beside the turquoise sea
My love will be returned to me

Everybody smiles and sings
Jamaica will break your heart, boy
Jamaica will break your heart, boy, boy

 

[fox69]

"Juliette"

"Juliette"


Don't sing sad songs Juliette
'Cause I heard you've been out to get it
I seen you dancin' all night long
What they said about you I hope it
Don't turn out wrong

Red, red roses, lyin' on the ground
Heartache and pain
They call you by name
They follow you around

Juliette talk sweet Juliette
Juliette

The sky is all cast over
And the stars refuse to shine
And your lonely, your life is lonely
Ah in time

Over here don't concur
He said you were out of control
But I don't mind if you were with her one time
So called prince of rock and roll

Red, red roses, lyin' on the ground
Heartache and pain
They call you by name
They follow you around

Juliette
I'm so sorry Juliette

 

[fox69]

"Just A Fever"

"Just A Fever"


In a world so cold
Hip slick and cool
I’m burning up and starting to drool
I’m just a fever

Wanna see your soul
Burning bright and clear
Turn yourself around
And take a lookie here
I’m just a fever

Having visions
Seein’ demons
Shakin’ apostles
Delirium tremens

Feel like kickin’ and I wanna kill
My temperature’s rising
Feelin’ the chill
I’m just a fever

Stoke the fire – fan the flame
Turn up the heat ya know
It’s all the same
I’m just a fever

Having visions
Seein’ demons
Shakin’ apostles
Delirium tremens

You look at me like
I ain’t happened to you yet
Got a little something
Just to make you sweat
I’m just a fever

Dr. Jeckle tried to hide it from me
Then he said
Ya can’t cool down
If you do you’re dead

Having visions
Seein’ demons
Shakin’ apostles
Delirium tremens

Just a fever
I’m just a fever

 

[fox69]

"Just Another Sunday"

"Just Another Sunday"


Took a walk in my old neighborhood
Held my memories in check
My first roll in the hay
Like a roll in the gutter
It was nothing like I expected

I said hold on, hold on tight
Close your eyes (fool) and don't you fight it
I'll take you for the ride of our life
Just another sunday

I ran into this fortune teller
I said tell me about my life
As the candles glowed
My hand she took hold of
To run down her prediction

With her eyes rolled up
Inside her head
My thoughts of fame and wealth
By the time my fortune cookie unfolded
The crystal-ball exploded

I said hold on, hold on tight
Close your eyes (fool) and don't you fight it
I'll take you for the ride of our life
Just another sunday
Your sand castle built with the tide coming
Your empty life intact
You've been handed the bill with no money to pay
Just another small distraction

You say it doesn't matter but the roads we cross
The ins and outs we're lacking
It comes back together at the end of the day
The traps of our own making

I said hold on, hold on tight
Close your eyes (fool) and don't you fight it
I'll take you for the ride of our life
Just another sunday

It's a tale in a shell that you're bound to break out of
But the way you live your life
Your hands gripping at fate as it falls off your plate
In spite of your intentions

I said hold on, hold on tight
Close your eyes (fool) and don't you fight it
I'll take you for the ride of our life
Just another sunday

 

[fox69]

"Keepin' Up With The Joneses"

"Keepin' Up With The Joneses"


Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me
Go on and hang that man who says the best things in life are for free
Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me
She's just one more bad habit I was too blind to see
The lady and I was happy at first
Just livin' from day to day
Off the wall came the call said we're destined to fall
If I don't bring home more pay
Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me
Go on and hang that man who says the best things in life are for free
Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me
She's just one more bad habit I was too blind to see
She spent all my money just like it was spare change
I wonder what I'll lose first my life or my mind
Don't know the doors from the windows
Shee keeps me amused, damaged, and abused
And she said "Small change don't make no sense
And your words are worthless too
And ya best bring home more bacon, darlin',
Or you and me is through"
Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me
Go on and hang that man who says the best things in life are for free
Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me
She's just one more bad habit I was too blind to see

 

[fox69]

"Kiss It Off"

"Kiss It Off"


One so sad, feeling's painful
You can't deny, there is no peace
Is no love, milk-toasted love
Ain't no velvet glove

You were the child of some electric nightmare
And you could move mountains, the swords of fire
They keep you around to watch their house of gold
Keep the hungry away from the sacred grove

You were holy and you made me wonder how
But you looked like a devil who would sieze and shake you down
On the hopes of a tyrant
No one makes it over

There is no peace
Is no love, a milk-toasted love
Ain't no velvet glove

 

[fox69]

"Kokomo"

"Kokomo"


Now anybody ever seen her
They call her Miss Demeanor
Watch the way she slides from side to side
Move so loose, look so good
Plays in every game she could.

Now she smell so sweet, like apple pie
Oh so good 'bout, 'bout to make me die
For a slice or two I'd be a fool
'Round the neighbourhood they say
She don't give no slice away.

You can Kokomo in a China cup
Kind of love I need come from deep inside
Feel so good, oh so right
Oh so good and tight
Kokomo with me yeah, Kokomo with me yeah tonight.

Now if you ever, ever see her
Just call her Miss Demeanor
Plays in every game, game around
Always keep her aces down
Broken hearts all over town.

She can Kokomo in a China cup
Kind of love I need come from deep inside
Feel so good, oh so right
Oh so good and tight
Kokomo with me yeah, Kokomo with me yeah tonight.

 

[fox69]

"Let It Roll"

"Let It Roll"


Rollin' down highway 95
Sailin' through her hometown countryside
Move on over stand astride
My cruise control's in overdrive
Need to take my baby for a ride

Ooo she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo she's like a cool Summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight

Might be doin' more thahn fifty-five
When I sit my baby right down by my side
Where the rubber hit the road
This rig don't dig no overload
Come on, and let my baby ride

Ooo she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo she's like a cool Summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight

Now I know just how heaven feels
When she reach beneath my big old steerin' wheel
Dyna flow, power glide
Bored and stroked, I'm satisfied
When I take my baby for a ride

Ooo she's like a smooth stretch of highway
Ooo she's like a cool Summer breeze
If my motor's runnin' right, we might lose control tonight
Got the shape I love to squeeze, looks that bring me to my knees
Oh please, let it roll tonight

 

[fox69]

"Listen To Your Heart"

"Listen To Your Heart"


Lookin' out on the evening light
You see the lightnin' and the thunder rollin' in
As you strain to keep that setting sun in sight
Ya start to get that Summer feelin' back again
Of a time
Lost in illusion
Not afraid to cross that line

You don't have to close your eyes
You don't have to turn away
You can't expect to take the right road every morning
When you start to feel the words get in the way
Listen to your heart
And what it has to say

You say you're searchin' for some common ground
The golden thread that keeps us all together
And you wish these troubled times would turn around
Bring back just a little warmer weather to your life
To shine through the sorrow
And not fade out with the morning light

But you don't have to close your eyes
You don't have to turn away
You can't expect to take the right road every morning
When you start to feel the words get in the way
Listen to your heart
And what it has to say

You say you're lookin' to leave the danger zone
Lookin to leave off all this pain and sorrow
And you hate so much to live your life alone
But with half a chance you'd say good-bye tomorrow
To be free
From all this confusion
And have it like it used to be
Soft as a Summer day
Warm as a gentle breeze
Rollin' out across the sea

But you don't have to close your eyes
You don't have to turn away
You can't expect to take the right road every morning
When you start to feel the words get in the way
Listen to your heart
And what it has to say