Anne Of The Thousand Days Shawn Colvin

Anne Of The Thousand Days - 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

Summer Dress Shawn Colvin

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 dikes. The superstars, blighted ones.

Object Of My Affection Shawn Colvin

Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coast On the FM drift It's a crazy world On the head of a pin Some other time Some other star I might've cried but now You only need to look so far

Every Little Thing (He) Does Is Magic Shawn Colvin

Though i've tried before to tell him Of the feelings I have for him In my heart Every time that I come near him I just loose my nerve like Ive done From the start Cause every little thing he does is magic

Sunny came home Shawn Colvin

Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized 'm walking on a wire

Sunny came home Shawn Colvin

Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized 'm walking on

Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin

Sunny came home To her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book And a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire

One Small Year Shawn Colvin

One small year It's been an eternity It's taken all of me to get here The hands of time They pushed my down the street They swept me of my feet to this place And I don't know my face Now all through the

Polaroids Shawn Colvin

than oxygen Tough as a whore I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me And nothing surprises me anymore But forests in Germany Kids in the Tuileries Broken-down fortresses In old Italy

If I Were Brave Shawn Colvin

All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans Reminding me of when we got along They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone

Anywhere You Go 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

There's A Rugged Road Shawn Colvin

Sill) There's a rugged road on the prairie Stretchin' all across the last frontier There a stranger strives solitary Blessed is the lonesome pioneer Roll on, roll on, roll on Night birds are flyin

Whole New You 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

Another Plane Went Down Shawn Colvin

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

Fall Of Rome 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

Kill The Messenger Shawn Colvin

dry face of steel As you're dragging your red rowing boat Cross the forever fields See Jane something's gone dead Inside my head There's nothing but fear Jane the rivers of grief The tears of relief Seem

Set The Prairie On Fire Shawn Colvin

Full full moon and That same sad nature I wanna cover every inch of you Like ink on paper Like the blind parade of souls Consumed by religion I can't wait 'til I get you In that defenseless position Chorus

The Dead Of The Night (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

It is the dead of the night On the dead of the night I live on a dream, it came to me When I was young I brought it here, and now for years The streets of London keep it safe and warm Every morning it

Seven Times The Charm Shawn Colvin

The first rose to rise up in the ruins of the flood You brought me down like a hawk to your glove But a poor girl is made out of sorrow and blood Some hearts survive but mine isn’t one And we go once

Suicide Alley Shawn Colvin

exit sign Suicide Alley is waiting You're a loose cannonball on a sinking ship From the belly of the beast, shot from the hip But you don't have to be going down the dark hall You're not tied to

Get Out Of This House Shawn Colvin

Go jump in the lake, go ride up the hill Get out of this house It's a house of your making, it's a house of ill will Get out of this house Go listen to Buddha, go listen to Joe Get out of this house

That Don't Worry Me Now 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

Even Here We Are Shawn Colvin

Beautiful flower in your garden But the most beautiful by far Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump Even here we are.

Round Of Blues Shawn Colvin

Here we go again Another round of blues Several miles ago I set down my angel shoes On a lost highway For a better view Now in my mind's eye All roads lead to you Chorus: So wherever you go You better

The Neon Light Of The Saints 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

American Jerusalem Shawn Colvin

American Jerusalem - Shawn Colvin New York City rain Don't know if it's makin' me Dirty or clean Went for the subway but there was no train And the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again And the

A Matter Of Minutes Shawn Colvin

I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes, Leave you all far behind All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find If they ever were mine You've been trying And I know it's been hard

Tuff Kid Shawn Colvin

My mama had me But she didn't get me I guess I broke her at the age of five My daddy hit me But he couldn't quit me We showed each other how to feel alive Say hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it

Cinnamon Road Shawn Colvin

Oh, Cinnamon Road That's where we would go to try and feel better Oh, hot summer breeze The tops of the trees reachin' forever So you take all the things that you felt then And never did show With a picture

Orion In The Sky Shawn Colvin

you baby And I know you and I Can find a way to heaven Just like Orion in the sky He's the long lost hero He's the guardian of your son But can he protect us baby >From all the sad things we've done Now

Window To The World Shawn Colvin

Neon flickers with a pale glow And all the shadows that come and go Sometimes I can hear them laugh and cry In my lonely room with a view I can't sleep and so I think of you And watch the world as it passes

The Story (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

Well we pounded the pavement between dotted lines But we always belonged to the fugitive kind We were never the best but we were better than this To be made to bow down among princes I got thrown around

Hold On To The Good Things Shawn Colvin

with you On top of the world We've got nothing to do There's a silvery lining And the sun is shining Hold on to the good things darling Hold on to the silver lining Hold on to the beautiful melodies And

Bonefields 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

New Thing Now Shawn Colvin

This is your new thing now Naked as a rose Everything exposed But not quite This is your new thing now Cards out on the table A genius with no label But not quite, not quite God, I swear it's

Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

Home Is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me 'round I come home Born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Shawn Colvin

Home Is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me 'round I come home Born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on

Steady On Shawn Colvin

China gets broken And it will never be the same Boats on the ocean Find their way back again I am weaving like a drunkard Like a balloon up in the air I am needing a puncture and someone To point me somewhere

Steady On (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

China gets broken And it will never be the same Boats on the ocean Find their way back again I am weaving like a drunkard Like a balloon up in the air I am needing a puncture and someone To point me somewhere

I'll Say I'm Sorry Now Shawn Colvin

I''m gonna let you down I know that now Make you cry, I know I will Why should you believe I would never leave Or that I love you still For all the by and by Hard as we try The bough

Something To Believe In (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

You will wander around And it won't be the same All the signs will be down And it's starting to rain out It's a lonely place That you've brought it to now You wanted to love You didn't know how but There

All Fall Down Shawn Colvin

to some Is breakin’ even to you We all fall down We all fall down We all fall down Well I don’t understand why And I might never know But I believe in love I like to swallow it whole How come the

Monopoly Shawn Colvin

I don't know what else to do I would rather do anything Than write this song for you And perpetuate this thing In my head, in my living room With the usual arsenal Of broken chords and rusty strings To

Roger Wilco Shawn Colvin

It's all yours it's anything that you say My company fell in we were dropped like like sticks in the wind I relinquish this misson sir in the intrest of my men I do not expect to see my children again

Shotgun Down The Avalanche Shawn Colvin

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You

Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Live at the Ryman) Shawn Colvin

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You

Someone Like you Shawn Colvin

I've been searchin' for a long time For someone exactly like you I've been travellin' all around the world Waiting for you to come through chorus Someone like you To make it all worthwhile Someone

Venetian Blue Shawn Colvin

So come to me soon and I'll hold you We'll be eye to eye, skin to skin And I'll stroke the fire Of this cruel December Until I see you again.

Someday Shawn Colvin

You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around. You go to school and you learn to read and write. So you can walk into the county bank and sign away your life.