Rodney Crowell

[fox69]

"Le Danse De La Joie"
(with Rodney Crowell)

"Le Danse De La Joie"
(with Rodney Crowell)



[Rodney:]
Paint me on that lipstick smile
Dance around the house in style
Wiggle'n'wag those pretty legs
Come on gal, don't make me beg
[Emmylou:]
Go on and get your lampshade on
Rattle that old bag of bones
Cut you a rug all which a way
Mon cher ami, bons temps rouler

Bons temps rouler, mon cher ami
C'est moi et toi toujours en vie
Is anything in life more sweet
Then you and me and four left feet

[Chorus:]
Oh mama, oh papa
La danse de joie
Papa, mama
The night is young, the stars are strung
La danse de joie
Mama, papa

[Rodney:]
Every now and then the blues
Run off with my dancing shoes
The only the thing that'll bring em back
Is right there in your flour sack
[Emmylou:]
Hand me down my rolling pin
Give me that old po' boy grin
I'll pat out some biscuit dough
Tu e moi la fais do do
Tu e moi la fais do do
Je vais metre sur Fats Domino
La danse de joie c'est tout le plus
Ain't no one home but me and you

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight"

"Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight"


Lord, Mary took to running with a travelin' man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a sad case, so broken hearted

She say momma, I got to go, I gotta get outta here
I gotta get out of town; I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta roll on between the ditches

It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway
Goes on forever, that 'ol highway rolls on forever

Lord she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a travelin' man
If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances

She said daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelin' kind
Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time
He'll be long gone before you know it
He'll be long gone before you know it

She say never have I known it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

This is down in the swampland, where anything goes
It's Alligator Day and the bars don't close
It's the real thing down in Louisiana

Did you ever see a cajun when he really got mad
When he really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets real hot down in Louisiana

Now the stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches
There ain't no time for lengthy speeches

She said never have I know it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

She said never have I know it when it felt so good
Never have I knew it when I knew I could
Never have I done it when it looked so right
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

It's just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go
Round and around nobody knows, but the highway goes on forever
There ain't no way to stop the water

 

[fox69]

"Let Freedom Ring"

"Let Freedom Ring"


Deep within the heart has always known that there was freedom
Somehow breathed into the very soul of life
The prisoner, the powerless, the slave have always known it
There's something that keeps reaching for the sky

Even life begins because a baby fights for freedom
And songs we love to sing have freedom's theme
Some have walked through fire and flood to find a place of freedom
And some faced hell itself for freedom's dream

Let freedom ring wherever minds know what it means to be in chains
Let freedom ring wherever hearts know pain
Let freedom echo through the lonely streets where prisons have no key
We can be free and we can sing, let freedom ring

God built freedom into every fiber of creation
And He meant for us to all be free and whole
When my Lord bought freedom with the blood of His redemption
His cross stamped pardon on my very soul

I'll sing it out with every breath, I'll let the whole world hear it
This hallelujah anthem of the free
That iron bars and heavy chains can never hold us captive
The Son has made us free and free indeed

Let freedom ring down through the ages from a hill called Calvary
Let freedom ring wherever hearts know pain
Let freedom echo through the lonely streets where prisons have no key
You can be free and you can sing let freedom ring
Let freedom echo through the lonely streets where prisons have no key
You can be free and you can sing let freedom ring
You can be free and you can sing, let freedom ring, let freedom ring

 

[fox69]

"Let The Picture Paint Itself"

"Let The Picture Paint Itself"


We try so hard to make it all work out
Sometimes sittin' on the top of the world
Sometimes very deep in doubt
And if the only thing that tomorrow brings
Is the sunrise on the top of that hill
I'm gonna sit right down and watch the world go around
And never think about another damn bill

Some men live for money some for art
One guy thinks he's funny
The other guy thinks he's smart
Everybody's gonna get lucky every now and then
And the one who's feelin' so low down
Now is later on gonna win

Let the picture paint itself and it'll be all right
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to hold on so tight
Let the picture paint itself and it'll only get better
And when the day is through and it's just me and you
We'll be feeling so good we'll be knocking on wood

If you think you've got troubles just look around
and don't go out in public all turned upside down
If the only thing that you're livin' for is pain
There's a real good chance you'll get nothing more
Than a lot more of the same

Let the picture paint itself and it'll be all right
You don't have to try so hard
You don't have to hold on so tight
Let the picture paint itself and it'll only get better
And when the day is through and it's just me and you
We'll be feeling so good we'll be knocking on wood

 

[fox69]

"Let's Make Trouble"

"Let's Make Trouble"


Get ride of your new boyfriend
Let your world revolve around me
Yeah I know I'm shameless
And so full of conceit
That's ok now darling
Tho your not easy to read
But I know what you want babe
I know what you need

Let's make trouble tonight
Please don't put up a fight
Let's make trouble tonight
It'll be all right
I don't wanna be careful
I don't wanna be strong

I don't wanna rise above myself
It's all right if I'm wrong
If it's a question of danger
You've got nothing to fear
You know I want hurt you baby
So come on over here

Let's make trouble tonight
Please don't put up a fight
Let's make trouble tonight
It'll be all right

I don't want to be humble
I'm not some desperate guy
I don't want to buy into this
New male religion
So I want even try
Get ride of your boyfriend baby
Hey you don't need him no more
I wanna be everything there is in your life
What you're living for

Let's make trouble tonight
Please don't put up a fight
Let's make trouble tonight
It'll be all right
Let's make trouble tonight
Please don't turn on the light
Lets make trouble tonight
It'll be all right
Let's make trouble tonight
Let's make trouble
You know it want be no trouble
Let's make trouble tonight

 

[fox69]

"Lies Don't Lie"

"Lies Don't Lie"


Be careful what you say
Don't meddle with your friends
One loose conversation
Just might put you in the end
Your smooth reputation
Just goes falling by the way
Stranded in some parking lot
With no face left to save

Lies, don't lie, baby don't tell lies

It's a little play on words
So don't misunderstand
That someone you once knew so well
Has turned the other hand
Secrets told in haste
Are just written on the wall
Burning 'cross the mountain tops
It's hard to learn to fall

Lies, don't lie, baby don't tell lies

It ain't nobody's business
What you're thinking to yourself
Keeping your mind on your own time
Ain't got no line on nobody else
If it ain't what you said
Then someone misconstrued
They must have missed your meaning
By the way it looks on you
I never meant to hurt my friends
And every time I did
Words I chose to speak
My heart just ran away and hid

Lies, don't lie, baby don't tell lies

It ain't nobody's business
What you're thinking to yourself
Keeping your mind on your own time
Ain't got no line on nobody else

Be careful what you say
If it ain't something good
If it ain't what you wanna hear
Around the neighborhood
You better keep your hat pulled down
Low around your ears
Don't listen to the idle words
That you once spoke so clear

Lies, don't lie, baby don't tell lies
Yeah I'd save the lies, baby lies don't lie

 

[fox69]

"Life Is Messy"

"Life Is Messy"


When you're the last one to know
What everybody knows
Shame falls down

When you're the last one to see
What everybody sees
Shame falls down like rain falls down

Life is messy
It's starting to repress me
Time and time again
I think I'm gonna win
And it blows up in my face

When your last hope is gone
And you're feelin' so unable
Shame falls down

When your heart won't open up
And there's love left on the table
Fame falls down
Like rain falls down

Life is messy
It's starting to distress me
They sell it in the press
They smell it on your breath
But you keep on comin' clean
Life is messy

I don't wanna go back home
The streets are lined in rubble
A heart that's made of stone
Can lead you into trouble

Life is messy
It's trying to depress me
They can kick you in the nuts
They can hit you where it hurts
Don't get down on your knees

Life is messy
I feel like Elvis Presley
At a very early age
They put you in a cage
And they push you out on stage
Life is messy

 

[fox69]

"Life Without Susanna"

"Life Without Susanna"


Life without Susanna started when Townes Van Zandt died
From that day on she hid out undercover
Her Percocet and cigarette along for the ride

She made the bed inside her head a shelter
Each new day a sliver through the blinds
I tried tough love, tenderness and anger
But nothing pierced the fortress inside her mind

The first time I saw her she threw me that smile
Pure angel of mercy east Texas style
A poet in gingham, an assassin in jeans
The most near perfect woman I'd ever seen
She was hardly routine

Life without Susanna troubles me in ways hard to express
As she withdrew I grew distant and judgmental
A self-sure bastard and a stubborn bitch
Locked in a deadly game of chess
The upside of my status as a cut above the rest

The last time I saw her was close to the end
I cried like a baby for the shape I was in
No lipstick, no powder to soften the tone
The most worthy opponent that I've ever known
Was already gone

Life without Susanna is something we all have to face
So welcome to the world as we don't know it
Big blue knuckleball free floating somewhere out in space
Where life without Susanna is no man's saving grace
This is life without Susanna and I can't find my place

 

[fox69]

"Looking For You"

"Looking For You"


Walked the streets until my heart hit the ground
There's no relief whenever you're not around
I hit the taverns where we both used to go
But it don't help me when the night's movin' slow
And I'm lookin' for you, lookin' for you

I searched the city for the girl I once knew
It's such a pity there ain't no one like you
I tried to see my way to forget your name
I turned to strangers but it's still not the same
I'm just lookin' for you, in the heart of this town
Lookin' for you, you're nowhere around
Lookin' for you, in the still of the night
Lookin' for you, but you're nowhere in sight

I can see you in the shadows
I can hear you when the wind blows
If it's all I ever do
I'll keep lookin' out for you, oooh

Exchaning glances from a sidewalk cafe
So many chances but you don't look my way
I search the windows for this face I can't find
Can't seem to drive your memory out of my mind
'Cause I'm lookin' for you, in the heart of this town
Lookin' for you, you're nowhere around
Lookin' for you, in the still of the night
Lookin' for you, but you're nowhere in sight
Lookin' for you, in the village below
Lookin' for you, where did you go
Lookin' for you, in the east and west side
Lookin' for you, where do you hide

 

[fox69]

"Love To Burn"

"Love To Burn"


You know I love you baby you know I need you too
The life I lead is all I need to make my dreams come true
It was a July night in Houston when first I felt your heat
Girl you look so fine in that jukebox line that I forgot I had two left feet

You know I want you baby you know I need you so
The love you make gives me the shakes from my head down to my toes
Your love is something smoking your love is something hot
When I feel the storm rolling in your arms I'm gonna give you everything I've got

Every beat of your heart is like a bolt of blue lightning
You heat up the night like a hot summer wind
The taste of your lips just sets me on fire
Everywhere I turn got love to burn again

I love to please you baby and smell your sweet perfume
The way you walk and the way you talk just keeps me on the moon
Your love is high explosive there's dynamite in blue jeans
Anytime you choose to light that fuse you're gonna blow us all to smithereens

Every beat of your heart is like a bolt of blue lightning
You heat up the night like a hot summer wind
The taste of your lips just sets me on fire
Everywhere I turn got love to burn again
Everywhere I turn got love to burn again
Everywhere I turn got love to burn again