Rosanne Cash

[fox69]

"Our Little Angel"
(originally by Elvis Costello)

"Our Little Angel"
(originally by Elvis Costello)



This is the place where I made my best mistakes
This is the place even angels don't understand
I've seen the disappointment in her face
And the collection of engagement rings on her right hand

She sits alone apart from the crowd
In a white dress she wears like a question mark
Friends speak of her fondly
Enemies just think out loud

You think you're man enough to please her
And you're fool enough to start
But you're not gonna do a thing to our little angel
There's nothing you're thinkin' tonight that tomorrow won't change

Now the cabaret is frozen
And the laughter comes in cans
And the lonely hearts club clientele
Don't know what to do with their hands

You think that you'll be sweet to her but everybody knows
That you're the marshmallow valentine that got stuck on her clothes
And you're not gonna do a thing to our little angel
There's nothing you're thinkin' tonight that tomorrow won't change

So you mix your drinks and words
You make bad jokes, you make bad time
The floors are there to walk over
The walls are there to climb

You swear you'll never go back again once you're inside
You're never the bridegroom, she's always the bride
You're not gonna do a thing to our little angel
There's nothing you're thinkin' tonight that tomorrow won't change

You'll come in a sweetheart and you'll go out a stranger
Well, you try to love her but she's so contrary
Like a chainsaw running through a dictionary
So get your mind off the sweet behind of our little angel

You're not gonna do a thing
You're not gonna do a thing
You're not gonna do a thing to our little angel

 

[fox69]

"Paralyzed"

"Paralyzed"


I picked up the phone, you were both on the line
Your words to each other froze me in time
A lifetime between us just burnt on the wires
Dissolved in a dial tone, consumed in your fires
Your footsteps beside me, the phone in my hand
I can't move
I can't stand

Our faces in pieces, facades on the floor
The pretense between us for a moment destroyed
I don't want to go on with these words in my heart
But the ghost of your anger will tear us apart
How my little world just went up in smoke
I'm too young
I'm too old

One day soon I'll know
One day soon I'll just let it go

I run from the bedroom with legs paralyzed
I carve out my future part prophet, part blind
It's nobody's business, no one is to blame
We'll meet in the distance, new numbers new names
I've lifted the veil, I've walked through the fire
I'll move on
I'll go higher

 

[fox69]

"Pink Bedroom"

"Pink Bedroom"


She paints her fingernails forbidden tones
She wants nervous youth on the telephone
He don't call
She sticks another pin
In her doll
And puts it next to her stuffed animals

She got the tube top
She got the french heels
She got the blow dry
She got her eyes peeled
She got the tight jeans
Seventeen magazine
She got it all
She got it all
She got it all
In her pink bedroom

She thinks all her boyfriends are so dumb
She drinks coca-cola with valium
Mother calls
She sticks another pin
In her doll
And lets those fingers talk her into it

She got the lip gloss
She got the short shorts
She got her records
And they're all imports
She got her good looks
She got her yearbook
She got it all
She got it all
She got it all
In her pink bedroom

They say they got her future down at the desk
Now they're drawing blood for the grown-up test
Something crawls
Beneath her lily skin
And her doll
Is so relieved she's lost her innocence

It was a teen game
Now we're serious
It's all customised
Don't get curious
She got her pension
And your attention
She got it all
She got it all
She got it all
In her pink bedroom

 

[fox69]

"Price Of Temptation"

"Price Of Temptation"


Standing on the edge of tonight
Don't know if I'll fall or fly
But that's the price you pay for temptation
There's no other way through temptation
That's the price you pay

I'll let the rivers cry through my eyes
Watch myself go crazy with desire
But that's the price you pay for temptation
There's no other way through temptation
That's the price you pay

God says here's a lesson and a kiss
You can walk though fire or crawl through this
But that's the price you pay for temptation
There's no other way through temptation
That's the price you pay

 

[fox69]

"Radio Operator"

"Radio Operator"


Radio operator, in a tiny foreign room
We can hear you now and later
Calling out and coming through

Radio operator, you're a voice so far from home
With a signal like a heartbeat
Not afraid but so alone

Where are the messages for me
The secret codes for parts unknown
I'll ride the signal to the world
And to the girl in San Antone

Radio operator, do you ever think of me
'Cause I'm a gleam on some horizon
Just too far away to see

Radio operator, there are still messages to send
From the future, from the present
And it never has to end

Where are the messages for me
The secret codes for parts unknown
I'll ride the signal to the world
And to the girl in San Antone

[Instrumental]

Radio operator, I am calling like a friend
From my future, from your memory
And it never has to end

This message will not end

 

[fox69]

"Real Woman"

"Real Woman"


I don't want to be a star I don't want to talk through glass
I don't want to check my appearance in your eyes
I don't need a million bucks baby it don't take much
I don't need to play the princess all the time
I want to be a real woman changing every day
I want to be a real woman real in every way I want to be a real woman

I don't want to be admired I don't want to take my smile
I don't want to use my charm to disarm you
You don't have to spin your wheels oh baby I know how that feels
You don't have to pass some test just to impress me
I want to be a real woman...

Real is how I deal with what I deal with
Real is how I feel when I know how I'm feelin'

I don't want to be a man I just want to be what I am
I don't want to hide my light so yours keeps shining
If you don't want to face the truth then you're not gonna like what I do
You're not gonna make or break me so don't start trying
I want to be a real woman...

 

[fox69]

"Right Or Wrong"

"Right Or Wrong"


You don't ever worry where I've gone
When I'm not at home
I'm the lonely one
You don't talk about it
In the way what you use to say
Couldn't be undone

Is it right or wrong
Baby I can't tell
Alot of people do it
And they do it so well
Right or wrong
Baby I don't know
It's the only thing I think about
Wherever I go

You don't ever ask me where I've been
When I'm coming in
You're not concerned
I could be sleeping all around
All over town
I think it's time I learned

Is it right or wrong
Baby I can't tell
Alot of people do it
And they do it so well
Right or wrong
Baby I don't know
It's the only thing I think about
Wherever I go

Is it right or wrong
Baby I can't tell
Alot of people do it
And they do it so well
You don't love me
And I tag along
Baby can you tell me
Is it right or wrong

Is it right or wrong
Baby I can't tell
Alot of people do it
And they do it so well
Right or wrong
Baby I don't know
It's the only thing I think about
Wherever I go

Right or wrong
Right or wrong
Right or wrong

 

[fox69]

"Roses In The Fire"

"Roses In The Fire"


I throw your roses in the fire
To make the flames a little higher
I watch your roses turn to dust
I know no man that I can trust

I throw your roses in the fire
'Cause I burn with pity and desire
I'll be your vision dressed in black
Who won't be back

Another woman's on the telephone
Pick it up
Tell her you're home
I see your face turn into broken glass
Talking slow
Thinking fast

I throw your roses in the fire
No one could say i didn't try
I watch your roses fall like tears
I've crawled this path for all these years

I throw your roses in the fire
To burn away the old desire
We were a desperate pair of souls
So let me go

Another woman has her point of view
Let her talk
Now that we're through
I see your face retreat behind the glass

Oh I'll kill you if we can't be friends
I'll bleed like diamonds running
through your hands
I'll be a bitter taste you can't forget
And I won't leave this world until you relent

I throw your roses on the fire
To burn away the old desire
I watch your roses turn to dust
I know no man that i can trust

I throw your roses in the fire
To make the flames a little higher
I'll be your vision dressed in black
Who won't be back
I won't be back
I won't be back

 

[fox69]

"Rosie Strike Back"

"Rosie Strike Back"


He's a bruiser, he likes to tease you
He's a loser, you think he needs you
You always come back, you always come back for more

He winds up tight, out all night
Been drinkin' down he's looking for a fight
He knocks you down; you don't even know what for

Rosie strike back
Rosie strike back
Hit the road and never look back
You can't suffer your whole life living like that
Get goin', don't pack
Take the baby and the clothes on your back
Keep walking Rosie
Strike back

You think he's changin', weeks pass
He's angry, lies coiled like a snake in the grass
The time will come when he takes it all out on you

He throws punches, you bear with him
Don't take it on you, Rosie, don't be his victim
You can't carry the blame for what he's puttin' you through

Rosie strike back
Rosie strike back
Hit the road and never look back
You can't suffer your whole life living like that
Get goin', don't pack
Take the baby and the clothes on your back
Keep walking Rosie
Strike back

Don't take his world on your shoulder
Don't let your heart grow much colder
There's people out there who can help you
If you let them help you
Hey, Rosie

Keep walking, Rosie

Rosie strike back
Rosie strike back
Hit the road and never look back
You can't suffer your whole life living like that
Get goin', don't pack
Take the baby and the clothes on your back
Keep walking Rosie
Strike back

 

[fox69]

"Rules Of Travel"

"Rules Of Travel"


Now that you've made your mistake.
Now that you know how the heart bends and breaks.
Just throw away the book, and take a second look,
Behind the door: a guided tour; what we came here for.
One: don't let the sun go down on,
Two: love, but are undone by,
Three: whose name is.....
I won't even start before we learn the rules.
Like one: don't let the sun go down on,
Two: love, but are undone by,
Three: whose name is.....
I won't even start before we learn the rules of travel,
Inside each other's hearts;
Inside each other's hearts.

When do the walls tumble down?
Into the sky, into the stars and the ground.
Today, to give it up; surrender to the love, no man to hold.
No way to know that you are home.

One: don't let the sun go down on,
Two: love, but are undone by,
Three: whose name is.....
I won't even start before we learn the rules.
Like one: don't let the sun go down on,
Two: love, but are undone by,
Three: whose name is.....
I won't even start before we learn the rules of travel,
Inside each other's hearts;
Inside each other's hearts.

[Instrumental]

One: (Don't let the sun.)
Two:
Three: (Don't let the sun.)
Four.

One: don't let the sun go down on,
Two: love, but are undone by,
Three: whose name is.....
I won't even start before we learn the rules.
Like one: don't let the sun go down on,
Two: love, but are undone by,
Three: whose name is.....
I won't even start before we learn the rules of travel,
Inside each other's hearts;
Inside each other's hearts.