Lucinda Williams

[fox69]

"He Never Got Enough Love"

"He Never Got Enough Love"


His mama ran off when he was just a kid
So he never really knew her at all
Just a picture of a girl in a sad blue dress
Hanging beside a cross on the wall
His daddy used to drive those eighteen wheelers
Now he drives the bottle deep into the night
He was always saying son, you're just no good
You'll never do anything right
He never got enough love in all his life
He wasn't brought up right he never got enough love
The screams and the bruises and the broken bottles
These were things he understood
From busted chairs to a broken heart
He got away as soon as he could
When he was just eighteen he got his very own gun
Shot a kid near a liquor store one night
He was all mixed up he never understood why
He was only lookin' to prove his daddy right
He never got enough love in all his life
He wasn't brought up right he never got enough love
He never got enough love in all his life
He wasn't brought up right he never got enough love

 

[fox69]

"Heaven Blues"

"Heaven Blues"


'Do you all like a kind a more slowed down like that or?'
'groovin'
Gonna make it right, gonna make it right, up in heaven [x4]
Gonna see my mother, gonna see my mother, up in heaven [x4]
I understand, I'll understand, when I get to heaven [x4]
'play guitar'
Gonna talk to God, gonna talk to God, up in heaven [x4]
Gonna make my heaven, gonna make my heaven, gonna make my own heaven [x3]
Gonna make my heaven, gonna make my heaven, gonna make my heaven
Gonna make it right, gonna make it right, when I get to heaven [x4]

 

[fox69]

"Honey Bee"

"Honey Bee"


Oh, my little honey bee
I'm so glad you stung me
You've become my weakness
Now I've got your sweetness
All up in my hair
Honey bee, I swear
We make quite a pair
Oh, my little honey bee

Oh, my little honey bee
I'm so glad you stung me
Buzz around your hive now
You're in overdrive now
Give me such a thrill
Honey bee be still
Oh, my little honey bee

Oh, my little honey bee
I'm so glad you stung me
Now I've got your honey
All over my tummy
Honey bee, it's heaven
Twenty-four seven
Oh.my little honey bee

Oh, my little honey bee
I'm so glad you stung me
You've become my weakness
Now I've got your sweetness
All up in my hair
Honey bee, I swear
We make quite a pair

 

[fox69]

"Hot Blood"

"Hot Blood"


Just a shakin' in my knees, just a cold chill
Don't know what it is, just call it a thrill
Just a lump in my throat, just hot blood
Don't know what it is, some call it love
Well I saw you out in your car
You had the top down, you were drivin' real slow

Well I saw you in the grocery store
Buyin' tomatoes for a casserole

Well I saw you in the laundrymat
Washin' your clothes, gettin' all the dirt out

Well I saw you with your car broke down
Fixin' your flat with a tire iron

 

[fox69]

"House Of Earth"

"House Of Earth"


Come to my house of earth if you would like for me to gather old time feelings back
Come here to my house of good, rich earth if you would like for me to teach your wife a thing or two

Come here to this illegal place with joys and teach your wife this way to grow new boys
I'll take you by your hand and show you pearls of these same feelings that grow pretty girls

I'll wash your feet a couple of times a day 'til all your old time sorrow melts away
You'll leave some drops of honey on my couch I'll leave a couple dollars in your pouch

My house of earth is the richest land in town
I pity those dead ones that at me frown
So come to my house of earth and learn its worth
A few green folded bills to learn of earth

I kiss you in such odd and natural ways, your wife will then find out that kissing pays
Two times a day I wash you in my tub, ten times a day I'll pet your skin and rub

Call me a prostitute and a whore too, I do these tricks your wife refuses to
I swear by all my bibles you won't regret, I've never seen a man who's sorry yet

I'll love you once to teach you all your life the things to do when you are with your wife
Your wife should be quite glad and proud of me for waking both of these things you see

My house of earth runs down with wine around
Lots of different ways here that you can come
And if you do come, I will be glad to see you
And if you don't come, I'm glad you don't need me

I've finished red, hot kisses, I know that wakes sleepy sickness in your soul

 

[fox69]

"Howlin' At Midnight"

"Howlin' At Midnight"


Howlin' at midnight, winter creepin' in
Feel like I've gone and lost my best friend
My best friend, lost my best friend
This car's headed down the wrong track again

I ain't got nobody, I'm nobody's girl
Gonna get in my Mercury and drive around the world
Around the world, all around the world
When I reach that mountain top I'll stand with flags unfurled

She's up in New York City tryin' to make it big
Wrote me a letter yesterday sayin' I ain't got no gigs
Ain't got no gigs, I ain't got no gigs
If you wanna send me somethin', make it a two dollar rig

[GUITAR SOLO]

She's up in New York City tryin' to be a star
Told me you're wastin' your time where you are
Where you are, where you are
Gotta get yourself out of all those Texas bars

Howlin' at midnight, winter creepin' in
Feel like I've gone and lost my best friend
My best friend, lost my best friend
This car's headed down the wrong track again
This car's headed down the wrong track again

 

[fox69]

"I Asked For Water (He Gave Me Gasoline)"

"I Asked For Water (He Gave Me Gasoline)"


Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline
Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline
I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline
I went down to the depot looked up on the board
I went down to the depot looked up on the board
Saw that train a running but I could not get on board
I asked the conductor can I ride the blinds
I asked the conductor can I ride the blinds
Said girl buy your ticket buy your ticket
Cause this train ain't none of mine

[SOLO]

Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline
Oh, I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline
I asked him for water, he gave me gasoline

 

[fox69]

"I Don't Know How You're Livin'"

"I Don't Know How You're Livin'"


I Cared for you
Dared to do
What I was never prepared to do

I've talked you down
Driven you around
All but followed you underground

I've defended you
Commended you
I've seen it through to the end with you

I've supported you
Encouraged you
Comforted and consoled you

I don't know how your livin'
I don't know where you are
And you may not be willing
To open up the door

If you should ever wonder
You shouldn't have to ask
Cos I hope you know brother
I've always got your back

I've paid for you
I've borrowed for you
I've planned all my tomorrows for you
I've believed in you
Grieved with you
I've rolled my sleeves for you

I've fed you
I've clothed you
I've loved you and stood up for you

I've sided with you
I cried for you
I put my knees aside for you

But I don't know how your livin'
And I don't know where you are
And you may not be willing
To open up the door

And If you should ever wonder
Well you shouldn't have to ask
Cos I hope you know brother
I've always got your back
I've always got your back

 

[fox69]

"I Envy The Wind"

"I Envy The Wind"


I envy the wind
That whispers in your ear
That howls through the winter
That freezes your fingers
That moves through your hair
And cracks your lips
And chills you to the bone
I envy the wind

I envy the rain
That falls on your face
That wets your eyelashes
And dampens your skin
And touches your tongue
And soaks through your shirt
And drips down your back
I envy the rain

I envy the sun
That brightens your summer
That warms your body
And holds you in her heat
And makes your days longer
And makes you hot
And makes you sweat
I envy the sun
I envy the wind, I envy the rain, I envy the sun, I envy the wind

 

[fox69]

"I Just Wanted To See You So Bad"

"I Just Wanted To See You So Bad"


I drove my car in the middle of the night
I just wanted to see you so bad
The road was dark but the stars were bright
I just wanted to see you so bad
It didn't matter what my friends would say
I was gonna see you anyway
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad
You were staying in a big hotel
I just wanted to see you so bad
I didn't know you very well
I just wanted to see you so bad
We'd always talked on the telephone
But I'd never been with you all alone
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad

[SOLO]

I got off on the seventh floor
I just wanted to see you so bad
I couldn't have asked for anything more
I just wanted to see you so bad
I saw your face so clear and bright
I must have been crazy but it sure felt right
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad

[SOLO]