I might go to the mountains of Spain
And I'll see all the pretty snow,
And I'll dream the dream I dream
No matter where I go
We were still young like when we met,
And I hadn't fucked it all up yet,
And you wanted me to be with you
Like before
What I like about time is it don't ask why
What I like about love is it makes me cry
What I like about the bird is she don't need
Nothing but sky...
And I know you tried to tell me then
No one could bear the shit I put on them
I bet you wonder why you even let me in
Well, so do I.
In my dream I never make you pay
For all the things you did and did not say
I was ready to be good to you
And make you stay
And you took me to the carnival town,
And we rode the rides up and down,
And we watched the birds watch us smile,
And then they flew away
What I like about time is it don't ask why
What I like about love is it makes me cry
What I like about the bird is she don't need
Nothing but sky...
And I know you think my life's a crime
And you talk about it with your wife sometimes
Y'all shake your heads and sigh
Oh believe me, I shake mine.
I'm Gone lyrics - Shawn Colvin
I'm gone
there are things I will do for a hatchet job, too
ante up, there's a new kid in town
but it won't take long for what's red hot and blonde
to be ashes on the ground
and men headin' skyline, with a bet and a byline
have come to cradle your face
and I won't be the last one to commit crimes of passion
with a shootout and a chase
mmm, over and over and over and over
back in, back in, keep hanging on
going once, going twice, mercy god, jesus christ
and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
well, nothing has changed since the last time I came
and my pride and my hat in my hand
and I never sleep well and I still kiss and tell
and I do not pay the band
over and over and over and over
back in, back in, I keep hanging on
going once, going twice, mercy god, jesus christ
and I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone
and I'm gone, and I'm gone, I'm gone
there are things I will do for a hatchet job, too
ante up, there's a new kid in town
but it won't take long for what's red hot and blonde
to be ashes on the ground
and men headin' skyline, with a bet and a byline
have come to cradle your face
and I won't be the last one to commit crimes of passion
with a shootout and a chase
mmm, over and over and over and over
back in, back in, keep hanging on
going once, going twice, mercy god, jesus christ
and I'm gone, and I'm gone, and I'm gone
well, nothing has changed since the last time I came
and my pride and my hat in my hand
and I never sleep well and I still kiss and tell
and I do not pay the band
over and over and over and over
back in, back in, I keep hanging on
going once, going twice, mercy god, jesus christ
and I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone
and I'm gone, and I'm gone, I'm gone
Let It Slide lyrics - Shawn Colvin
You say you get a feeling about it
I'm starting to know what you mean
I only have to look at somewhere you've been walking
It's like I know every place that you've been
You say you thought you'd just live without it
Nobody falls in love anymore
Well, I say that they do 'cuz I'm in love with you
And I know I've never been here before
And it's not too late for us
We've still got hope and trust
We can still hang tough
And let it slide
And when it's all too much
We'll leave it in the dust
Climb up on that bus
And ride
Remember that day when I met you
And the first thing we did was to fight
Then we played all the songs that we both ever knew
And we ended up talking all night
So this is me saying 'Baby, don't doubt it'
And this is me saying 'Baby, it's time'
'Cuz the heart's gonna see what it wants to believe
And my heart's always willing to try
And it's not too late for us
We've still got hope and trust
We can still hang tough
And let it slide
And when it's all too much
We'll leave it in the dust
Climb up on that bus
And ride
I'm starting to know what you mean
I only have to look at somewhere you've been walking
It's like I know every place that you've been
You say you thought you'd just live without it
Nobody falls in love anymore
Well, I say that they do 'cuz I'm in love with you
And I know I've never been here before
And it's not too late for us
We've still got hope and trust
We can still hang tough
And let it slide
And when it's all too much
We'll leave it in the dust
Climb up on that bus
And ride
Remember that day when I met you
And the first thing we did was to fight
Then we played all the songs that we both ever knew
And we ended up talking all night
So this is me saying 'Baby, don't doubt it'
And this is me saying 'Baby, it's time'
'Cuz the heart's gonna see what it wants to believe
And my heart's always willing to try
And it's not too late for us
We've still got hope and trust
We can still hang tough
And let it slide
And when it's all too much
We'll leave it in the dust
Climb up on that bus
And ride
Even Here We Are lyrics - Shawn Colvin
It's a beautiful flower in your garden
But the most beautiful by far
Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump
Even here, even here we are
It's the song of the bird way up in the sky
But the most beautiful by far
Is the scream of the man who never learned to fly
Even here, even here we are
Even here, even here we are
When the sun shines bright, it's a beautiful sight
But the most beautiful by far
Is the blind girl alone, the angel of the night
Even here, even here we are
It's a beautiful flower in your garden
But the most beautiful by far
Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump
Even here, even here we are
Even here, even here we are
Even here, even here we are
But the most beautiful by far
Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump
Even here, even here we are
It's the song of the bird way up in the sky
But the most beautiful by far
Is the scream of the man who never learned to fly
Even here, even here we are
Even here, even here we are
When the sun shines bright, it's a beautiful sight
But the most beautiful by far
Is the blind girl alone, the angel of the night
Even here, even here we are
It's a beautiful flower in your garden
But the most beautiful by far
Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump
Even here, even here we are
Even here, even here we are
Even here, even here we are
So Good To See You lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Ordinarily I'd have the decency to hold my tongue
And then eventually wind up opening the vein
Rather pointedly you ask me if I plan to turn and run
That's a certainty when I'm this close to the drain
But it's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
To see you
Intermittently I have to tell myself we had no past
And essentially wanting you is just insane
There are those who say it's customary for a man to ask
In actuality I have been known to jump the train
And it's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
To see you
And anything I have is yours and yours alone
It's a foregone conclusion
It's a languid delusion
But it's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
It's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
To see you
To see you
And then eventually wind up opening the vein
Rather pointedly you ask me if I plan to turn and run
That's a certainty when I'm this close to the drain
But it's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
To see you
Intermittently I have to tell myself we had no past
And essentially wanting you is just insane
There are those who say it's customary for a man to ask
In actuality I have been known to jump the train
And it's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
To see you
And anything I have is yours and yours alone
It's a foregone conclusion
It's a languid delusion
But it's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
It's so good to see you
Yes it's so good to see you
To see you
To see you
That Don't Worry Me Now lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Before you knew me
An angel came to me
I wrestled him down to the ground
He said he could cure me I said
That don’t worry me now
Those angels just bore me
The same old damn story
They were lost oh but now they been found
Ain’t nobody lookin but
That don’t worry me now
I live by the sound
Of devils in flight
I travel alone
In the cold
In the dead of
The deep dark night
So if Jesus is comin
He’d better start runnin
I don’t really think he’ll be proud
And I won’t get to heaven but
That don’t worry me now.
I live by the sound
Of devils in flight
I travel alone I
In the cold
In the dead of
The deep dark night
And if flocks of the best
Will sing me to my rest
I’ll never get used to that sound
Just give me Sam Cooke singin
That don’t worry me now
An angel came to me
I wrestled him down to the ground
He said he could cure me I said
That don’t worry me now
Those angels just bore me
The same old damn story
They were lost oh but now they been found
Ain’t nobody lookin but
That don’t worry me now
I live by the sound
Of devils in flight
I travel alone
In the cold
In the dead of
The deep dark night
So if Jesus is comin
He’d better start runnin
I don’t really think he’ll be proud
And I won’t get to heaven but
That don’t worry me now.
I live by the sound
Of devils in flight
I travel alone I
In the cold
In the dead of
The deep dark night
And if flocks of the best
Will sing me to my rest
I’ll never get used to that sound
Just give me Sam Cooke singin
That don’t worry me now
Words lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Smile an everlasting smile, a smile can bring you near to me.
Don't ever let me find you down, cause that would bring a tear to me.
This world has lost its glory, let's start a brand new story now, my love.
Right now, there'll be no other time and I can show you how, my love.
Talk in everlasting words, and dedicate them all to me.
And I will give you all my life, I'm here if you should call to me.
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say.
It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away.
Don't ever let me find you down, cause that would bring a tear to me.
This world has lost its glory, let's start a brand new story now, my love.
Right now, there'll be no other time and I can show you how, my love.
Talk in everlasting words, and dedicate them all to me.
And I will give you all my life, I'm here if you should call to me.
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say.
It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away.
A Matter Of Minutes lyrics - Shawn Colvin
I've been thinking
About you and me
Maybe I was just
Seeing what I wanted to see
Well you can call me crazy
But you know this time I swore
That I wouldn't run
But I can't do that anymore
I can't find my way to stay
And I can't see my way to go
But I can't give up without a fight.
I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes,
Leave you all far behind
And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
If they ever were mine
Well you've been trying
And I know it's been hard
And I'm afraid of
All this blood in my heart
If there's one thing certain
It's there ain't nothing for sure
And I want to run
But I can't do that anymore
'Cos I can't meet you half way
And I can't have it my way
And I can't give up without a fight
I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes,
Leave you all far behind
And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
Like they ever were mine
I could count the good times we had
On one hand
All the rest was
A sort of means to the end
Well now it's done
And I can never
Go back where I was before
And I want to run...
I can get myself clean in a matter of minutes
Get it wrong every time
All of my whole world and all the things in it are hard to, hard to find
Everything changed in a matter of minutes
Nothing was saved in time
And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
But they never
never
never
were mine
About you and me
Maybe I was just
Seeing what I wanted to see
Well you can call me crazy
But you know this time I swore
That I wouldn't run
But I can't do that anymore
I can't find my way to stay
And I can't see my way to go
But I can't give up without a fight.
I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes,
Leave you all far behind
And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
If they ever were mine
Well you've been trying
And I know it's been hard
And I'm afraid of
All this blood in my heart
If there's one thing certain
It's there ain't nothing for sure
And I want to run
But I can't do that anymore
'Cos I can't meet you half way
And I can't have it my way
And I can't give up without a fight
I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes,
Leave you all far behind
And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
Like they ever were mine
I could count the good times we had
On one hand
All the rest was
A sort of means to the end
Well now it's done
And I can never
Go back where I was before
And I want to run...
I can get myself clean in a matter of minutes
Get it wrong every time
All of my whole world and all the things in it are hard to, hard to find
Everything changed in a matter of minutes
Nothing was saved in time
And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find
But they never
never
never
were mine
Whole New You lyrics - Shawn Colvin
You have the right to get down on your kness
you have the right to make yourself believe
you don't know my name
but I don't care
you can do it
cuz you have the right
To shake the loneliness and shine the light
take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder when it's all too good to be true
like a whole new you
So don't lose the way
You can do no wrong
And don't spend your days just trying to be strong
when you don't know your name
you know it's okay, you can do it
cuz you have the right
To shake the loneliness and shine the light
take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder when it's all too good to be true
like a whole new you
it's too good to be true
like a whole new you
Shake the loneliness and shine the light
take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder
shake your head and wonder baby
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder when it's all too good to be true
like a whole new you
it's too good to be true
like a whole new you
you have the right to make yourself believe
you don't know my name
but I don't care
you can do it
cuz you have the right
To shake the loneliness and shine the light
take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder when it's all too good to be true
like a whole new you
So don't lose the way
You can do no wrong
And don't spend your days just trying to be strong
when you don't know your name
you know it's okay, you can do it
cuz you have the right
To shake the loneliness and shine the light
take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder when it's all too good to be true
like a whole new you
it's too good to be true
like a whole new you
Shake the loneliness and shine the light
take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder
shake your head and wonder baby
go and wish on every star that's fallen
shake your head and wonder when it's all too good to be true
like a whole new you
it's too good to be true
like a whole new you
Nothing Like You lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Four blocks up and two streets down,
I went back to my old hometown
Like a kid I ran and hid on cue
That's when times were really sad
Winter there was really bad
And we all just froze but for a chosen few
Did you ever see someone you knew
Holding fast and staying strong and true
And they were nothing like you?
Truth to tell and time to burn
I hit the wall at every turn
The ceiling cracked in half and I just flew
Poetry is what I heard
I was hanging onto every word
I was a lover for the world to woo
I have seen the top of Mt. Ventoux
I have seen a miracle or two
And they're N O T H I N G L I K E Y O U
You've been waiting for awhile
I can tell
Off my head and on the fence
Maybe there's no accidents
Anyway I'd say I have come to
So fool me once that might be fun
Fool me twice well that's been done
You can fool me everyday I won't say boo
I believe I have pulled a major coup
I believe I have boarded up the zoo
I believe I have dropped the other shoe
And there's N O T H I N G L I K E Y O U
I went back to my old hometown
Like a kid I ran and hid on cue
That's when times were really sad
Winter there was really bad
And we all just froze but for a chosen few
Did you ever see someone you knew
Holding fast and staying strong and true
And they were nothing like you?
Truth to tell and time to burn
I hit the wall at every turn
The ceiling cracked in half and I just flew
Poetry is what I heard
I was hanging onto every word
I was a lover for the world to woo
I have seen the top of Mt. Ventoux
I have seen a miracle or two
And they're N O T H I N G L I K E Y O U
You've been waiting for awhile
I can tell
Off my head and on the fence
Maybe there's no accidents
Anyway I'd say I have come to
So fool me once that might be fun
Fool me twice well that's been done
You can fool me everyday I won't say boo
I believe I have pulled a major coup
I believe I have boarded up the zoo
I believe I have dropped the other shoe
And there's N O T H I N G L I K E Y O U
Anywhere You Go lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Sweetness and light, you were right
Summers are getting harder
Days echo by, blood red sky
Chop wood and carry water
We only do what we can and there's a natural plan, you know
I know that you understand cause you're just that kind of man, you know
Oh we try and try
We cry, baby cry
Everybody knows we get nowhere
Again and again forever till the end
Anywhere you go I will go there
Bones in the road getting older
If only it made me smarter
Eyes on the prize, don't think twice
Just chop wood and carry water
Am I still looking for clues
And I just feel so confused, you know
And I am so scared I can't move but there's just one thing to do, you know
Oh we try and try
We cry, baby cry
Everybody knows we get nowhere
Again and again forever till the end
Anywhere you go I will go there
Summers are getting harder
Days echo by, blood red sky
Chop wood and carry water
We only do what we can and there's a natural plan, you know
I know that you understand cause you're just that kind of man, you know
Oh we try and try
We cry, baby cry
Everybody knows we get nowhere
Again and again forever till the end
Anywhere you go I will go there
Bones in the road getting older
If only it made me smarter
Eyes on the prize, don't think twice
Just chop wood and carry water
Am I still looking for clues
And I just feel so confused, you know
And I am so scared I can't move but there's just one thing to do, you know
Oh we try and try
We cry, baby cry
Everybody knows we get nowhere
Again and again forever till the end
Anywhere you go I will go there
Bonefields lyrics - Shawn Colvin
All and all I guess that there's so many things that we don't say and
It's what makes us sad I think sometimes
That makes us close but I don't mind, I don't mind
In the alleys and the bonefields of Arkansa past the piles of tires and the
smell of hot tar you threw your papers
In the rain under your hat you had a world, ummmm….a world
There ain't no father
There ain't no mother
There ain't no sister
Ain't got no brother
Running to no one
Running for cover
In the valleys and the twilight of Illinois under the
New moon I write in my book and I walk the streets
Where no one lives not even you but, you don't mind
Ahhh….. You don't mind
And all and all I guess that there's so many things that
We don't say … today you think that I don't even like
You but don't you know YOU ARE MY WORLD, mmmm…MY WORLD
There ain't no father
There ain't no mother
I don't see my sister
Ain't got no brothers
Running to no one
Left to each other…
There ain't no father
There ain't no mother
I don't see my sister
Ain't got no brothers
Running to Jesus
Running to lovers
Running to strangers
Running for cover
Running to no one
Left to each other
It's what makes us sad I think sometimes
That makes us close but I don't mind, I don't mind
In the alleys and the bonefields of Arkansa past the piles of tires and the
smell of hot tar you threw your papers
In the rain under your hat you had a world, ummmm….a world
There ain't no father
There ain't no mother
There ain't no sister
Ain't got no brother
Running to no one
Running for cover
In the valleys and the twilight of Illinois under the
New moon I write in my book and I walk the streets
Where no one lives not even you but, you don't mind
Ahhh….. You don't mind
And all and all I guess that there's so many things that
We don't say … today you think that I don't even like
You but don't you know YOU ARE MY WORLD, mmmm…MY WORLD
There ain't no father
There ain't no mother
I don't see my sister
Ain't got no brothers
Running to no one
Left to each other…
There ain't no father
There ain't no mother
I don't see my sister
Ain't got no brothers
Running to Jesus
Running to lovers
Running to strangers
Running for cover
Running to no one
Left to each other
Another Plane Went Down lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Another plane went down today in the
Atlantic nine miles off shore
And every single black car that goes by just might be yours
I haven't moved from this spot I sit her watching TV in bed
I wanna see if the crash was sabotage
I wanna know if everyone is dead
I remember when I was fifteen me and Liz would ride around
We liked to smoke in the car in the winter with all the windows rolled down
I had a dream a plane exploded over my lake one afternoon
I still remember the feeling when I woke up
I can't describe the magnitude
SO MANY OTHER DREAMS
The one I had today
You and the Italian woman naked
Your fingers between her legs
She lay like a body in the water
She barely made a sound
She fell as quiet, as quiet, as a leaf falling
To the ground
Meanwhile back on earth I told you to fuck off and go away
I've gotta call my friend who moved from New York to LA
Five days before Christmas last year his girlfriend died in a plane crash
He says the way that it happen is your heart
Is so heavy it rips away upon impact
And then you just bleed inside
You don't even feel a thing
They found her on a hill in Columbia
Intact among the debris
So many other dreams
The ones where I'm on death row
The ones where I don't know why
The ones where my parents drove
I wish I was with you now
Down at the Sixth Street bar
Laughing at the singer
Smoking in the car
Atlantic nine miles off shore
And every single black car that goes by just might be yours
I haven't moved from this spot I sit her watching TV in bed
I wanna see if the crash was sabotage
I wanna know if everyone is dead
I remember when I was fifteen me and Liz would ride around
We liked to smoke in the car in the winter with all the windows rolled down
I had a dream a plane exploded over my lake one afternoon
I still remember the feeling when I woke up
I can't describe the magnitude
SO MANY OTHER DREAMS
The one I had today
You and the Italian woman naked
Your fingers between her legs
She lay like a body in the water
She barely made a sound
She fell as quiet, as quiet, as a leaf falling
To the ground
Meanwhile back on earth I told you to fuck off and go away
I've gotta call my friend who moved from New York to LA
Five days before Christmas last year his girlfriend died in a plane crash
He says the way that it happen is your heart
Is so heavy it rips away upon impact
And then you just bleed inside
You don't even feel a thing
They found her on a hill in Columbia
Intact among the debris
So many other dreams
The ones where I'm on death row
The ones where I don't know why
The ones where my parents drove
I wish I was with you now
Down at the Sixth Street bar
Laughing at the singer
Smoking in the car
Bound To You lyrics - Shawn Colvin
Well, I feel alive like I never have
Because if I go, then someone will be sad
Because as someone said, well, I'd rather die
But if you can stay, then darlin' so can I
And you know I will
Yeah, you know I will
[Chorus]
('Cause) I'm bound to you, and all that it means
I'm bound to you, there's no in-between
It's like (the) earth below and the sky of blue
Are bound to me and you
And now every night, when the sun goes down
I remember times, like when I hit this town
All the dreams that just won't come true
I say, (if) you can do it, baby, (then) I can, too
And you know I will
Yeah, you know I will
[Chorus Out]
Because if I go, then someone will be sad
Because as someone said, well, I'd rather die
But if you can stay, then darlin' so can I
And you know I will
Yeah, you know I will
[Chorus]
('Cause) I'm bound to you, and all that it means
I'm bound to you, there's no in-between
It's like (the) earth below and the sky of blue
Are bound to me and you
And now every night, when the sun goes down
I remember times, like when I hit this town
All the dreams that just won't come true
I say, (if) you can do it, baby, (then) I can, too
And you know I will
Yeah, you know I will
[Chorus Out]
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