Rosanne Cash

[fox69]

"Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone"

"Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone"


It's pink and white all over and historical as Hell
F. Scott and Zelda stayed here and you and me as well
At least that's how the story goes, the porters like to tell

A cold hard rain comes falling down
It wasn't like this last time around
There's no calm center to this storm
oh baby, why don't you quit leaving me alone

There's nothing on the TV, no message on the phone
Nothing but an awful lot of nothing going on
And every radio station plays the same forsaken song
You'd think I would've had the sense to leave this place alone

Well some dreams die with dignity
They fade out clean and quietly
Some won't let you let them go
ah baby, why don't you quit leaving me alone

Same old corner bedroom, seven stories up
That overlooks the window, that overlooks the gulf
The same old sleazy porter with the after hours stuff
I think I'll kick the walls around and beat myself up

Well some dreams die with dignity
They fade out clean and quietly
Some won't let you let them go
ah baby, why don't you quit leaving me...

A cold hard rain comes pouring down
It wasn't like this last time around
There's no calm center to this storm
ah baby, why don't you quit leaving me alone

 

[fox69]

"Will You Remember Me"

"Will You Remember Me"


Will you remember me
like the circled stones
like the secret hills
where you walk alone
where the wind can speak
my other names
like the air you breathe
will you remember me?

Will you remember me
as your airplane flies
over foreign seas
and breaking skies
like a perfect child
you can't bear to leave
in your last long days
will you remember me?

Will you remember me
on the edge of life
where time runs slow
where some can fly
in these shuttered rooms
where we say goodbye
when the soul is free
will you remember
when there's no need to breathe
will you remember me?

 

[fox69]

"World Of Strange Design"

"World Of Strange Design"


Well you're not from around here
You're probably not our kind
It's hot from March to Christmas
And other things you'll find
Won't fit your old ideas
They're a line in shifting sands
You'll walk across a ghostly bridge
To a crumbling promised land

If Jesus came from Mississippi
If tears began to rhyme
I guess I'll start at the beginning
It's a world of strange design

Well I'd like to have the ocean
But I settled for the rain
I humbly asked for true love
There was such a price to pay
This room was filled with trouble
And sacraments deceived
Now I'm a jewel in the shade
Of his weeping willow tree

If Jesus came from Mississippi
If tears began to rhyme
I'll have to go back to the beginning
In this world of strange design

We talk about your drinking
But not about your thirst
You set off through the minefield
Like you were rounding first
So open up a window
And hand the baby through
Point her towards the ghostly bridge
And she'll know what to do

If Jesus came from Mississippi
And if tears began to rhyme
We'll have to start at the beginning
In this world of strange design

 

[fox69]

"World Without Sound"

"World Without Sound"


I wish I was a christian, knew what to believe
I could learn a lot of rules to put my mind at ease
I wish I had the money to live just like a queen
With Demerols and Cashmere and every little thing
I wish the ones who loved me would never go away
Would've had to have my company every single day

But who do I believe in this world without sound
Who do I believe once they put you in the ground
Who do I believe when the night's fallin' down

I wish I lived in Paris and dreamed in French each night
And had a dozen children and raised them up just right
I wish I was John Lennon, free as a bird
And all of you who sit and stare and hang on every word
I wish I had the future tied up with a string
Then I would never feel the blows the revolution brings

But who do I believe in this world without sound
Who do I believe once they put you in the ground
Who do I believe when the night's fallin' down

I wish I was a christian, but I cannot believe
'Cause no one in the bible craves my company

 

[fox69]

"You Don't Have Very Far To Go"

"You Don't Have Very Far To Go"


You always find a way, to hurt my pride
If I'm not cryin', you're not, satisfied
I don't know why you want to, hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart,
You don't have very far to go

You don't have very far to go before the heartaches, begin
I already feel the sadness, of a heartbreak, settin' in
You've turnin' down the flame of love, too low
If you're tryin' to break my heart,
You don't have very far to go

Turn around

You don't have very far to go before the heartaches begin
I already feel the sadness of a heartbreak settin' in
You can't love me and still love, to hurt me so
If you're tryin' to break my heart
You don't have very far to go

 

[fox69]

"You Won't Let Me In"

"You Won't Let Me In"


I'm staying in your house
I'm sleeping in your bed
I'm walking through your dreams
I'm dancing through your head
I'm calling from the streets
I'm crying like the wind
'Cause you are there
And I am here
And you won't let me in

We'll I'm changing like a girl
On the threshold of her life
In love with the whole world
But staring down each night
You're everything I need
A love I can't defend

But you are there
And I am here
And you won't let me in

No time for kisses
No time to laugh
No way that I can see
To crawl out of our past

Well I'm falling to my knees
But I'm flying like a bird
I follow where you lead
I hang on every word
I can't control the wind
I don't care who you've been

I keep callin'

 

[fox69]

"Your Southern Heart"

"Your Southern Heart"


Pour the wine and think it over
In this nest of noise
Then cut them off like criminals
They were crazy boys

I will be your witness in the
Morning and the dark
Running through these flooded fields
With the madness of your heart
It's just your southern heart

So pour the wine and talk it over
Everyone must part
Let the river wash you over
And fill your southern heart
It's just your southern heart