Rosanne Cash

[fox69]

"My Baby Thinks He's A Train"

"My Baby Thinks He's A Train"


It's three a.m. in the morning
The train whistle is blowin'
It sounds like some lonesome song got in my soul, in my soul
My baby split blank and he won't be back no more

My baby thinks he's a train
He makes his whistle stop, then he's gone again
Sometimes it's hard on a poor girl's brain, a poor girl's brain
I'm tellin' you, boys, my baby thinks he's a train.

Locomotion's the way he moves.
He drags me 'round just like an old caboose
I'm tellin' you, girls, that man's insane
My baby thinks he's a train

Choo, choo rages on, train sound
It's the noise that you hear when my baby hits town
With his long hair flyin', man, he's hard to take
What you s'posed to do when your baby thinks he's a train?

He eats money like a train eats coal
He burns it up and leaves you in the smoke
If you wanna catch a ride, you wait till he unwinds
He's just like a train, he always gives some tramp a ride

Locomotion's the way he moves
He drags me 'round just like an old caboose
I'm tellin' you, girls, that man's insane
My baby thinks he's a train

 

[fox69]

"My Old Man"

"My Old Man"


The old man is laughing tonight
He's young beyond his fears
But then the smile drops from his eyes
And we all wind up in tears

The old man's crying tonight
'Cause it all happened so fast
He's frightened by the future
Embarrassed by the past

So let him be who he wants to be
'Cause he ain't ever gonna be young again
And let him see who he needs to see
'Cause he never had too many friends
And ask him how he remembers me
'Cause I want to know where I stand
How I love my old man

The old man's restless tonight
Just trying to kill his pain
He believes what he says he believes
But that don't make him a saint

The old man's lonesome tonight
And he just wants to go home
All those fools who stand in his way
Why can't they leave him alone

So let him be who he wants to be
'Cause he ain't ever gonna be young again
And let him see who he needs to see
'Cause he never had too many friends
And ask how he remembers me
'Cause I want to know where I stand
How I love my old man

 

[fox69]

"Never Alone"

"Never Alone"


You were like a lost kid looking for home
You found what you wanted right in my arms
So if you walk out on me
Leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go
I love you so
You're never alone

So if you find another woman turns your head
And you can't understand why it hurts so bad
Then if you walk out on me
Just leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go
I love you so
You're never alone

There ain't no need to talk about it
I can learn to live without it
Just leave your heart right here with me

If you walk out on me
Leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go
If you walk out on me
Leave your memory
Take my sympathy and go
I love you so
You're never alone

 

[fox69]

"Never Be You"

"Never Be You"


Take a look at my eyes
It's been a long, long time
I used to feel so strong
When I knew you were mine

But since you let me down
I'm hard to be around
I don't know what I'm gonna do
He could never be you
He could never be you

I guess it all comes around
Baby, please don't cry
Love is gonna be a little reckless
Oh, lovers all have to stand trial

Since you let me go
There's nothing going on
I don't know what I'm gonna do
He could never be you
He could never be you
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
He could never be you

He knows the rules
And he plays the part
But he only has me
He don't have my heart

He could never be you

So take a look at my eyes
No, you can't hide the truth
No, you don't get by on pride
It'll run over you

Since you let me down
I'm hard to be around
I don't know what I'm gonna do
He could never be you
He could never be you
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
He could never be you
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
He could never be you
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh
He could never be you

 

[fox69]

"Never Gonna Hurt"

"Never Gonna Hurt"


You give me no reason to cry but I do
You tell me you don't tell me lies, is that true?
I can't stand your strange emotion
I don't like your meek devotion
Just send my old heart in motion
So you can't hurt me anymore
It ain't ever gonna hurt anymore

You tell me I got out of line and I did
You think I'll never survive but I'll live
Let's break up that bound together
I'll use all my drastic measures
And leave while I still feel clever
So you can't hurt me anymore
It ain't ever gonna hurt anymore

Well I think you've lost your youth
And you think I play too loose
But I'll tell you what the truth is
You can't hurt me anymore
So let go of old emotions
Get someone's new devotion
You think I'm only jokin'
But you can't hurt me anymore
It ain't never gonna hurt anymore

 

[fox69]

"Night School"

"Night School"


Mobile like a mystery town
Water, heat and moon
Steam on the magnolia trees
Never ending rooms
What happened to that other life
We thought we lived, we two?
We traveled like spies in paradise
At the time it felt so true
In night school
In night school

What about this big old house?
Tell me all the news
What became of all those years?
Whatever will we do?
Yeah, Mobile is a mystery town
Water, heat and moon
And steam lies on the battlefields
And all I see is you
In night school
In night school

The hungry ghosts still tap the walls
Where once there was a door
I've given everything to them
Still they wanted more
Steam lies on the windowpanes
We acted like such fools
But I'd give everything to be
Lying next to you
In night school
In night school

 

[fox69]

"No Memories Hangin' Round"

"No Memories Hangin' Round"


You don't want no more heartaches
And I don't want no teardrops
What else is love to talk about
Cause I ain't yours you ain't mine

The song don't fit and the words don't rhyme
Old memories keep standing in the way
You lost her I lost him
Two old hearts just won't love again
We don't need no memories hanging round

[Solo]

Since she's gone it don't seem right
Better off left alone at night
I ain't faking feelings far away
The days just come and disappear

You can't talk when I don't hear
It don't make no difference anyway
I lost her you lost him
Two old hearts just won't love again

I don't need no memories hanging round
I want her you need him
Two old fire won't burn again
We don't need no memories hanging round

 

[fox69]

"Oh, Yes I Can"

"Oh, Yes I Can"


Rain, rain
Lord watch it rain
Wash away the dirt
Can't wash away the pain
I feel as empty
As a paper cup
Gonna take that thing
Gonna fill it up

Oh yes I can
Anytime I want to
Oh yes I can
Baby and I think that I'm going to

Break my heart
This one's on me
I ain't lookin' for
Any sympathy
I feel like fallin'
For some old worn out line
Oh don't you know
I can get it anywhere
Anytime

Oh yes I can
Anytime I want to
Oh yes I can
Baby and I think that I'm going to

Night is calling
And I want to answer
Got to move in closer
Baby cause I'm a dancer
Got to play it louder
Got to make it stronger
Got to dance my heart out
Just a little while longer

 

[fox69]

"On The Inside"

"On The Inside"


We crawled night and day through the tears and debries
Now I'm reaching out to you but I'm keeping my hands clean
The tables are turning the tempo slows down
And we're gettin' off this misery-go-round
It's a brand new world baby now things have changed
A brand new picture in a brand new frame
A turn of the page with a blink of your eye
Our two steps in rhythm our hearts beatin' time
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

A critical moment I know you'd agree both of us separate but neither one free
We traded our papers for new walking shoes
But I had no idea how I'd feel without you
We watched it unravel we heard it unwind imprisoned by anger embittered by time
No one could tell me we'd be standing here today
Steeled by the fire and sealed by the pain
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

I'm holding on to you and I know you're holding on to me too
We gave it one more chance and found the key to romance
Now none of it happens like we think it should be
Hey it'd all be disaster if left up to me
By the power of love and protection divine
We found we hold hands through the darkness and then there was light
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside
On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

 

[fox69]

"On The Surface"

"On The Surface"


On the surface everything seems right no one notices the dimness of the light
For the world outside our door our smiles are oh so bright
On the surface everything's all right
We have the grace of actors on the stage
We orchestrate the moves that complement the play
But the things that we believe in we just throw them away
On the surface everything's okay

We say goodnight and then we close our eyes
To drift in different worlds far from each other's sight
Dreaming of yesterday when we held each other tight
And on the surface everything's all right
What are you thinking tonight I don't know you (I don't know you)
My words disappear in the night and there's no one there to notice
Maybe our lives will never be the same
But we can face tomorrow if we can just get through today
I'm holding back the tears while you're pushing me away
But on the surface everything's okay yeah on the surface everything's okay