Rosanne Cash

[fox69]

"Thoughts From The Train"

"Thoughts From The Train"


From the train I watch the tracks go by
They look the same mile after mile from my pain
I watch the time go by
Things seen to change
Though I'd loved you all this while

My love is like a mountain in a storm
Surviving like a bumper through a wall
With all the things you said and done
You tried to tear it down
But nothing seen to make me come around

You were mine, it happened to be Spring
It was a time for letting new things grow
I was shy to come beneath your wings
I left behind what I chosen not to know

You are gone like all my loves before
Your very name still shakes me to the core
I was wrong to love you so much more
Some things have changed but others must be bored

 

[fox69]

"Three Steps Down"

"Three Steps Down"


Three steps down below the city streets.
In our private room, the colour all runs out.
An' not a sound, the smoke curls in the air.
An' I can feel a sliding peace, come over me tonight.

Dead or dancin', cross the room,
The candles burn and shadows loom.
I hide below it all,
Or heaven's underground.
The clouds are fallin' at our feet,
Three steps down below the street.

So comin' down: it's like water after wine.
Oh, comin' down a long hard line.
An' I know better's gettin' harder all the time.
From three steps down.
From three steps down.

[Instrumental]

Dead or dancin', cross the room,
The candles burn and shadows loom.
I hide below it all,
Or heaven's underground.
The clouds are fallin' at our feet,
Three steps down below the street.

Three steps down below the city streets.
In our private room, the colour all runs out.
The colour all runs out.
The colour all runs out.
The colour all runs out.

 

[fox69]

"Two Girls"

"Two Girls"


The clouds didn't look like cotton, they didn't even look like clouds
I was underneath the weather and my friends looked like a crowd
The swimming hole was full of rum, I tried to find out why
And all I learned was this my friend, you got to swim before you fly

I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
One I love with all my heart and one I do not know

Two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse passed by not long ago
They asked me where the action was, I said I did not know
As they disappeared into the brush, I heard the driver say
He's a little slow between the ears, he's always been that way

I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
One I love with all my heart and one I do not know

It's cold down on the bayou, they say it's in your mind
But the moccasins are treadin' ice and leavin' strange designs
The last time that this happened, they said we were not here
All Beaumont's full of penguins and I'm playin' it by ear

Well I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
One I love with all my heart and one I do not know
Well I've got two girls - one's in heaven, one's below
One I love with all my heart and one I do not know

 

[fox69]

"Understand Your Man"

"Understand Your Man"


Don't call my name out your window when I'm leaving
I won't even turn my head
Don't send your kinfolk to give me no talking
I'll be gone like I said
Now you've been saying the same old things
That you've been saying all along
Just lay there in your bed
Keep your mouth shut until I'm gone
Don't give me that old familiar cryin' cussin' morning
Understand your man, understand your man

You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army
And anything else I leave behind
I ain't takin' nothin' they'll slow down my travellin'
While I'm untangling my mind
Now I ain't gonna repeat what I said anymore
While I'm breathing air that ain't been breathe before
I'll be gone as a wild goose in winter
Then you'll understand your man
What you told me, understand your man

 

[fox69]

"We Can Do What We Like"

"We Can Do What We Like"


If I don't make promises will you stay around
I won't let you hurt me
I know better by now
It's hard to control it
It hurts to decide if we trust in tomorrow
We can do what we like

You're a poet by nature, a drifter by heart
A change from the old ways
A love in the dark
It might be my conscience
It's hurting your pride
We may get pass heartache
We can do what we like

You can close the last door on my past
My eyes are set forward
My charts are in order
My hands are tied behind my back
I would not deny you or catch you off guard
For old souls with young minds can take things so hard
While we practise the distance I keep you in sight
After the snow clears
We can do what we like

 

[fox69]

"Western Wall"

"Western Wall"


I stand here by the Western Wall
maybe a little of that wall
stands inside of us all
I shove my prayers in the cracks
I got nothing to lose
No one to answer back

All these years I've brought up for review
I wasn't taught this, but I learned something new
I had to answer a distant call

At the Western Wall
I've got a heart full of fear
and I offer it up
on this altar of tears

Red dust settles deep in my skin
I don't know where it stops
and where I begin

It's a crumbling pile of broken stones
it ain't much but it might be home
if I ever loved a place at all
it's the Western Wall

I don't know if God was ever a man
But if She was, I think I understand
Why He found a place to break his fall
near the Western Wall

 

[fox69]

"What Kinda Girl?"

"What Kinda Girl?"


What kinda girl am I really am?
I love some turkey but I don't eat lamb
No sweet potato but I do like ham
What kinda girl am I really am?

What kinda girl am I really I?
I kept my jacket but I lost my tie
I'll tell ya truly that I sometimes lie
What kinda girl am I really I?

What kinda girl am I really who?
Don't wear pajamas and I don't sniff glue
I'm Mississippi, got the New York blues
What kinda girl am I really who?

What kinda girl am I really what?
I might be leavin' but the door ain't shut
I'm here for lovin' but I ain't no slut
What kinda girl am I really what?

What kinda girl am I really am?
I love some turkey but I don't eat lamb
No sweet potato but I do like ham
What kinda girl am I?
Am I really am?

Girl

 

[fox69]

"What We Really Want"

"What We Really Want"


We tried to make ourselves pay
for something we'd never done
threw the best parts of life away
on street talk, strangers and drugs
but what we really want is love
what we really need is love

I want to call out your name
I want to hold out my hand
the woman silent in the mirror tonight
wants to talk to your mirror man
and what they really want is love
what they really need is love

We are ships in the night
the water's deep in between
the air is freezing and we can't find the light
so we sail off into our dreams
but what we really dream is love
what we really need is love

what we want is love
what we need is love

I tried to make it feel right
in someone else's world
I sat and looked out my window last night
and knew that things had changed for this girl
'cause what I really found is love
what I really feel is love

what we want is love
what we need is love

 

[fox69]

"When The Master Calls The Roll"

"When The Master Calls The Roll"


Girl with hair of flaming red
Seeking perfect lover
For to lie down on her feather bed
Soul secrets to uncover

Must be gentile, must be strong
With disposition sunny
Just as faithful as the day is long
And careful with his money

And so the open letter read
The news boy did deliver
Three months later plans were made to wed
Down by the King James river

Know the season may come
Know the season may go
When love is joined together
With whoever be made whole
When the master calls the roll

Oh my darling will you leave?
Take me to the altar
I don't have strength to watch you as you leave
But my love will never fault her

Oh my darling Marry Anne
The march to war is calling
Somewhere far across these southern lands
The bands of brothers falling

My tender bride, the tides demand
That I leave you with your mother
With my father's rifle in one hand
Your locket in the other

Know the season may come
Know the season may go
Beware the storm clouds gather
Take heat in warm of soul
When the master calls the roll

But can this union be preserved?
The soldier boy was crying
I will never travel back to her
But not for lack of trying

It's a love of one true heart at last
That made the boy a hero
But a riffle ball and a cannon blast
Cut him down to zero

Oh Virginia once I came
I'll see you when I'm younger
And I'll know you by your hills again
This town from 6 feet under

Know the season may come
Know the season may go
A man is torn asunder
But someday we may know
When the master calls the roll

Though the storm clouds gather
Let the union be made whole
When the master calls the roll

 

[fox69]

"Where Will The Words Come From?"

"Where Will The Words Come From?"


Where will the words come from
When I tell you I don't love you anymore?
When I command my lips to say
"It's over now, please go away"
Will the words be there
Or will they fail me like they've always done before?
Where will the words come from
When I tell you I don't want you, I don't love you anymore

What happened to the love we had when it went away?
Did it change itself into a cloud & become a rainy day?
Where will the words come from
When I tell you I don't want you, I don't love you anymore

Where will the words come from
When I tell you I don't love you anymore?
When I search inside my soul
For words to tell of love grown cold
Will the words be there
Or will they fail me like they've always done before?
Where will the words come from
When I tell you I don't want you, I don't love you anymore