Bonnie Raitt Lyrics

Used To Rule The World lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Doctor Feelgood

Sleepin’ on a concrete bench

Can I get a witness?

Miss South Carolina 1975,

Somebody stole your crown.

You were sleeping

In your happy home,

When you woke up baby,

Your life had come and gone.

Now you’re mystified,

Standing with the rest of us

Who used to rule the world.

Brother Lovejoy

Rappin’ up a blue streak

Can I get a witness?

Miss Hurricane can’t

Keep your hands still

Long enough to count your change.

You were wrapped up

In your daily grind,

The cost of living

It didn’t even cross your mind.

Now you’re mystified,

Standing with the rest of us

Who used to rule the world.

Mr. Blueprint

Used to have it figured out

Now you can’t find your car.

Miss Cocktaill dress

Standing at the bathroom sink

Looking for a back way out.

You can’t believe your very eyes.

Everything that you were counting on

Was nothing but a pack of lies.

Now you’re mystified,

Standing with the rest of us

Who used to rule the world.

Now you’re mystified,

Standing with the rest of us

Who used to rule, used to rule, used to rule the world.

Right Down The Line lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

You know I need your love

You've got that hold over me

Long as I've got your love

You know that I'll never leave

When I wanted you to share my life

I had no doubt in my mind

And it's been you woman

Right down the line

I know how much I lean on you

Only you can see

The changes that I've been through

Have left a mark on me

You've been as constant as a Northern Star

The brightest light that shines

It's been you woman right down the line

I just wanna say this is my way

Of tellin' you everything

I could never say before

Yeah this is my way of tellin' you

That every day I'm lovin' you so much more

'Cause you believed in me through my darkest night

Put somethin' better inside of me

You brought me into the light

Threw away all those crazy dreams

I put them all behind

And it was you woman

Right down the line

I just wanna say this is my way of tellin' you everything

I could never say before

Yeah this is my way of tellin' you

Everything I could never say before

Yeah this is my way of tellin' you

That every day I'm lovin' you so much more

If I should doubt myself, if I'm losing ground

I won't turn to someone else

They'd only let me down

When I wanted you to share my life

I had no doubt in my mind

And it's been you woman

Right down the line

Million Miles lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

You took a part of me that I really miss

I keep askin' myself how long it can go on like this

You told yourself a lie - that's alright, mama, I told myself one too

I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

You took the silver, you took the gold

You left me standin' out in the cold

People ask about you, I didn't tell them everything I knew

Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

I'm driftin' in and out of dreamless sleep

Throwin' all my memories in a ditch so deep

Did so many things I never did intend to do

Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low

I need every bit of it for the places that I go

Sometimes I wonder 'til it's just what it's all coming to

Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

Well, I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink

Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think

Feel like talkin' to somebody but I just don't know who

Well, I've tried to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

Yes, the last thing you said before ya hit the street

Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet

I said, "That's all right, mamma, you, you do what you gotta do"

Well, I've tried to get closer, I'm still a million miles from you.

Rock me, pretty baby, rock me all at once

Rock me for a little while, rock me for a couple of months

And I'll rock you too

I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

Well, there's voices in the night tryin' to be heard

I'm sittin' here listening to every mind-pollutin' word

I know plenty of people put me up for a day or two

Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you.

You Can't Fail Me Now lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair

But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow

I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now

Salt is sweet upon my mouth

And dark throws sparks against my house

The state of love is a smudge upon my brow

But you see through me and you can't fail me now

You see right through me, you can't fail me now

I've bit off more than I can chew

It's something that I tend to do

When fewer words are what we need and how

You bite my tongue and you can't fail me now

I rant and rail but you can't fail me now

I've lost the thread among the vines

And hung myself in storylines

That tell the tales I never would allow

God knows the name of every bird

That fills my mind like angry words

But you know all my secret heart avows

We're taught to love the worst of us

And mercy more than life but trust me

Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow

I live for yours and you can't fail me now

I live for your mercy, you can't fail me now

You can't fail me now

Down To You lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Come around cryin' that you just can't win.

You thought this one was different, now it's gone again.

You just can't believe, baby.

"Why's it happenin' to me? "

Now...

You step out on the track in the pouring rain,

And when you get run over, well, you blame the train?

You just can't deny, baby,

Life is passing you by, baby.

Don't you think that you've had enough?

Ain't it time to get a different view?

Can't just wait around for what you want.

It's all about the way you choose.

Ain't nobody else that can make things right.

Baby, it's down to you.

Everywhere you look they're trying' to do you in.

You just can't understand, they used to be your friends.

It's always the same, baby.

Someone else is to blame, baby.

Still ain't got a clue the way it all goes down

'Cause what you're dishing out is coming back around.

Same old song, baby.

Gone all too long now

Don't'cha think that you've had enough?

Ain't it time to get a different view.

You can't just wait around for what you want.

It's all about the way you choose.

Ain't nobody else that can make things right.

Baby, it's down to you.

Down to you...

Don't'cha think that you've had enough?

Ain't it time to get a different view.

Can't just wait around for what you want.

It's all about the way you choose.

Ain't nobody else that can make things right.

Baby, it's down to you.

Down to you, honey...

Take My Love With You lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Daylight, I think about you and wonder where you are

At night I'm wishing, looking at the stars,

But I don't worry 'bout you, I know that soon you'll be home.

But while you're gone

Take my love with you.

Let it be the light that sees you through,

Chase away your blues.

Where you go and what you do,

Take my love with you.

I'll be your talisman.

I'll be your lucky charm.

Put it in your pocket.

Put it in your heart.

Then in your weakness, baby, just let it help you along.

And make you strong

Take my love with you.

Let it be the light that sees you through,

Chase away your blues.

Where you go and what you do.

Take my love with you.

And if the world around you begins to crumble and fall,

It wouldn't matter at all

Take my love with you.

Let it be the light that sees you through,

Chase away your blues.

Where you go and what you do

Take my love with you.

Let it be the light that sees you through,

Chase away your blues.

Where you go and what you do,

Take my love with you.

Not Cause I Wanted To lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Well I'm calling you

'Cause you deserve to know

You were not the reason that I had to go,

Late at night in these hotel rooms

I think of all I've lost,

And what I put you through

And if I knew the reason

I would tell you why somehow

The feeling slipped away

I only did what I had to do

Not cause I wanted to.

I've got a guilty heart

And a troubled mind

No matter where I go

They're never far behind

I'd like to think

That you've forgiven me

But forgiveness ain't enough

To wash my conscience clean

Oh and if I knew the reason

I would tell you why somehow

The feeling slipped away

I only did what I had to do

Not cause I wanted to.

I only did what I had to do

Not cause I wanted to.

Ain't Gonna Let You Go lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Love came and hit me

Straight on the lips

Nobody kisses

The better it gets, and baby that's all right

You got me standing beside myself

You know it ain't like me

It's like I'm somebody else

But baby that's all right

You're not the man I was lookin' for

You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more

Now that I got you, it feels so good

I don't wanna let you go

I pled guilty, baby, of this terrible crime

You been lovin' me all of this time

And I must have been blind

What's gonna happen?

What'll I do?

Whatever it is, I wanna do it with you

I feel just fine

You're not the man I was lookin' for

You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more

Now that I got you baby, it feels so good

I don't wanna let you go

Ain't it peculiar how loves comes about?

When you're not lookin', you'd better look out!

You're not the man I was lookin' for

You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more

Feels so good

Now that I got you to myself

I'm gonna keep you for myself

Now that I got you

I don't wanna let you go

You're not the man I was looking for

You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more

Now that I got you baby, it feels so good

I don't wanna let you go

Now that I got you baby, I don't wanna let you go

Marriage Made In Hollywood lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Jimmy's not a high concept guy

But he's front page news, let me tell you why

He's on the cover of the New York Post

Every network, coast to coast

All he needed was a hot night in June

'Cause he had the needle and he had the spoon

When he spiked it bit, and man, he flew

Into America's living room

[Chorus:]

We all love tragedy, it loves us too

It's a marriage made in Hollywood

Between greed and you

All you need to be a star is to die in open view

It's a marriage made in Hollywood

Between greed and you

Loved by women, admired by men

He walked down broadway with his best friend

His brain was wired like a light in a socket

With his old friend in his back pocket

That horse could kick, that horse could scream

Ride you out of here into a different scene

Unrequited love, and that makes it fair

But who keeps score when you're in mid-air?

[Chorus]

Like a free-fall chute that didn't open

He looked down to see his dream was broken

He stared back up at a hot grey sky

Re-ran his life and then he died

Well if you jump off a building, brother beware!

'Cause my friend Jimmy woke up mid-air

No time to smile, no time to wave

They buried him in a media grave

[Chorus]

Split Decision lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

It was more than just any old Friday night fight

With your mean left hook and my roundhouse right

We were both goin' for the heavyweight crown

TKO in the very first round

Thought you were gettin' the best of me

Floatin' like a butterfly, stingin' like a bee

Thought a good fight would get it out of our system

But we walked away with a split decision

Well, when we first met, you were a real knockout

I was head over heels, I was down for the count

But gettin' along got harder and harder

'Til we were nothin' more than sparrin' partners

I did my best to roll with the punches

You wore me out with fakin' and a-duckin'

Almost put me outta comission

But we walked away with a split decision

Split decision

Everbody losin' and nobody winnin'

Just too tough, I had enough

Nobody oughta hafta fight for love

We took a split decision

I did my best to roll with the punches

You wore me out with fakin' and a-duckin'

Almost put me outta comission

But we walked away with a split decision

Split decision

Everbody losin' and nobody winnin'

Just too tough, I had enough

Nobody oughta hafta fight for love

Split decision

Everbody losin' and nobody winnin'

Just too tough, I had enough

Nobody oughta hafta fight for love

We took a split decision

Standing In The Doorway lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

I'm walkin' through the summer nights

Jukebox playing low

Yesterday everything was goin' too fast

Today it's moving too slow.

I got no place left to turn

I got nothing left to burn

Don't know if I saw you

If I would kiss you or kill you

It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow

You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'

I got nothing to go back to now.

Maybe they'll get me, and maybe they won't

But not tonight and it won't be here

There are things that I could say but I don't

I know the mercy of God must be near.

I've been riding the midnight train

I've got ice water in my veins.

I would be crazy if I took you back

It would go up against any rule

You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'

Sufferin' like a fool.

When the last rays of daylight go down

Buddy, you're old no more

I can hear church bells ringin' in the yard

I wonder who they're ringin' for?

Oh, I know I can't win

But my heart, it just won't give in.

I see nothin' to be gained by any explanation

There are no words that need to be said

You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'

Blues wrapped around my head.

God Only Knows lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Darkness settles on the ground

Leaves the day stumbling blind

Coming to a quiet close

And maybe just in time

We've almost lost the heart to know

How to keep our best in mind

We've almost lost the heart to know

How to keep our best in mind

Time has turned an angry face

Throws a dark eye back to sea

But what will pass for mercy now

We'll practice unforgivingly

As if might and will make right

Or either one could make us free

As if might and will make right

Or either one could make us free

Lovers laugh and cross this way

They're weaving out into the street

It seems we never were so young

Or it was never quite so sweet

But the world is always beautiful

When it's seen in full retreat

The worst of life looks beautiful

As it slips away in full retreat

God only knows that we can we do

No more or less than he'll allow

Well, God only knows that we mean well

God knows that we just don't know how

But I try to be your light in love

And pray that is enough for now

Well I try to be your light in love

And I'll pray that is enough for now

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

(originally by Bob Dylan)

(from "Steal This Movie" soundtrack)

Well, you must leave now, take what you need, you think will last

But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast

Yonder stands your orphan with his gun

Crying like a fire in the sun

Look out the saints are comin' through

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

Well, the highway is for gamblers, you better use your sense

Take what you have gathered from coincidence

The empty-handed painter from your streets

Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets

This sky, too, is folding under you

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

Well, all your seasick sailors, they are rowing home

Your empty-handed armies, all going home

Your lover just walked out your door

Has taken all her blankets from your floor

The carpet, too, is moving under you

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

Well, leave your stepping stone behind, something calls to you

Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you

Well, the vagabond who's rapping at your door

Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

Well, strike another match, go start anew

Oh, it's all over now, Baby Blue

Baby Blue

Once In A Lifetime lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

(from "Coast To Coast" soundtrack)

All my life, I tried to find someone to love me

And though the night is lonely when no one's there to hold me

I'd rather be alone than be without you

'Cause no one else will do

And just once in a lifetime

Someone like me can find

Someone to love like you

And nobody else will do

All my days are spent this way no one to talk to

And oh, the rain keeps fallin' and I hear your voice keep on callin'

I'd rather be alone then be without you

'Cause no one else will do

And once in a lifetime

Someone like me can find

Someone to love like you

And nobody else will do

Once in a lifetime

Someone like me can find

Someone to love like you

And nobody else will do

Once in a lifetime

Someone like me can find

Someone to love like you

And nobody else will do

Nobody else will do

Richland Woman Blues lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Gimme red lipstick and a bright purple rouge

A shingle bob and a shot of good booze

Now hurry home, sweet baby, you come blow your horn

If you come too late, your mama will be gone

Come along young man, everything settin' right

My husband's goin' away till next Saturday night

Now hurry home, sweet baby, you come blow your horn

If you come too late, your mama will be gone

Well, I'm raring to go, pink toes on my feet

My mind is sittin' right for a Tin Lizzie seat

Now hurry home, sweet baby, come blow your horn

You come too late, your mama will be gone

Well, the skirts cut high, the dresses cut low

But you call me a sport, just watch me go

Now hurry home, sweet baby, come blow your horn

You come too late, your mama will be gone

Red rooster said, "Cockle doodle do do"

The rich woman said, "Any dude will do"

Now hurry home, sweet baby, you come blow your horn

You come too late, your mama will be gone

Stayed Too Long At The Fair lyrics - Bonnie Raitt

Jesus cried, wept and died

I guess he went up to heaven

I've been downtown such a long, long time

I'll never make it home by seven

Won't you come and take me home

I've been too long at the fair

And, lord, I just can't stand it anymore

Well I went down to Chason's

Walked 'til my feet got sore

I never knew what laughin' was

'Til you walked out the door

Won't you come and take me home

I've been too long at the fair

And, lord, I just can't stand it anymore

Well, you can give my soul to Abraham

Give my soul to Saul

Give my bones to Canada

My feet they don't hurt at all

I don't know who made the highway

I guess that's just my pride

But I have heard the prince of darkness

On his charger ride

The silver blade is gleamin'

The scales are in his hands

I swear another night is fallin'

Don't you lose another man

Won't you come and take me home

I've been too long at the fair

And, lord, I just can't stand it anymore

I Will Not Be Broken Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

That was then this is now
Found my way back here somehow
Knew you'd have to let me go
Told you once I told you so

Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...

Someone other than who I am
I will fight to make my stand
Cause what is livin' if I can't live free
What is freedom if I can't be me

Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...

I won't let you near it
I will let my spirit fly
Fly
High
Oh take me down

Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...

God Was In The Water Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

God was in the water that day
Pickin' through the roots and stones
Trippin' over sunken logs
Tryin' not to make his presence known

God was in the water that day
Wadin' in careful steps
Bubbles risin' from his feet
Comin' up from the muddy depths

Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the shadows
Castin' out a line but no one's biting

I am at my pitiful desk
Starin' at he colorless walls
Wishin' I was any place else
Down into a dream I fall

Sittin' in a tiny boat
Driftin' on the mindless sea
And if I disappear
At least I'm floating free

Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the darkness
Castin' out a line but no one's biting

God was in the air that day
Breathin' out a haunted breeze
Tryin' not to make a sound
Shufflin' through the dried up leaves

God was in the air that day
Circlin' like a drunken hawk
Sweepin' with a hungry eye
Over the ground I walk

Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the darkness
Castin' out a line but no one's biting

Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the shadows
Castin' out a line but no one's biting

Love On One Condition Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I might forgive, but I won't forget
Believe me, baby
You swear you changed your ways
You ain't proved it yet

Well my friends try and tell me
Say that I must be mad
If I'm gonna take you back
After the pain I've had
Well, I explain my position
That I made my decision
I'll grant you love on one condition
Love on one condition

Do me right, don't do me wrong
Come home every night, no more carryin' on
I explain my position
I'll grant you love on one condition

Well my friends try and tell me
Say that I must be mad
If I'm gonna take you back
After the pain I've had
Well, I explain my position
That I made my decision
I'll grant you love on one condition
Love on one condition

So Close Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

So far
There was not a second thought
No heart
Ever got close enough
You are
Watching as I am caught
In a moment off-gaurd

So close
I can nearly taste it
Suppose
This is that one promised love
God knows
All that I've wasted now
Never letting it start

Now all my resistance
I feel it slip away
Now all of the distance
Ever less with every day by day

So far
There was no connection
No spark
Out of which a fire grows
I start
In your direction I'm
Ever so close

Now all my resistance
I feel it slip away
Now all of the distance
Ever less with every day by day

So far, I have never been
So close

Trinkets Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

When I was a kid
I had a little record
I played it over and over
Each and every day.
Sung by a man
Named Louie Armstrong.
Saint's marched right in from my Close and Play.

When I was a kid
I had a little picture
And I looked at that picture
All the time.
Painted by a man
Mama said his name was Vinnie.
A farmer sowing seeds on a really nice day.

Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies like
To help 'em be happy
Like that guy named Mike.
Yeah that groovy old man that fixes my bike
Down there on 'Dumaine Street, New Orleans Louisiana.

When I was a kid
I had a little wiener dog
I loved that little wiener dog
And she loved me.
Spent warm spring days feeding that little wiener dog
Ripe sweet cherries from our cherry tree.

(An') if I ever get older, if I ever die.
If I get to a gate at the end of the sky.
And a beautiful creature says
Now Bonnie what do you want?
Might say a record and a picture and a wiener dog swear to God.

Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies want
To help 'em be happy
Like that ol' gal named Betty.
Yeah that groovy old chick teaches Tai-Chi on the levee.
Rain or shine she's out there she's dedicated.
She wrinkled but she
Lovely.
She flexible and don't you wish we all were flexible enough to
Dance now?

Dance little children now
The whole round world is your neighborhood.
Dance little children now
Nekkid as a Jaybird.
Dance little children now
The whole round world is your neighborhood.
Dance little children now
Nekkid as a Jaybird.

They're just trinkets.
Little stepping stones
To let you know you was here.

Crooked Crown Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I could say what I mean
(or I could dance around it)
It would feel good to scream
(I should quiet down)
I could be recognized
(or I could stay in bed)
Look the world in the eyes
(or just hang my head)

I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down

When my ship has come in
(when it runs aground)
I'll be smiling again
(turn those corners down)
I've got something to say
(no one's listening)
It's my reckoning day
(so where's the reckoning?)

I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down
I'm holding steady this crooked crown

My prodigy and my idiot play
For the prize of my delicate line
Somehow the score at the end of
The day is still 51-49

I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down
I'm holding steady this crooked crown

Unnecessarily Mercenary Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

You're just into looking after #1
Only thing you worry 'bout is having your fun
First sign of trouble and it's understood
You'll get going while the going's still good
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary

You're a secret agent got a hidden agenda
Got me in your sights, think I'm a real big spender
Stick around baby pretty soon you'll see
I ain't got no money but my love's for free
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary

You're a gun for hire when a war breaks out
Loving on the front line 'til the money runs out
Finger on the trigger, baby pull it and see
If your mercenary tactic's gonna work on me

You're a gun for hire when a war breaks out
Loving on the front line 'til the money runs out
Your finger's on the trigger, baby pull it and see
If your mercenary tactic's gonna work on me

You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
So very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary

I Don't Want Anything To Change Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Sleepless nights aren't so bad
I'm staying up, I'm staying sad
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
I like it lonely I like it strange
I don't want anything to change

You left a mess you're everywhere
I'd pick it up but I don't dare
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
There's nothing I would rearrange
I don't want anything to change

I can feel you fading
But until you're gone
I'm taking all the time I can borrow
The getting over is waiting
But I won't move on
And I'm gonna wanna feel the same tomorrow

I know the truth is right outside
But for the moment it's best denied
I don't want anything to change

I can feel you fading
But until you're gone
I'm taking all the time I can borrow
The getting over is waiting
But I won't move on
And I'm gonna wanna feel the same tomorrow

And I don't want anything to do
With what comes after you
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change

Deep Water Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

There are angels singing low inside my head
Cool tango blue and samba red
I want to scratch your name upon my wall
Cause I'm drowning here beneath love's waterfall

Deep water
Deep water

Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world

We are walking like the waves beside the sea
There are oceans in my eyes that you can't see
And my arms reach out for you into the dark
I feel your skin where my nails left their mark

Deep water
Deep water

Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world

Souls alike
Hands alike

Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world

Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world

Souls alike
Hands alike

Two Lights In The Nighttime Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

No river can hold you darlin'
No covers can hide you tying your shoes
My cupboards are overflowing
The wine is sublime I'm flyin' too

So slide on over and forget it's wrong
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Come on over and pick up your song it's new
And darlin' so are you
Don't know nothin' 'bout no here and gone
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
No no no

My government owns the bible
My government owns the title too
The car that I got this mornin'
The car that I got for me and you

So what's comin' on down that road
It's two lights in the nighttime baby
You know that I'm gonna wanna
Share my load with you
And boy you know it's true
We'll stay together 'til the end of time
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
No no no

So slide on over and forget it's wrong
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Come on over and pick up your song it's new
And darlin' so are you
Don't know nothin' 'bout no here and gone
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
No no no

So what's comin' on down that road
It's two lights in the nighttime baby
You know that I'm gonna wanna
Share my load with you
And boy you know it's true
We'll stay together 'til the end of time
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
Honey you know it's true

The Bed I Made Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

All the ways I cared for you
Are working like you want them to
As I break down and you stay strong
I write my own forgiveness song

I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But it's not your concern
Another night and it's only right
I toss and I turn in the bed I made

The wine dark room the flashing eyes
That hung me from my string of lies
You said you were numb from wondering
I guess I wasn't listening

I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made

With my own hands
I fashioned this frame
And into the wood
I carved out my name

I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made

And it's only right
That I toss and I turn
In the bed I made

The bed I made
The bed I made

"Silver Lining" (2002)

I Can't Help You Now Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Where were you when I was fallin down
Buzzin round your heart
Why'd you wait till I was moving on
To come out of the dark

To say I'm what you need
And you could spend your life with me

[Chorus:]
Well I can't help you now
(Sorry baby, I can't help you)
No, I can't help you now
(Keep away, I've fallen in love)
Maybe there was a time
But sometimes time runs out
And I can't help you know

Forty days since I stopped countin' the days
And countin' the ways that I loved you
Good long while since I found
Good enough reasons to stop believin' that you
Are what I really want
And now that you you do baby, I don't

[Chorus]

Now you say I'm the one you need
And you could spend your life with me
But I can't help you know,no

I can't help you know

Baby there was a time
And I wish I could somehow
But I can't help you
Can't help you know

Silver Lining Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Take this silver lining
Keep it in your own
Sweet head
And shine it when the night is
Burning red
Shine it in the twilight
Shine it on the cold, cold ground
Shine it till these walls
Come tumbling down

We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the darkest deep
Fools and their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep

Step into the silence
Take it in your own
Two hands
And sprinkle it like diamonds
All across these lands
Blaze it in the morning
Wear it like an iron skin
Only things worth living for are
Innocence and magic, amen

We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the darkest deep
Fools and their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep

Woah, wooah

We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the talk so cheap
Fools and their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
Know that the light don't sleep

Time after time
They drag you down
Down in the darkness deep
Fools in their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
Know that the light don't sleep

Time Of Our Lives Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Who'll take the only hearts they got
And throw them into the fire?
Who'll risk their own self respect
In the name of desire?
Who'll regret everything they've done
And who will get the bill?
Lovers will
Who'll hurt each other all the time
And never give it a thought?
Who'll lie about where they've been
And hope they never get caught?
Who'll say each other's kisses
No longer thrill?
Lovers will
Lovers will do almost anything
For the thrill that only love can bring
If love is a healer, who'll be the first ones ill?
Lovers will
Who'll never know what they've got
Until it's just about gone?
And whose arms will gather up what's left
To carry on?
And who'll stalk that little bit of love
That hasn't been killed?
Lovers will

Gnawin' On It Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I'm down here workin' at my job
But I just can't concentrate
You keep messin' with my mind
Yeah, I'm circlin' round the bait
I got to take off early
I got to get you home
Gonna show you little woman why a dog loves a bone

We'll be gnawin' on it
Yeah, gnawin' on it
We be gnawin' on it
Ah, nah, baby don't do that

I dropped the kids at school this morning
Hung the clothes in the back
I'm trying to take care of my business
Nut my mind ain't on the track
You got me feeling kind of squirrelly
I got to get you in this place,
'Cause what I got in mind'll put a grin on your face.

We'll be gnawin' on it
Yeah, gnawin' on it
We be gnawin' on it
Ah, nah, baby don't do that

They say it's hard to keep it going
When you're together for so long
They say combustion's for the youngsters
We should be glad we get along
But they don't know nothin' 'bout it
They way you love me it's a shame
'Cause there ain't nobody better
Blowin' embers to a flame

We'll be gnawin' on it
Yeah, gnawin' on it
We be gnawin' on it
Ah, nah, baby don't do that

Wherever You May Be Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

As simple as breathing
I picture your face,
All tangled in daydreams
And shielded with grace.

I feel you beside me.

Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart
Only for you.

If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out
Across the wilderness
From me to you.

As certain as sunrise
Your image unwinds.
You're clearer than crystal.
You fill up my mind.

Now I have you by my side.

Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart
Only for you.

Though Continents devide,
And lonely thoughts collide
Our heaven will allow no distance now.

I can always close my eyes
Take your absence by surprise,
Hold my breath and make believe.

As simple as breathing
I picture your face,
All tangled in daydreams
And sheilded with grace.

There's somewhere in my heart only for you.

If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out
Across this wilderness
From me to you.

Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart only for you.

Valley Of Pain Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Ah... don't let me grow bitter I pray
Give me strength to carry on my way

I'm leanin on you like a wooden cane
Well, I'm walkin through; I'm walkin through the valley of the pain

I'm believin there's a reason for this trial'
This too shall pass in a little while
Woh, Lord have mercy if I complain
I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through the valley of the pain
Yes, I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through the valley of the pain

Paint me in a river of my tears
Whisper hope and truth - courage in my ears

Well, when I'm hurtin I have a dangerous tongue
I lose it and use it like a gun
Oh wont you stop me if you see me takin aim
I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through the valley of the pain
If I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through the valley of the pain
Yes, I'm walkin through; I'm walkin through the valley of the pain

Paint me in a river of my tears
Whisper hope and truth - courage in my ears
Remind me when I reach the other side
I'll b thankful for every tear that I cries

Don't let the darkness drive me insane
I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through the valley of the pain
If I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through the valley of the pain
Yes, I'm walkin through; I'm walkin through the valley of the pain

No Gettin' Over You Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Well I went and gave away my TV
Told the man "cut off the phone"
I put an ad in the paper, baby,
Gonna sell everything I own
Done everything in the world I know
To try to make it through
There's just no getting over you

Well I went and bought myself a new straw hat
One eye pokin' under the brim
Bought myself a little seaside shack
In case I might just want to swim
Done everything I know in the world I know
To try to shake these blues but
There's just no getting over you

Well I try and try
But honey it ain't no use
Cry and cry
I just can't turn you loose
Why oh why
Can't I get you off my mind
You got that hook so far in
I gotta get you off my line

Well I got some transcendental meditation
And I'm taking up Japanese
I signed up at the cooking school
I'm going to pick up on some hard cuisine
Done everything in the world
Just to try to make it through
There's just no getting over you

Well I try and try
But honey it ain't no use
Cry and cry
Just can't turn you loose
Why oh why
Can't I get you off my mind
You got that hook so far in
I just got to get you off my line

Now listen to this one time
You know the way you do, honey

Well I just can't make it over
Can't seem to make it baby
No matter what I say or do baby
I can't make it over
Oooh
Well there's just no getting over you

Back Around Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Turning into something
Drifting off to old ways
Got to pull myself back in

Holding back the questions
We're bruised with all rejection
Gotta pull myself back in

[Chorus:]
Suffer the breaks
You know I still remember it
It keeps burning away
I know that you may take a while
To come back around

Come back around
I miss you around

Reaching out for someone
Burning out for so long
Got to pull myself back in
There's no new religion
And there's no real solution
Gotta pull myself back in

[Chorus 2x]

Come back around
Come back around

Feel you're going under
So keep on treading water
Got to pull myself back in
Feel no obligation
But no more indecision
Gotta pull myself back in

Wounded Heart Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Wounded heart I cannot save you from yourself
Though I wanted to be brave, it never helped.
'Cause your trouble's like a flood raging through your veins
No amount of love's enough to end the pain

Tenderness and time can heal a right gone wrong,
But the anger that you feel goes on and on.
And it's not enough to know that I love you still
So I'll take my heart and go for I've had my fill

[Instrumental break]

If you listen you can hear the angel's wings
Up above our heads so near they are hovering
Waiting to reach out for love when it falls apart
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart.

When it cannot rise above a wounded heart.

Hear Me Lord Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Hear me Lord
Hear me I pray
Help me now, help me Lord
Help me Lord I'm feeling low
Help me now, help me Lord
Help me Lord I'm feeling low

I'm feeling low, I'm feeling low
Help me Lord, I'm feeling low
I'm feeling low, I'm feeling low
Help me Lord, I'm feeling low

Help me Lord, I'm feeling low
Have mercy, have mercy on me
Help me Lord, Help me I pray

"Fundamental" (1998)

The Fundamental Things Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Let's run naked through these city streets
We're all captives of captivity
Let's wear madness like a crucifix
Let's tattoo Bible quotes across both our hips

[Chorus:]
Let's get back to the fundamental things
Let's get back to the elements of style
Let's get back to simple skin on skin
Let's get back to the fundamental things

Let's dance barefoot over broken glass
Slither like a snake does through the wet, cold grass
Howl and tremble in a sleepless grind
Let's do the braindrain, leave it all behind

[Chorus]

You can sit in your room and worry
You can contemplate the end
Or let your house burn down behind you
Run bare-ass through the streets again

You can hide out on your rooftop
Wishing you had never been
Or go down to Hal's bar and grill
Find your innocence again

[Chorus]

Cure For Love Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

You bring me roses
You give me kisses
You bring me moons and stars
That shine so high up in the sky
My heart is beating wild and crazy
Hope that I can find
A cure for this love
Could be you want me
Could be you care
Could be the words you say,
Are things I just want to hear
You me nervous, got me shaking
Maybe I can find
A cure for this love
La la la la...

Doctor, doctor
Give me healing, so I can stop this feeling
It's getting so much stronger
And I just can't go on much longer
Doctor please
Find me a way out of love
When the phone rings
And no one answers
The letters comeback saying
Lover cannot be found
Don't go looking, don't bother searching
You see it's cuz your baby
Found herself a cure for love
La la la la...

Round & Round Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

There's a brand new dance
That just hit this town
Makes you feel so good
This dance they call the round and round

[Chorus:]
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down

You know the kids got a bloodhound
Out on the playing ground
And when they want to have some fun
They start to goin round and round

[Chorus]

I got an elevator man
In the heart of town
And when he's feeling right
He will carry you round and round

[Chorus]

Baby don't be jealous
When I come to town
I'm just a country girl
Everybody's tryin to push poor me around

[Chorus]

Spit Of Love Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

There's a howlin at my window, baby
I hear him closin in
That green-eyed jackal's got the scent
Knows I'll let him in
He slinks in by me at the fire
More bitter than the cold
And it's a rage as old as hades
That'll sputter on these coals
I'm callin on the furies, to let the toast begin
I'm roasting on the spit of love again
I never have believed you
But I stick around for more
Somethin bout that hollow in your eyes
There's a darkness at the core
Well, it's got me slowly turnin
I'm basting on the bone
I'm skewered like some drunken fool
In juices all my own
Callin the furies' carrion choir
Singin me back upon the pyre
I'm roasting on that spit of love again
You can call it what you want
But it's lyin just the same
There's no mercy in these ashes, baby
When your love's a cryin shame
And they're howlin in moonlight, baby
They're here to call my bluff
They're wonderin if there'll ever come a day
When I'll have finally had enough
I'm callin on the furies, to let the toast begin
I'm roasting on that spit of love again

Lover's Will Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Blue For No Reason Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

When I was a girl, my favorite thing
In the whole wide world
Was to see a field and
Run for no reason
And off I'd go, no one behind
Only earth below
Just a patch of green, green as the season

Don't ask why, your feet just fly
Green and sky is all that you're needin
Why ask why, when all that's true
The sky is blue, blue for no reason

Now that things have changed
Everything's carefully prearranged
Not a thing gets done
Except for a reason
Now I'm overrun, I'm startin to feel
Like a hired gun
Where's the chance, where's the fun
Where is the pleasin?

Try and try, you moan and sigh
You just can't find a thing to believe in
Why ask why, when all that's true
The sky is blue, blue for no reason

Don't ask why, your feet just fly
Green and sky is all that you're needin
Why ask why, when all that's true
You're just blue, blue for no reason

Meet Me Half Way Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

You come home late from work, baby
You wonder why it ain't on the table
After the day that I've had
I don't believe I'm able
You give me every little reason in the book
But there's one thing that I think you've overlooked
You say you're tired, well so am i
Baby you've got to try and
Meet halfway or we ain't gonna make it, baby
Meet halfway if you want to get it right
Meet halfway cause I ain't gonna take it, baby
Meet halfway in the middle of the night
Our love is kind of stalled, baby
But it ain't about the sex
I'd trade the roses and the negligees
If we could just connect
I go deeper when you look into my eyes
There's a place where neither one of us can hide
And it's up to us to reinvent the game
Love it when you call my name and
Meet halfway, ain't no doubt about it, baby
Meet halfway, and we're halfway home
Meet halfway, got to scream and shout it, baby
Meet me halfway and I'll shake you to the bone

I'm On Your Side Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Baby, won't you come and tell me
Tell me what we're gonna do...yeah, baby
I've tried everything I know just to,
Just to try and get along with you
Wake up in the morning and already
You are aimin for a fight
No matter what I say or do
I'm never gonna get it right

But ain't we gettin kind of tore down
Always layin it on the line
I don't think that when they called it love
This what they had in mind

[Chorus:]
(Hey) Baby, don't you know that
I'm on your side
All you got to do now, darlin...
Take my little heart and open wide
Hey baby, I know we can work it out
Might take a little mojo workin, baby
But ain't that what love is all about?

Hey, Baby, must be somethin bout this
push and pull
makes me wonder if we stir it up...
just to make sure things'll never get dull.

Come on baby take the gloves off
and then untie those shoes
I got something more tantalizin
For you left and right to do

[Chorus]

Fearless Love Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Come my love
Come bravely to me
Let your heart be still
For our time
Has come my tender one
To be free of will

And fly
Blind on fearless love
Let them wild winds blow
We'll shine
On all we're fearful of
Then we'll let it go
Let it go

Skippin' stones
Across the great unknown
Safe at water's edge
Don't look down, baby
We're gonna leave this losin' town
And leap out from the ledge

And fly
Blind on fearless love
Let them wild winds blow
We'll shine
On all we're fearful of
Then we'll let it go
Let it go

I Need Love Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I need love
And I search it everyplace I go
And lately I been in a zone
It's got a will of its own
But right now I'm here to discuss
Just what you think about us

I need love, I need love
And I'm checkin everything I see
You know at times I wanna take on three
That's just the way I could be
I let you know about that
Just so you know where I'm at
I need love, I need love

It's always been this way and ain't' nothin'
Gonna change it
And ain't nothing you can try

I need love, I need love
And I'm takin every chance I man
And baby you could make my day
There's just one thing I should say
Now that's it's all said and done
You know I do need to run
I need love, I need love

One Belief Away Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Last night I thought I found you
I saw it in a dream
I was tangled in the rushes, baby
You were caught up in the stream
And the more I tried to reach you
The more you slipped away
And when I woke up in the darkness
I was callin' out your name

[Chorus:]
You and we dance around it
Why is the truth so hard to say
We long for true love, well
We've found it, it's just
One belief away

There's a shadow in the garden
And it's coiled around our hearts
Won't you help me to believe you, baby
Won't you show me where to start

The more I try to reach you
The more you slip away
I want to wake up in the darkness
And hear you callin' out my name

[Chorus]

"Longing In Their Hearts" (1994)

Love Sneakin' Up On You Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Rainy night, I'm all alone
Sittin' here, waiting for your voice on the phone
Fever turns to cold, cold sweat
Thinkin' about things we ain't done yet
Tell me now
I gotta know, do you feel the same
Do you just light up at the mention of my name

[Chorus:]
Don't worry baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
And if your whole world is shakin', feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you

Hey, hey yeah

Nowhere on Earth for your heart to hide
Once love comes sneakin' up on your blind side
You might as well try to stop the rain
Stand in the track of a runaway train
Just can't fight it when a thing is meant to be, yeah
Come on, let's finish what you started with me
Yeah

[Chorus]

Hey yeah

[Chorus 2x]

Longing In Their Hearts Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Let me tell you 'bout a friend of mine
He's a short order cook
Long on speed, short on spice
He reads his customers like a book
He's seen this, and he's done that
Now he's makin' fried eggs an art
But there's one thing he can't fix no how
There's a longing in his heart
He's tried for years to work it out
At the grill and at his home
Well he talks to his friends, talks to himself
He talks the chicken right off the bone
Talks to his woman and she understands
You know they're always eye to eye
She runs the join, They live out back
Small House under a Big sky
Well even the stars at night agree
The sky is falling apart
She knows cause she can feel it too
There's a longing in her heart
A longing in her heart
Longing in her heart
Well now you and me, we're just like them
We never wanted to be alone,
So we made a pact, sealed with desire
For a happier house and home
Only to find it doens't untie
The know where feelings die
There's a longing deep inside our hearts
And no one to tell us why
Our friends aren't looking for anything new
They wouldn't know where to look
Well her, she like running the joint
And he likes being a cook
Together they're doing very well
They're might glad they could
But there's a fire burning towards them now
Coming from a distant wood
And eve the stars at night agree
That the sky is falling apart
We know 'cause we can feel it too
There's a longing in our hearts

You Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Nobody else could make me happy
No one could hurt me like you do
You were the only one That mattered

Then you were gone...Love had moved on
Left me alone thinking of...

You...There was never any other
You...and I were created to be true

Isn't it Love that keeps us breathing
Isn't it love we're sent here for
Wasn't that love that we were feeling
(That was something baby)

Deep in our soul...Deeper than we know
Keeping me holding out for

You...There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind

You and I, we were meant to be together
True hearts in a world where love is dyin'

And I might as well have been dyin' when
We were apart
When you came back I felt the beating of my heart

You...There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I, we were meant to be together
You...and only you

It was you...only you
You...Always you

Cool, Clear Water Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I want to feel my earth turn over,baby
In this hardened winter ground
Feel my earth turn over, darlin'
Till' I'm rootless and unbound
I want to feel my body tremble
When there's no one else around
Just this cool, clear water runnin'
In this love that I've found

Hey baby
See how it can be
Every time you reveal yourself tome
I'll come runnin'

I want to feel myself go under,baby
Where the deepest river bleeds
I want to feel it pull me under,darlin'
Until it drops me to my knees
I want to know that I can findyou
When there's no more eyes tosee
In this cool, clear water runnin'
You'll come runnin' to me

Hey baby
All my life I have known there'ssomething more
A love to blind me like the sun
Deep in dreams, I will wash upon your shore
Now I know that you're the one

When I feelmy babycallin'
It's like awhisper inAnd whenthe softestrain is fallin', darlin'
I will crumble in your hand
And when all that's left is wonder
And no need to understand
Well this cool, clear waterrunnin'
Will be all that I am...

Circle Dance Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I don't know why it should be so hard
Giving up this circle dance
Worn out steps from long ago
Don't give love a chance

It's a bitter heirloom handed down
These twisted parts we play
I'm not her and you're not him
It just comes out that way

Can't go back to make things right
Though I wish I understood
Time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could

I'll be home soon, that's what you'd say
And a little kid believes
After a while I learned that love
Must be a thing that leaves

I tried so hard just to hold you near
Was as good as I could be
Even when I had you here
You stayed so far from me

Can't go back to make things right
Though I wish I understood
Time has made things clearer noe
You did the best you could

Now that this has occured to me
I just want you to know
I've been too faithful all my life
It's time to let you go

I Sho Do Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

You took my love and ran away
What did you expect me to say
I gave you everything I could
But you weren't giving up, baby
What you should

I Sho do...Need You
I Sho Do...Want You

I'm in need of what you've got
It makes my blood boiling hot
You told me baby, A long time ago
That you'd never, ever leave me
Never, no more

I Sho Do...Need You
I Sho Do...Want You
I Sho Do...Wish For You
I Sho Do...Walk the Floor All Night Long

When you see me, baby standing alone
Come and help me baby, Cause I'm out on my own
You see it ain't easy in the streets
But what you've got baby, could help me to my feet

I Sho Do...Need You
I Sho Do...Want You
I Sho Do...Wish For You
I Sho Do...Walk the Floor All
Night Long

Dimming Of The Day Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day
You pulled me like the moon
Pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side
What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart
Now all the bonny birds have wheeled away
I need you at the dimming of the day
Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant
I see you the street and in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
I'm living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day...

Feeling Of Falling Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Sometimes I miss that feeling of falling
Falling on over the ledge
You know I miss that feeling of falling
Falling on over the ledge
And when my mind it gets to worryin'
And I just can't get no rest
Oh Baby, that's when I call you up instead

It's after midnight baby, I'm sittin' here all alone
I tried to call your number baby,
But you weren't at home
I been a good girl baby, through with all that mess
But the way I'm feelin' now, darlin'
Well it scares me half to death

Well I miss that feelin', of fallin'
On over the ledge

That summer night in Texas, baby
Too hot and wet to sleep
I heard you pull up in the distance
You're comin' to get me relief
We went screamin' down the highway, baby
So much faster than we should
You pulled me over in the moonlight
Man, I still can feel that hood

Well I miss that feeling of fallin',
On over the ledge
When that rain starts baby, I want to take a real
Good look at that ledge

It ain't something you get over
You might think you made it through
You can turn your head and walk away
But it never takes it's eyes off you

It'll push your foot right through the floorboard
Make you cut them streamers down his back
You waste what's precious and you can't afford
It runs your life right off the track

Keeps you boilin' in that poison
Only the truly twisted know so well
You don't need drugs to show you heaven, baby
'cause there's plenty clean in hell

That miss that feelin' of fallin'
Of fallin' on over the ledge

When the blues start callin' I want to crawl way up close to the ledge

Steal Your Heart Away Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

I know you got a different picture in mind
Some dream a world of a different kind
I know this rhythm we've been moving to is way to slow
Each time our bodies are supposed to meet
I'm still here missing a beat
And when I look at you in your eyes
We're still dancing to a differernt tune

[Chorus:]
Take me to your dreaming place
Open up my eyes
Let me see what it takes to be
Your lover in disguise
Show me how I do those things
That make you want to stay
'Cause I'll go crazy if I don't find
The words I gotta say
To steal your heart away

I'll buy you diamonds, buy you golden rings
All kinds of beautiful things
But that don't matter to a lover with a restless heart
Cause you still want to wake up to a different scene
Some screen gem like the one in the dream
And leave me standing like a fool in the wings
Still waiting for a part to play

[Chorus]

I know you think she's right for you
That she's in tune with what you do
That she can touch you deep inside
Where all your deepest feelings lie
But I got something you should know
Before she starts to hurt you so
You can bet your life she's gonna hurt you

And maybe you think that it's alright
To leave me waiting every night
To put me down in company
In front of everyone we see
To take my loving when it's free
And then to throw it back at me

Well baby, I just can't stand it
Cause I can be the one for you
And I can make your dreams come true
And I can love you like she can
Cause fancy clothes don't make no woman
Believe me baby
I got what it takes to make you feel

And maybe you think a girl should be
As perfect as a girl can be
To love you when your feeling down
And miss you when you're not around
Well I can't be that one for you
I can only be the one that loves you

Hey, what's this on your mind
Hey, what's this change of mind
Hey, what's this on your mind

Storm Warning Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Storm warning, feels like a heavy rain
Winds on the coast tonight
We may get tossed tonight
Storm warning, he made it pretty plain
He's fallin' for another, found a new lover
(and he won't be back again)
Can't stop a river, when it's burst it's banks
I've seen the look in his eyes
He's in love and hypnotized
Time of mourning
There's already been a flood of my tears
Such a sense of loss tonight
Nought to do but ride it out
Can't stop a river when it's burst it's banks
I wonder how long it's gonna take
To get over this heartbreak
Storm warning, feels like a heavy rain
Winds on the coast tonight
We may get tossed tonight

Hell To Pay Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Hey mister, we want you to know
We think you've taken this about as far as it can go
It's about to blow
You got nowhere to run
Why don't you sit back and watch the show

Used to drop your little darlin' off at Sunday School
Family values while you're gettin' some Behind the pool
She's nobody's fool
So don't be actin' surprised when your daughter
Wants it bad as you

You jack up the rent, you call in a loan
Clear your intent is to screw 'em out of all they own
Throw the dog a bone
Well you'll be cryin' for mercy when your karma
Calls you On the Phone

Times are hard...Ain't it a bitch
Japanese are makin' you twitch
All your investments are turnin' sour
Kinda spoils your happy hour

Look around, we're comin' your way
It's a wonder to us how you ever thought you'd
Get away
What you say
Well, the way it looks from here
You won't have to wait
The way it looks from here

No need to hesitate
Have a party celebrate
The way it looks from here
You won't have to wait for hell to pay....

Shadow Of Doubt Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Just another homesick child
Tired of running wild
Ready to stand trial and move on
Though I'm guilty in your sight
Have some mercy tonight
I can't make it through the fight alone

Oh but lord, no don't make it easy
Keep me working till I work it on out
Just please shine enought light on me
Til I'm free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the Shadow of Doubt
As I try to make some sense
Of this world I'm up against
Well I know my best defense is your love
When the struggle gets insane
And the lesson's full of pain
Keep me calling out your name with Love

Oh but lord, no don't make it easy
Keep me workin' till I work it on out
Just please won't you shine
Enough light on me
Til I'm free from this shadow of Doubt

Well I whisper in the dark
From the bottom of my heart
And I'm searchin for one star to shine
I will shout from mountain high
And I'll reach into the sky
Til you open up my eyes so blind

Oh but lord no, Don't make it easy
Keep me workin' til I work it on out
Just please, please shine enough light on me
'Til I'm free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the Shadow...

"Luck Of The Draw" (1991)

Something To Talk About Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
People are talkin', talkin' 'bout people,
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it.
They think we're lovers kept under cover,
I just ignore it but they keep sayin' we...
Laugh just a little too loud,
Stand just a little too close,
We stare just a little too long.
Maybe they're seein', somethin' we don't darlin'.

Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
(Somethin' to talk about)
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
(Somethin' to talk about)
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
How about love?

I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You act so nervous, could you be fallin' for me?
It took the rumor to make me wonder,
Now I'm convinced that I'm goin' under.
Thinkin' 'bout you every day,
Dreamin' 'bout you every night.
I'm hopin' that you feel the same way,
Now that we know it, let's really show it darlin'.

Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
(Somethin' to talk about)
A little mystery to figure out
(Somethin' to talk about)
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
How about love?

Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about babe,
A little mystery to figure out.
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about,
How about love? Ooh...
Listen to 'em baby
(Somethin' to talk about)
A little mystery won't hurt 'em
(Somethin' to talk about)
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk
How about our love, love, love, love
Whoowhoo mmmm hey oohh whoowhoo
About love, love, love, love
How about they talk about it? uh huh
Talk about love........

Good Man, Good Woman Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt (feat. Delbert McClinton)

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Midnight, I'm wound up tight
Slowly comin' down in the daytime
I been lyin' low from work, hangin over from the hurt from you babe
But I'm gonna suffer through the strain, till I get a better thing with you
Darlin, me and you.

So hard to see so far ahead
When I can't seem to drag myself out of bed
Gotta find me a good man, a good man, good man. Yeah

You better stop, think about what you're saying
I was seriously dedicated, in the game of playin'
You made ten thousand promises you couldn't keep
I forgave you when you lied, pleaded and weeped
Put up with your disrespect and neglect
What an experience, I'll never forget.

Till now, everything I did was wrong (I'm sorry, baby)
Today you're free, but we live alone.
Gotta find me a good woman...Good woman...Good woman...Yeah.

It was twelve o'clock in the midnight hour
I heard the door slam, and then the shower
When I got up, you were already gone
I slipped and fell, from the water you left on.

Gotta find a good woman
Gotta find a good man
Gotta find a goodwoman
Gotta find a good man

I Can't Make You Love Me Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Turn down the lights;
Turn down the bed.
Turn down these voices
Inside my head.

Lay down with me;
Tell me no lies.
Just hold me close;
Don't patronize.

Don't patronize me.

[Chorus:]
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.
You can't make your heart feel
Something it won't.
Here in the dark
In these final hours,
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power;
But you won't.
No, you won't.
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.

I'll close my eyes,
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me.

Morning will come,
And I'll do what's right;
Just give me till then
To give up this fight.

And I will give up this fight.

[Chorus]

Tangled And Dark Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Gonna get into it
Down where it's tangled and dark
Way on into it, Baby
Down where your fears are parked.
Gonna tell the truth about it,
Honey that's the hardest part.
When we get through it, Baby
You're gonna give up your heart.

Gonna get into it, Baby
Gonna give them demons a call
Way on into it Baby
Gonna find out once and for all
Gonna get a little risky, Baby
Honey that's my favorite part
When we get through it, Baby
We're gonna give up our hearts.

Well, there's no turnin back,
No turnin back, this time
Well there's no turnin back,
No turnin back

No use in runnin
It's always the same
You can count on the panic
It's the faces that change
To get this love off the block
So take a deep breath
Let's look under the rock

[Repeat 1st verse]

Come To Me Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

All I ever wanted was our love to be true
More than just enough to get me by
I want a love to see me through
I don't need another well-spent night,
Another clever sideways glance
I wanna look my baby in the eye
And know there's nothing left to chance

Well if you're tired of being lonely, beat up and confused
Darling, there's only one thing you can do:
Come to me
Don't be the one who's waiting
Come to me
Babe, I got what you need
Wont you come to me
There won't be no hesitating, babe
I know what you mean to me

I'm gonna hold out for no one
Ain't gonna settle for less
'Cause the kind of love I'm looking for, baby,
You can't fake, you can't finesse
I ain't looking for the kind of man, baby,
Who can't stand a little shaky ground
Who'll give me fire and tenderness
And has got the guts to stick around

Well if you're tired of being lonely, beat up and confused,
Darling, there's only one thing you can-
I got what you want, baby
Oh, and I got what you need
Well if you're tired of being lonely, beat up and confused,
Darling there is only one thing you can do:
Come to me
Be the one who's waiting
Come to me
Ooh, I got what you need
Come to me
There won't be no hesititing, babe
Won't you come to me
I got what you want now, baby
I got what you need
Won't you come
Won't you bring it on home to me
Won't you come
Won't you come on baby, bring it on home to me
Won't you come to me
Bring all of your sweet love home
Won't you come to me

No Business Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Yes, I'm lonely-hope you don't catch it
Don't want to be down where I last behaved
I broke his heart now I can't patch it
This time it's grave.

I kept track of all the love that I gave him
And on paper, well, it looked pretty good
He left a note that said he couldn't stay here
As if I could...

[Chorus:]
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, no business to blame.

One of these days I thought we'd get it together
After all that boy was made for me
But all he left me was a mouth full of feathers
Little bird got free.

He always said my love was one sided
I tried to keep up with supply and demand
But there was one way that pie was divided
It was a big piece plan.

[Chorus]

Well, now I'm getting desperate, baby getting illegal
I got the law doggies on my trail
The hawk's out and I could use and eagle
To go my bail.

You say you're itching baby, so go ahead and scratch it
But if its jumps off, don't look at me
You swore to God that I couldn't catch it
But your dog's got fleas.

[Chorus]

One Part Be My Lover Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

When he looks in her eyes
He sees only the truth
Tellin' him he's been living a lie
Over and over like a line in a song
About all the love he let pass him by
To her he might be the man of her dreams
To find what she's been hiding inside
Broken or battered it really don't matter
Her hearts like a wave and he's the tide

[Chorus:]
They're not forever just for today
One part be my lover, one part go away

He's like a boxer who had to retire
After winning but killing a man
All of the moves and none of the courage
Afraid to throw a punch that might land
Not too much later she can't meet his glance
You see her start pulling away
Over and over like fire and ice
One is colored, one is gray

[Chorus]

If you know how why don't you say em' a prayer
They're gonna need all they help they can get
They remember too much about what went wrong
It might be they should learn to forget
Forget themselves in each other
And leave what belongs in the past
Carry thier hearts like a new born child
Cause it's only the moment that lasts.

[Chorus]

One part go away

Not The Only One Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

[Chorus:]
I was in a daze, movin in the wrong direction
Feelin that I'd always be the lonely one
Then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon
Whisperin that I wasn't the only one
The lonely one.

One change intervention, see what it can signify
The slightest misapprehension, baby
And we'd have passed each other by
When I heard your sweet voice callin
Saw your light come shinin throught
I couldn't stop my heart from turning
Churnin out my love for you, my love to you.

[Chorus]

True love or perfection
It seems like it's overdue
Then just when you least expect it
It comes sneakin up on you
When I thought that I was dreamin
Felt your body close to mine
Now love takes on a different meaning
Together till the end of time.

[Chorus]
I was in a daze, movin in the wrong direction
Feeling that I'd always be the lonely one
When I saw your face through the web of my confusion
Whisperin that I wasn't the only one
The lonely one

Papa Come Quick (Jody And Chino) Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Papa come quick, Jody's gone to the city
What we gonna do now that Jody's gone
She left a note on the TV and Papa it's a pity
What we gonna do now that Jody's gone.

Mama's been cryin in the kitchen since mornin
She cried right through As The World Turns
I seen it myself and Papa it's a bitch'n
Let's haul ass before the baby gets burned.

Gas up the old Ford, get out the road map
They got a head start about half a day
Load up the shotgun, put it in the gunrack
Jody's with Chico down in East LA.

It must've been that wild-eyed, silver-tongued schemer
A girl like Jody don't think for herself.
Him and that Harley and his damn Jalapena
Smokin that stuff'll make you hurt yourself.

Papa come quick
Papa come quick
Papa come quick
Papa come on.

[Repeat 1st verse]

Gas up the old Ford, get out the road map
They got a head start about a half a day
Stop at the Mobil, pump up the flat wheel
Jody & Chico and his ding dang deal.

Slow Ride Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Feels like nothin happens fast enough
Well maybe I just want too much
But when something's wrong between us, Baby
Nothin feels right.

I think it's time we cleared the air
Take a long drive far away somewhere
Tell me everything you feel inside
We got nothin but time.

Slide over, Baby
Here by my side
I wanna take you on a Slow Ride
On a Slow Ride.

Your history shows on your face
Yeah, you've been hurt you've been betrayed
Now we can't change the past, but we can
Leave it behind.

We'll forget about tomorrow, Baby
We'll just steal away into the night
And we'll just be two shadows, Darlin
In the dashboard light.

Slide over, Baby
Here by my side
I wanna take you on a Slow Ride
On a Slow Ride

Luck Of The Draw Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

You dust the bottles on the bar counter
You're writing screenplays on the side
Three nights a week can keep a girl workin
Sometimes it's good to lose your pride.

These things we do to keep the flame burnin
And write our fire in the sky
Another day to see the wheel turnin
Another avenue to try.

It's in the Luck of the Draw, Baby
The Natural Law
Forget those movies you saw, little Baby
It's in the Luck of the Draw
The Natural Law
(flame keep on burnin)
Forget those movies you saw, little Baby
(wheel ever turnin).

You turn around and say it's last orders
You fix the ribbon in your hair
Tomorrow's letter by the hall doorway
Could be the answer to your prayers.

All At Once Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Had a fight with my daughter,
She flew off in rage.
Third time this week,
Don't tell me it's the age.
Don't know how I've lost her,
Only know that it's a shame.
Ever since her daddy left,
The girl ain't been the same.

[Chorus:]
All at once I hear your voice,
And time just slips away.
Nothing they can say can hold me here.
Take me where I only feel,
The wind across my face.
Let me know there's some place left for me.
Waiting there for me...

Aww, who'm I kidding?
I should've known he'd never leave.
The time we spend together,
Is harder than the time between.
You wouldn't think it could hurt so,
To see them out the other day.
If that's what he calls leaving...
I guess I threw it all away.

[Chorus]

They say women, we're the stronger.
Somehow we always make it through.
Well, that ain't what I feel right now.
I don't even think it's true.
To me there's lots more broken,
Than anyone can really see.
Why the angels turn their backs on some;
It's a mystery to me.

[Chorus]

"Nick Of Time" (1989)

Nick Of Time Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

A friend of mine, she cries at night
And she calls me on the phone
Sees babies everywhere she goes
And she wants one of her own

She's waited long enough she says
And still he can't decide
Pretty soon she'll have to choose
And it tears her up inside

She is scared,
Scared to run out of time

I see my folks are getting on
And I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me
And it makes us both feel strange

No matter how you tell yourself
It's what we all go through
Those lines are pretty hard to take
When they're staring back at you

Oh Oh Oh, scared you'll run out of time

When did the choices get so hard
With so much more at stake
Life gets mighty precious
When there's less of it to wa-a-a-aste

Mmm-m-m-m-m-m

Mmmmmmm, scared you'll run out of time

Just when I thought I'd had enough
And all my tears were shed
No promise left unbroken
There were no painful words unsaid

Yo-o-o-u came along and showed me
I could leave it all behind
You opened up my heart again
And then much to my surprise

I found love, baby, love in the nick of time
(Love in the nick of time)
I found love darlin', love in the nick of time
(Love in the nick of time)
I found love baby, love in the nick of time

Ooooooo-ooo-ooo-whoo-ooo
Yeah baby

Uhhhhh-huh-uh

Found love...
In the nick of time...

Thought I'd given up...
Given up baby...

Oh ooo wo ooo wo...

Thing Called Love Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Don't have to humble yourself to me,
I ain't your judge or your king
Baby, you know I ain't no queen of sheba
We may not even have our dignity,
This could be just a powerful thing
Baby we can choose you know we ain't no amoeba

Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for the thing called love
I ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent here to clean up your reputation
Baby, you know you ain't no prince charming
We can live in fear or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, how come the cry of love is so alarming

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
And glide off down the lake
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
You only see the world you make

Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves

Are you ready for it
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves

Are you ready for it
Are you ready for love, baby
Oooh yeah babe
Are you ready for love

Love Letter Lyrics – Bonnie Raitt

Sittin' in front of your house,
Like rain in early dawn
Workin' on a love letter
Got my radio on.

Got my eye on your window pane
And I smoked a lot of cigarettes.
Mercy, mercy but love is strange
And you haven't even kissed me yet.

[Chorus:]
Look comes to push,
Push comes to shove,
Shove comes to touch,
Touch will come to love.

Workin' on a love letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
Got my radio on...radio, radio

Hope you get the message baby.
I know that you're gonna let me in.
It's real in your neighborhood
And this is more than I'm gonna bend.

[Chorus]

Why don't sit waitin'
Why don't behavin'
Love's waiting in the car,
In the car and rain now.

Workin' on a love letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
Got my radio on...radio, radio

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus]

[3 times with adlibs:]
Workin' on a love letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
Got my radio on...radio, radio

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