Rodney Crowell

[fox69]

"Lovin' All Night"

"Lovin' All Night"


Now baby pull the covers back over my head
I don't wanna get up outta this bed
I don't wanna drag it on off to work
That big boss man is really a jerk

We been lovin' all night
Just about thrilled me
Everything right
Hope it don't kill me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night
Hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, baby
Lovin' all night, yeah

Now baby your as pretty as a fresh cut flower
Hey, when you show me how you love me in the wee small hours
While everybody's sleepin' on around this town
Lovin' all night makes the world go 'round

We been lovin' all night
Just about send me
Everything right
Hope it don't bend me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night
Hangin' on tight
No doubt about it, baby
Lovin' all night, yeah

Ain't no use talkin' when you're lookin' so fine
When you're movin' your body up close to mine
We've been rockin' with a rhythm of a beat our own
Baby, I'm gonna love ya till the cows come home

We been lovin' all night
Just about hit me
Everything right
Hope it don't get me
I'm gonna live it just as long as I can
I'm gonna make it every part of my plan

Lovin' all night
Feeling all right
No doubt about it, baby, lovin' all night
We've been lovin' all night
Hangin' on tight
No doubt about it
Been lovin' all night, yeah

We've been lovin' all night
Lovin' all night, yeah
Lovin' all night
Lovin' all night, yeah
Lovin' all night
Lovin' all night, yeah

Everybody had a heartbeat
Everybody's wantin' sunshine
Everybody's searchin' answers
Everybody got their shoes shinned

 

[fox69]

"Loving You Makes Me Strong"

"Loving You Makes Me Strong"


Loving you makes me strong makes me want to live forever
Gives me the strength to carry on through the rain and wind and weather
Loving you makes me bold it makes me climb the highest mountain
Builds a fire down in my soul brings me water from the fountain

Loving you makes me strong and when it's time to face tomorrow
I'll be right where I belong, loving you makes me strong

Somehow I stumbled into your world down on my knees is where you found me
Now I awake up in your arms I can't believe they're still around me
Loving you gives me hope it gives me something I can stand on
And when I'm running out of rope it's something I can get my hands on

Loving you makes me strong and when it's time to face tomorrow
I'll be right where I belong, loving you makes me strong
And loving you makes me strong, loving you makes me strong

 

[fox69]

"Many A Long And Lonesome Highway"

"Many A Long And Lonesome Highway"


Yes, I had a woman love me
I gave her what there was there of me
And it was good as it could be

Then I heard a wild world callin'
I saw a lone star fallin'
I caught a song and set it free

And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow

I believe in love and danger
I believe the truth is stranger
I believe that fear is much too strong

I believe the best will find me
When I leave the rest behind me
Out on the highway I'm my own

And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow

And every night's a new beginning
Everyday the world keeps spinning
Sometimes it's hard to stand upon, I know

And to the east, the moon comes showin'
To the west, there's storm clouds growin'
Though by myself, I'm not alone no more

My father, on his death bed told me
"There's really nothin' left to hold me"
Though I was there, he died alone

It's gonna take a fast train leavin'
To shake my world of greivin'
I guess, I'll go until it's gone

And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow

And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow

And many a long and lonesome highway
Lies before us as we go
And in the end, I'll do it my way
Look for me where the fore winds blow

 

[fox69]

"Maybe Next Time"

"Maybe Next Time"


I feel the same as you
I don't know what we're gonna do
We have got to be who we are
So we can't let it go too far
Time and place I know
So we can let our feelings show
Maybe he'll never know how long we loved
Maybe she'll never know how strong it was

Maybe next time out we'll be ourselves
Maybe next time out won't be nobody else
Next time out we'll have our way
Till that day
Shall we say
Maybe next time

We'll meet again some how
In a place very far from now
Hurling caution into the storm my love
Build a fire that will keep us warm enough

Maybe next time out we'll be alright
Maybe next time out we'll make it to the light
Next time out we'll have our way
Till that day
Shall we say
Maybe next time

Maybe next time out we'll be on top
Maybe next time out we'll never have to stop
Next time out we'll have it all
Till we do, here's to you
Maybe next time
Till that day
Let's just say
Maybe next time

 

[fox69]

"Moving Work Of Art"

"Moving Work Of Art"


Time is jammed and flying fast
Breaks the bed and the pots hold rough
I'm out here running from the past
What we had was not enough

And she just touched down in Hollywood
And her friends all say she's looking good
I saw it coming from the start
She's a moving work of art

The night is thick and the moon rings red
And the stars are out of place
My mind is liquid in my head
Beneath the waves I see her face

Then she pulls herself some tall coin gown
Turning heads out there in tinsel town
She's so cool, it breaks your heart
She's a moving work of art

Who we were and what we had
Keeps me guessing to this day
It's enough to drive you mad
She's a million miles away

Bet she's out there thinking on her feet
Making passes through [?] complete
She's as smooth as she is smart
She's a moving work of art
You see how she sets herself apart
She's a moving work of art

 

[fox69]

"My Past Is Present"

"My Past Is Present"


The girl I love so much just walked in the door
My past is present but she's not mine anymore
Did she stop by to hurt me or does she even know I'm here
My past is present it'd be that she still cares

For without her there's no future she's close yet far away
I keep hoping that my tomorrows will catch up with yesterday
For time has stopped my world has stopped since she went away
My past is present I just hope she's back to stay

For time has stopped my world has stopped since she went away
My past is present I just hope she's back to stay

 

[fox69]

"Nashville 1972"

"Nashville 1972"


I had a dog named Banjo and a girl named Muffin
I'd just blew in from Texas and I didn't know nothing
I found my way around this town with a friend I made named Guy
Who loved Susanna and so did I

Now there was this run down shack on Acklen Avenue
That I shared with Skinny Dennis
And a poet name of Richard Dobson who had a novel he'd never finish
That's when Johnny Rodrigues, David Olney and Steve Earle first came through
And every other guitar bum whose name I never knew

Old School Nashville, Harlan Howard, Bob McDill
Tom T Hall go drink your fill and blow us all away

There was this tight-rope-walker who called herself the queen of Poughkeepsie
Who ran away from the circus with some roustabout redneck gypsy
They were Townes Van Zandt fans and prone to combustion
They fought like dogs in Spanish and made love in Russian

I wish Newberry and Buck White would drop on by the house tonight
Things have changed round here you bet, but it don't seem much better yet

I first met Willie Nelson with some friends at a party
I was twenty-two years old and he was pushing forty
There was hippies and reefer and God knows what all I was drinking pretty hard
I played him this shitty song I wrote and puked out in the yard

Old School Nashville, Harlan Howard, Bob McDill
Tom T Hall go drink your fill and blow us all away

 

[fox69]

"No Memories Hanging Round"

"No Memories Hanging Round"


You don't want no more heartaches
I don't want no teardrops
What else is left to talk about
I ain't yours, you ain't mine
The songs don't fit and the words don't rhyme
Old memories keep standing in the way
You lost her, I lost him

[Chorus:]
Two old hearts just won't love again
They don't need no memories hanging 'round

Since she's gone it don't feel right
I'm better of left alone at night
I ain't faking feeling far away
The days just come and disappear
You can't talk and I don't hear
It don't make no difference anyway
Because I lost her, you lost him

[Chorus]

Two old fires just won't burn again
They don't need no memories hanging 'round
No we don't keep no memories hanging 'round

 

[fox69]

"Nobody's Gonna Tear My Playhoue Down"

"Nobody's Gonna Tear My Playhoue Down"


Don't know a dollar from a donut hole
Don't know tomorrow from a week ago
Don't know the reason why you skipped this town
You had me thinking you might stick around
Well there ain't nobody gonna tear my playhouse down

I hear your name all up and down the road
I'm not ashamed to let my feeling's show
Don't know the reason why you changed your tack
I do believe your ship ain't coming back
Well there ain't nobody gonna tear my playhouse down

I know I act the part
A man without a heart
So it would be a lie if I denied it's true

Some say your heart was just an open gate
And from the start it was a bad mistake
Well there ain't nobody gonna tear my playhouse down

I know I'm acting tough
To prove I'm strong enough
So it would be a lie if I denied it's true

I'm gonna build a house of mud and brick
Seal the walls around me ten feet thick
Construct a bunker out of solid rock
To give me shelter from the bombs you drop
Well there ain't nobody gonna tear my playhouse...
Ain't nobody gonna tear my playhouse...
Ain't nobody gonna tear my playhouse down

 

[fox69]

"Nothing"

"Nothing"


I know I complain
Man, it drives me insane
When I can't make a change
That I want to see
Well it's all in my head
But I can't find the thread
So I stumble instead
Standing up for me[?]

I don't feel nothing anymore
I can't get myself up off the floor
I don't feel nothing baby

There was a time
When the world was all mine
And the night was a light that was guiding me
There was a day when I knew what to say
What I want
What I need
What's inside of me

I don't feel nothing anymore
Can't pick myself up off the floor
I don't feel nothing anymore

I know there must be something else
Won't someone show it to me please
And if I thought that it might help
I would get down on my knees

Night after night
Man, I know it's not right
It's a fuss and a fight
[?]

Tears come and go
We got nothing to show
But this hole in my soul
That is killing me

I don't feel nothing anymore
I can't get myself up off the floor
I don't feel nothing anymore