Anne Of The Thousand Days lyrics - Shawn Colvin

The morning was wet
I wore your jacket
I walked your dog
To go get coffee
Where I ran into
Your last girlfriend
And we said hello

She didn’t like me
I didn’t care
I reeked and glowed
I was smug and tan
You were Henry the VIII
Off with her head
She had to go

[CHORUS]
Anne of the thousand days
They go by fast Anne
Those thousand days
Anne of the thousand days

The ink was still wet
On your love letters
I should’ve known
I wouldn’t last long
And I’m sorry I broke
Into your email
But I had to know

There was the one
From Colorado
She thanked you for
The kissing and dancing
But you hate to dance
Off with her head
She had to go
Then there was the one
Who lived in Boston
And you swore to our friends
There was no connection
But her back launched you to
Your next invention
Then she had to go

[CHORUS]

The Neon Light Of The Saints lyrics - Shawn Colvin

The saints all hang their heads
The avenue is long
They’re muffling their voices
In the cold breaking dawn
The saints are in their element
The elements are brave
The voices and the wrecking crew
And the marching of the saints

The saints are playing horseshoes
The flood is in the past
And mercy isn’t critical
Sometimes they even laugh
On their way uptown
So much to do so much to say
In letters red and crystalline
Go marching in the saints

[CHORUS]
The saints, the saints
Gonna meet you once again
The saints, the saints
In the neon light of the saints

The saints are just as relevant
As the old evening blues
The saints wrap ’round the city
They flicker and they choose
Sometimes they are connected
Sometimes they hope and pray
In letters red and crystalline
Go marching in the saints

[CHORUS]

Change Is On The Way lyrics - Shawn Colvin

Cold nights, warm hands
Mountains, flat lands
Your face
Nothing gets erased
And I feel like a change is on the way

Once you held my hand
Wasn’t long I saw you drift like sand
I guess nothing
Nothing stays the same
And I feel like a change is on the way

Well I fought so hard
Made myself a fool
Like a child I held my breath
Till I was blue
You left me anyway
You could feel a change was on the way

Every sin you confess
The measure of every breath
Rise and fall and then rest
For awhile

The sky will fall
Peace will come
I’ll get over you
And I guess even the sun
Will burn itself out one day
And I feel like a change is on the way

I Don't Know You lyrics - Shawn Colvin

Is it me or is it you
Or just the spoils of our little war
You look just like you always do
But I don’t know you anymore

Same time, same place
Same lips, same taste
And the sound of slamming doors
I hear your voice I see your face
But I don’t know you…

[CHORUS]
You were soft and sweet like candy
Kisses warm and wet as rain
Now I’m looking through you baby
You’re not the same

Was it real and was it new
Or just some lines you’d said before
I trace our steps I look for clues
But I don’t know you anymore

Was it me you fell into
Or was it just the clothes I wore
Was it me or was it you
But I don’t know you

[CHORUS]

Fall Of Rome lyrics - Shawn Colvin

The city is crumbling
Like Rome or Pompeii
And there’s nothing to do
But get out of the way
When you know you can save no one

Like an empty old bottle
The ship has gone down
The Titanic is sinking
And the band plays on
And you know you can save no one

[CHORUS]
Maybe a message is coming to you
In the middle of nowhere from out of the blue
Then cross the dark distance and lay down your guns
For Rome it has fallen
And morning has begun

In anyone’s heartache
And in anyone’s blues
Is the beautiful feeling
Of nothing to lose
When you know you can save no one

[CHORUS]

Up On That Hil lyrics - Shawn Colvin

The blood that run your veins
Of all that you are made
It didn’t start with you
As much as you would like it to

The path they set you on
Your battles lost and won
The fakin’ and the show
And all you thought you wanted
All them things you think you want

[CHORUS]
And in the land where all are mourning
You hear the band you hear them call
You can be happy
You can be happy

You stood up on that hill
You thought you’d had your fill
Didn’t want no pedestal
But mark my words you will

You heard your story told
You felt you were getting old
You thought it time to go
But you couldn’t find no share of gold
That set you back on down the road

[CHORUS]

So take your hopes and woes
Take your bruised ego
Light a fire here
Where the air is clear

Or take your sorrow, man
To your selfish land
Run your poor mouth there
See if they care

[CHORUS]

On My Own lyrics - Shawn Colvin

If I don’t see you
Before I go
Remember what you’ve seen
And what you know
Sunshine, you will be
On my mind eternally
But let’s just you remember you
And I’ll remember me

[CHORUS]
I’m gonna be on my own
It’s a long way home
I feel like a baby boy
Just bein’ born

A captive of your heart I guess I was
You gave no reason for stopping loving me
Just because
You dragged yourself right down
You did not hear a sound
But for the tapping of your teardrops
On the ground

[CHORUS]

If you find your true love
Once again
Please don’t do the same damn thing
To them
Cause even when I was with you
I felt so all alone
I’d just as soon do without you and be
On my own

[CHORUS]

"These Four Walls" (2006)

These Four Walls lyrics - Shawn Colvin

I'm gonna die in these four walls
I've had enough and I've tried it all
I'll watch the day break and I'll see the night fall
In these four walls

Show me trouble I'll take him down
I drew a line on this patch of ground
Everything's safe and everything's sound
In these four walls

Up on the rooftop
I can remember
Borders I had to break
Now I can see I had this life
To make

I'm gonna miss your southern drawl
A baby's footsteps in an empty hall
And every little thing I can ever recall
In these four walls

Up on the rooftop
Feel like you're flying
Thinking your heart could break
Oh can't you see we had this love
To make

I'm gonna die in these four walls
I've had enough and I've tried it all
I'll watch the day break and I'll see the night fall
In these four walls.

Tuff Kid lyrics - Shawn Colvin

I was a tuff kid
Yeah I was a tuff kid
It took a lot to get me on my knees
I had a hard time
Yeah I had a hard time
Just ask somebody if you don't believe me.

My mama had me
But she didn't get me
I guess I broke her at the age of 5
My daddy hit me
But he couldn't quit me
We showed each other how to feel alive

Say hey everybody at the old school yard

Took it all the way and we took it hard
Did a lot of things make you feel alright
Said the kind of things keep you up at night.

It was a small town
And it didn't fit me
There wasn't anything that I could do
So I found a guitar
And I took it with me
Just like every single kid I knew.

We say hey everybody at the old schoolyard
Took it all the way and we took it hard
Did the kind of things make you feel alright
Said the kind of things keep you up at night.

Summer Dress lyrics - Shawn Colvin

I put on my finest summer dress
So light and thin it was my best
I brushed my hair I held my breath
I went out to face the wilderness
I went out to face the wilderness

The men in hats the boys on bikes
The perfect girls the baby dykes
The superstars the blighted ones
I went out to face them one by one
I went out to face them one by one

Goodbye MaryAnn
As you turn to watch me
Don't cry MaryAnn
And don't try to stop me

I'm gonna go where the lights are bright

Where sacred secrets sail like kites
We've been sleeping girl all our lives
And we never lived we just survived
We never lived we just survived

Are there thieves and beggars saints and liars
Are there thieves and beggars saints and liars?

Goodbye MaryAnn
As you turn to watch me
Don't cry MaryAnn
And don't try to stop me

I put on my finest summer dress
So light and thin torn at my chest
I brushed my hair I held my breath
I went out to face the wilderness
I went out to face the wilderness.

Cinnamon Road lyrics - Shawn Colvin

Oh Cinnamon Road
That's where we would go
To try and feel better

Oh hot summer breeze
Tops of the trees
Reachin forever

So you take all the things that you felt then
And never did show
With a picture in your head of somebody
That you never did know
Put em all in a box and you leave em
Down Cinnamon Road
But all the money in the world is never gonna
Let you go

Oh where did you go

Cinnamon Road
I wanna feel better

Oh bibles and beads
Stacks of degrees
Reachin forever

So you take all the things that you felt then
And never did show
With a picture in your head of somebody
That you never did know
Put em all in a box and you leave em
Down Cinnamon Road
But all the money in the world is never gonna
Let you go

All them money in the world...

Venetian Blue lyrics - Shawn Colvin

It still hasn't snowed in a lifetime
And I am still frozen in time
Where did you come from?
How could you leave?
And why can't you be mine?

I'm caught in between a lifeline
And a love so deep I will drown
Let it pour like silver
In this empty room
And wear this memory down.

So come to me soon and I'll hold you
We'll be eye to eye, skin to skin

And I'll stoke the fire
Of this cruel December
Until I see you again.

Then I'll lay you down in May
I'll have my way with you
The water town
Is raining down
Pools of Venetian Blue

Let it pour like silver
In this empty room
Pools of Venetian Blue

The Bird lyrics - Shawn Colvin

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