Rodney Crowell

[fox69]

"Don't Get Me Started"

"Don't Get Me Started"


We ran into trouble scamming for oil
The whole Middle East is coming to a boil
It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds
Palestinians and Arabs and Jews in the news
There's to much to keep up with, it will jangle your head
And the whole situation's running way in the red

I said don't get me started, I'll like as not bend your ear
Don't get me started, I just want to make one thing clear

I was born in America and I'm proud of that fact
I wish the rest of the world would get off our back
But these slick politicians, Man you've got to admit
Seem as crazy as bedbugs and they don't give one whit
About a man on the street with his back to the wall
Who can't find a quarter for to make a phone call
Meanwhile back in Washington champagne will flow
Tell that to the homeless man with nowhere to go

I said, don't get me started, I came into this bar to unwind
Don't get me started, I'll like as not speak my mind

The rich corporations have turned a deaf ear
The don't care who goes hungry, they've made that much clear
You see the trouble with people is we want to believe
But they can't turn a profit without tricks up their sleeve
It's the roofers and truckers, the working class suckers
The fireman and nurses, soldiers and preachers
Who shoulder the blows, it comes and it goes
A six trillion dollar debt that you pay through the nose

I said don't get me started, I'm a drag when I've had a few drinks
And don't get me started, I don't care what anyone thinks
Cause it makes me angry

East Timor's genocide to the core
The Indonesian legions come and give 'em what for
When the coalition army doesn't come to your aid
You might as well face it, there's no made to be made
I had a dream last night I was Secretary of Defense
And I came to the conclusion war doesn't make any sense
Yeah, but nobody heard me when I tried to rescind it
There were too many people that just didn't want to end it

I said, don't get me started, you never know when I might stop
Don't get me started, we both need to just let this thing drop
Don't get me started, don't get me started, not now
Don't get me started because it makes me angry

 

[fox69]

"Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down"

"Don't Let Your Feet Slow You Down"


Now you feel like going and you know I'm knowing
The keys to the highway ain't right on the wall
If you gotta go, hell, you oughta know
Your blue eyes said goodbye a long time ago
Your fever will burn till your heart ways will learn
So don't let your feet slow you down

I know you're hearing sounds of those bright lights downtown
I know how you sparkle when I ain't around
Your heart is young and my time has come
So don't let your feet slow you down

The trouble with lovin' is the trouble with livin'
You feel like you're givin' and you feel like it's gone
And you never know just which way to go
Payin' no mind to stop signs or forks in the road
I've had my day and you're on your way
So don't let your feet slow you down

Now you don't need me, you just need to be free
So don't let your feet slow you down
Now don't let your feet slow you down

 

[fox69]

"Don't Need No Other Now"

"Don't Need No Other Now"


Baby when you move I can't help watchin'
When you're out there on the floor
Baby when you're swingin' in your blue jeans
When you're waltzin' out the door

I hear your name when I am sleepin'
I turn around and there you are
Now I don't need no other lover
No I don't need no other now

We gonna make it all right
We gonna make it on purpose
Oh honey keep it real smooth
Right up close to the surface
No you don't need no other lover
No you don't need no other now

I was alone and empty handed
Until you spoke without a word
Yes did I, I received your message
Baby I don't need no other now

We gonna make it all right
We gonna make it on purpose
Oh honey keep it real smooth
Right up close to the surface
No you don't need no other lover
No you don't need no other now

Now any way you wanna give it
That's the way it's gonna be
And any time your little heart is heavy
That's the time you all look for me

We gonna make it all right
We gonna make it on purpose
Oh honey keep it real smooth
Right up close to the surface
No you don't need no other lover
No you don't need no other now

Why don't we make it all right
Why don't we make it on purpose
Oh honey keep it real smooth
Right up close to the surface
No you don't need no other lover
No you don't need no other now

 

[fox69]

"Dreaming My Dreams"
(with Rodney Crowell)

"Dreaming My Dreams"
(with Rodney Crowell)



I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore,
And maybe I've learned this time.
I hope that I find what I'm reaching for,
The way that it is in my mind.

Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Dreaming my dreams with you.

I won't let it change me,
Not if I can.
I'd rather believe in love.
And give it away as much as I can,
To those that I'm fondest of.

Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Dreaming my dreams with you.

I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore,
Maybe I've learned this time.

 

[fox69]

"Earthbound"

"Earthbound"


I could shed my skin and in the blink of an eye I could fly fly fly
Tie my dreams up in a sack and lay my head down on the track and die die die
My life's been so sweet I just can't stand it
I must admit I've made out like a bandit

Last night's conversation with a real good friend of mine drinkin' wine wine wine
Said fifty years of livin' and your worst mistake's forgivin' just a time, time, time
One man's lust for life brings world reknown
And the next guy can't get two feet off the ground... he's earthbound

Earthbound... hear the wind through the tops of the trees
Earthbound... summer sun nearly ninety degrees
Earthbound... big ol' moon sinking down... think I might stick around
I'm earthbound

I knew love once way back when she had almond eyes and olive skin
And long black hair
She was Irish Spanish mix breed I was southeast Texas hayseed
We were almost there
Her Daddy did not like my kind around
And true love took the next train out of town... earthbound

Earthbound... where there's fathers and daughters in pain
Earthbound... mama's boy walking home in the rain
Earthbound... like a ship run aground think I might stick around
I'm earthbound

With each new day that passes I'm in need of thicker glasses but it's all ok
Someday I'll be leavin' but I just can't help believing that it's not today, hey
Every golden moment I have found
I've done my best to run right in the ground... earthbound

Earthbound... see the sky big and beautiful blue
Earthbound... fallen angels come callin' to you
Earthbound... keepin' close to the ground, think I might stick around

Earthbound... Tom Waits, Aretha Franklin, Mary Karr
Earthbound... Walter Kronkite, Seamus Heaney, Ringo Starr
Earthbound... The Dalai Lahma and Charlie Brown make me wanna stick around
I'm earthbound

 

[fox69]

"East Houston Blues"

"East Houston Blues"


So I grew up hungry and I grew up hard
Took the streets and alleys for my own backyard
I've got a break and enter on my list of crimes
Been before the judge one too many times

East Houston blues, scale of one to ten
Bout a nine and a half is where it's always been
It's in the drinking water and in the bar ditch mud
East Houston blues, gets in a poor boy's blood

I learned to drink and drive when I was 12 years old
My uncle Fireball Stoddard rest his rugged soul
He ran a 54' Ford up and down the drag
Sippin' early times straight from a paper bag

East Houston blues, picture Dowling Street
And Navigation Blvd where the crossroads meet
Three sheets in the wind brick shy of a load
East Houston blues, down a nowhere road

40 dollar boots, big bangora hat
Stolen money from an inside job, maybe think about that

I'm a third ward child, my mother's only son
Which means exactly nothing without a loaded gun
I don't believe in love, this I guarantee
If there's a god above, he's got it in for me

East Houston blues, what you want me to say
I need to find me a woman to keep the wolves at bay
Keep my head on straight, make me toe the line
East Houston blues, ain't no friend of mine

Just so you understand that of which I speak
I'm a worried man on a losing streak

 

[fox69]

"Elvira"

"Elvira"


Well, tonight I'm gonna meet her at hungry house cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the lovin' I can
She's gonna jump and holler 'cause I saved up two dollars
And we gonna search and find that preacher man

Elvira, Elvira, my heart's on fire for Elvira

She's got eyes that look like heaven and lips like a cherry wine
And sure nuff how to make a real poor boy feel fine
Yes she's gonna jump and holler 'cause I saved up two dollars
We gonna search and find that preacher man

Elvira, Elvira, my heart's on fire for Elvira

She said gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow
Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow, hi yo silver away

Well, tonight I'm gonna meet her at hungry house cafe
And I'm gonna give her all the lovin' I can
She's gonna jump and holler 'cause I saved up two dollars
And we gonna search and find that preacher man

Elvira, Elvira, my heart's on fire for Elvira
Elvira, Elvira, my heart's on fire for Elvira

Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow
Gi di up oom pa pa oom pa pa mow mow, hi yo silver away

 

[fox69]

"Even Cowgirls Get The Blues"

"Even Cowgirls Get The Blues"


She's a rounder I can tell you that
She can sing 'em all night too
She'll raise hell about the sleep she lost
Even cowgirls get the blues

Especially cowgirls they're the gypsy kind
And need their reins laid on 'em loose
She's lived to see the world turned upside down
Hitchin' rides out of the blue

Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
Get this feeling like she's too far gone
The only way she's ever been

Lonely nights are out there on the road
Motel ceiling stares you down
There must be safer ways to pay your dues
Even cowgirls get the blues

Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
Get this feeling like she's too far gone
The only way she's ever been

Even cowgirls get the blues sometimes
Bound to don't know what to do sometimes
Get this feeling like the restless wind
The only way she's ever been

 

[fox69]

"Famous Last Words Of A Fool In Love"

"Famous Last Words Of A Fool In Love"


Take my coat
Take my hat
Take my breath away
Just like that
Turn the tables on me
Hang new labels on me
Wind the clock back nice and slow

Make me laugh till I weep
Make me lonesome for you in my sleep
Is this love or lust, bottom tier or upper crust?
We'll find out soon enough you know
Younger woman
Older man
Can we make this work?
Ah, you know we can
Famous last words of a fool in love

Oh I've been out of touch so long
Been going at it hammer and tong
Sure that I could build a wall higher than a man can fall
Famous last words of a fool in love

This is not about a choice you make
It's not about a chance you take
Looking for the next cheap thrill
Or the magic in a little blue pill
How do you feel with your hopes up high?

I might have been a handsome lad
Back when I didn't look so bad
And this is what I find amazing, you and I could go out blazing

Famous last words of a fool in love
Famous last words of a fool in love

 

[fox69]

"Fate's Right Hand"

"Fate's Right Hand"


Cool as a rule you don't learn in no school
You can't brown nose the teacher from a dunce hat stool
It's the hum and the rhythm of the birds and the bees
The momma's and the poppa's and the monkeys in the trees
Brothers and the sisters living life on the street
Play the hunch pull the punch you'll never get beat
By the junk food tattooed white dude true blued
Honky with an attitude coming unglued

Fate's right hand...I don't understand at all

Billy loves women like a junky loves dope
Give him just enough rope, the monkey's gonna choke
She's a Bill Blass combo maxed out mombo
D.K.N.Y. caught him in a lie
Ken Starr word man were talking absurd
Spending forty million dollars just to give the man the bird
He's a king she's a queen the rap won't stick
Get it on with a rubber and you won't get sick

Fate's right hand...I don't understand at all

Redrum dot com dim sum smart bombs
Double cappuccino and a heart like a tom tom
Ozone long gone that's it I quit
Natural inclination says enough of this
brat pack black jack heart attack crack
We need another news channel like a hole in the back
There's a 187 on the 405
We all go to heaven on a hard disk drive

Fate's right hand...I don't understand at all

Hard rain fish seine hurricane Jane
Don't forget about Carla when you're talkin' about the poon tang
Slow song on the bone rec hall dance
Double date Debbie with a pole in my pants
First comes love like it always did
Or we wouldn't be talkin' bout The Houston kid
Po-dunk piss-chunk old dead skunk drunk
Trot-line Freddy's got his dogs in the trunk
Fate's right hand...I don't under stand at all
Fate's right hand...man I don't understand at all