John Hiatt |
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Baby, will you be my honey baby?
I ain't got no money baby, baby
Maybe baby, say you do
I've been a-selling hot dogs
I've been trying to get to you
I've been bowlin' and a rollin'
But there ain't nothin' seems to do
Baby, baby do you need me baby?
Got the heebee geebies baby, baby
Maybe baby, say you do
Baby, will you be my only baby?
I'm so tired and lonely baby, baby
Maybe baby, say you do
I've been a-standin' in line,
With ketchup on my shirt
I've been a-dancin' like a chicken
But there ain't nothin' seems to work
Baby, baby do you love me baby?
Are you thinkin' of me baby, baby?
Maybe baby, say you do
Maybe baby, say you do
Well now, maybe baby, say you do
She was an angel who flies high in the heavens
I was a pigeon on the church
She breathed pure golden as she hid from the
procession
I tumbled from my lowly perch
CHORUS:
I guess whistles in my ears
'Cause I can't hear you when you're cryin'
I don't long to be anywhere at all
I don't care to live a lie
There is a secret in the middle of the sea
When you acquire a vicious thirst
Then love will cool your brow and soothe the
apparition
But is it just another curse?
Oh baby Jesus, mother Mary, God the father
The big triangle needs repairs
I know we learn within the vision of our spirit
Do you prefer us cold and bare?
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
Ya get a laugh; ya get a cry
Get 'em all before you die
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here
Come on sit down, get down
Come-a-come-a sit down, get down
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here
All the ladies hypnotize you,
And all your friends, well they just patronize
you
Don't God look forgot,
Cause he just sittin' here
I think it's God's sick plan but it's not so
clear
Lord you get the truth; you get lies
Get 'em all before you die
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here
You get the light; you get the dark
Fall in love and I break your heart
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here
Come on sit down, get down
Come-a-come-a sit down, get down
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here
Now it might seem confusing
With all you get, well look what all your
loosing
But it's just life and it just goes on
So quit with your complaining soon enough you will be
gone
Lord, Lord, Lord
Sure as I'm sittin' here,
Sure as I'm sittin' here
She used to go to parties and a-dancing with her
beau
Beneath the southern moon they found their
places
But now she's tired all the time and she got no where
to go,
And the memories keep showing up in faces
So she finds her dressing table and she puts on all
of her clothes,
And she cries when she's realized she's just an old
Rose
Rose walks to the kitchen then she fills her coffee
cup
And thinks of how the mornings used to greet
her
But now it's just another day and harder to get
up,
And it breaks her heart to think that no one needs
her
And she wants to start all over but she ain't got far
to go,
So she cries when she's realized she's just an old
Rose
Rose puts on her stockings and she lights a
cigarette
Holds her tired face up to the mirror
She sees a younger woman there she thought she would
forget,
And it hurts her now that no one comes to see
her
Well that telescope; that mighty eye
It's bigger, Jack, that you or I
Oh, it sees the stars, it sees the moon
You might as well stay in the room
Professor, professor, I forgot how it looks
Could I just take another peak?
Is there really a man who lives up there?
Is it all green cheese so to speak?
Well now listen boy
These are the facts
The moon is white
The sky is black
And you are a speck on this crummy earth
And a dollar and a half is all you're worth
Why did I come here?
Let all the tender scientist
Get lost in poetry
And let all these moist romantic guys
Turn back to history
Hangin' around the observatory
Waitin' to see the moon
Well we thought that we was gypsies
Come to escape these lousy ruins
And the faces in my field,
Only flesh made out of him
My body ages
Houses made of stone and ice
Chimneys smokey paradise
If you gotta leave, you gotta leave alone
CHORUS:
Oh Lord, there's a full moon, oh Lord, in my
eyes
There's a full moon; insane vision in disguise
There's a full moon
Oh Lord, there's a full moon out tonight
Old men close their eyes and weep
Young men pray that they're asleep,
Inside the madness
Young girls dance between the sparks,
And old women die in parks,
From too much sadness
And we dig a million holes
And were goin' down for gold
If you gotta leave, you gotta leave alone
REPEAT CHORUS
She got earrings
I'll take my chances
I just ain't near as sharp
As the day I was made
CHORUS:
I said look out
There goes another
Wild-eyed gypsy
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
Drive my new car; smoke my cigar
Buy you diamonds and your pearls
Ooh ooh treat me like a dog but throw a little meat
on them bones
CHORUS:
And it's all right
Yes, it's all right
It's all right with me
REPEAT CHORUS
You can hurt me but don't desert me
Leave me runnin' but stay all night
I want you to know your love is what I need
You can use me but don't refuse me
Turn me back but do me right
I just want you to know my love is guaranteed
REPEAT CHORUS THREE TIMES
CHORUS:
When you're sad,
Let that sad come through
Singing little blue song for you,
Little blue song for you
Let your heart go let them winds blow
There's so much you can learn
When the change comes, darlin' it might hurt you
some
There's a time for things to turn
REPEAT CHORUS
Listen to the Earth, she call your name
Lady love the children all the same
Feels so good to let it out
You know what I talk about
Let your mind get up and shout, Oh love
REPEAT CHORUS