Little Feat

Woke up this mornin' just about noon Rolled back on over, it was way too soon My sensibilities hadn't stirred you see Might bother some, but it don't bother me 'Cause some people say ain't had enough fun Some people say ain't had enough fun I'll tell ya...

B. Wray, B. Payne, P. Barrere Might be a story you read in a book 'Bout a irl who drank from the devil's cup Might be someone you know so well Just might be me, you never can tell Le dame Laveau burning at the stake You're the hero, but just a little bi...

I've been down, but not like this before Can't be 'round this kind of show no more All, all that you dream Comes through shinin silver lining Clouds, clouds change the scene Rain starts washing all these cautions Right into your life, makes you realize Just w...

Well my telephone was ringing And they told me it was chairman Mao Well my telephone was ringing And they told me it was chairman Mao You got to tell him anything 'Cause I just don't want to Talk to him now I have a apolitical blues and It's the meanest blue...

Well, I see you so far away In my memory you will stay There's a good life, a right way to go But sometimes I feel so low If you wanna love me, wanna be my friend Be one now, be one now And you say you need me and you want to share Darlin', where's you...

She had a drive-by childhood A plastic jesus on her chest A mean mean girl With a certain snake allure A heart like 16 midnights And a surgical voice Keepin' strange for some change Empty eyes with a haunted look Leanin' hard, she lost her place Try as she mi...

Sit down fool let's have a conversation I got a few opinions 'bout our co-habitation What's a matter baby did I do something wrong? I took out the garbage and I mowed the lawn This ain't about what you do or don't do Although I'd like to get into that to...

I caught the bus out of New Orleans Tipped my hat to the land of dreams Looked out the window to try to forget Where I was goin' ain't figured out yet Southern Summer's got me soaked in sweat I feel the cool green lawns of Connecticut Miles apart, but it...

Yes you drivin' me crazy with your boom box automobile Yeah you drivin' me crazy with your boom box automobile Now I'd love to see you lose the keys to that menace on four wheels It's so amplified... ain't no wonder why your paint's begun to peel And those su...

I sit upon a hill and gaze out on the diamond lights Strange night, strange city, down below Neon lights will guide me Take us all to a better place Hang on, hang on Wait for me, just wait for me Another's smile reminds me The past is ours, old friend...

Matthew stood by the wall and watched his love below Her pale hair came in golden rings down below her shoulders As she waved and slowly turned around To find the path that led her to the ancient gate was closed She said Matthew why won't you tell me what...

Come home last night wishin I could unwind Turned on the news ya know it blew my mind Current affairs got me in a spin People everywhere doin' each other in Fussin' and fightin' from dusk till dawn Lyin', stealin, wheelin', dealin', it just keeps rollin'...

You can open the window Where the sunset meets the sea Everything's for sale Everything's for free Sweet mother Mary Sells her fortunes well She's got all the answers Just might save you from hell Across the street at the bottomless cup You can drink...

Serious blue eyes, so pale and so shy Look closer 'cause she's got that look in her eye Red hair that sails on a soft southern breeze Fingers that fly on accordion keys You ain't seen nothin', 'till you've seen my cajun girl She's really somethin', my sw...

Met a ragin' cajun Down in Louisiana In her high button shoes And her flowered dress Said her name was Hannah She said do you know We do it to and fro Backwards and forwards It's all the same Just like ya say my name And then she shake it I can't...

Uptown, the other side of canal The funky butt hall down on liberty street All day long it was the criminal morgue Where dead street boys take a load off ther feet When the sun goes down buddy bolden plays the blues Room full of sin, buckets of booze How that...

Livin' in strange dreams Takin' prescribed medication Where will i take me, where will it take me My vision's all marred by a careless Chance visit on the part of me Cat fever, I got cat fever My breathin is harder sittin in back of the theatre When will he m...

Well I'm weak, worthless, ...can't make up my mind. When they handed out ambition, I was next to last in line. ...Lost little lamb... 'til I found that girl... When she holds me in her arms, I'm the champion of the world. I was drunk on Monday, standing at...

There's a feelin' in the sky tonight Tough as nails and I feel the cold wind start to bite Folks I meet seem so cold Blown like leaves their faces hard and set in stone I'd just like to know Cold and tired, hope all gone Just how far this road goes on I...

I said blow away, blow away This cruel reality And keep me from its storm Suspicion has crept in, and ruined my life I'm messed up, and hassled, and worn Well its pure indignation Just another sensation And I'd like to knock on that door But the boy h...

Cold, cold, cold Cold, cold, cold Freezing it was freezing in that hotel I had no, money, my special friend was gone The TV set was busted so she went along I called room service, I'm down here on My knees, a peach, or a pear or a coconut please But they was c...

Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie Growled out his commands And all the able seamen Clicked their heels and swore They would protect the noble ship In peace-time and in war And they danced a jig until the dawn Sang a loyal sailors song Drank a pot of steamin...

Movin' round the grand design Gettin' stranger every day Knowin' that our time will come And it might not be so far away Wonderin' where to draw the line Believin' that the water just might turn to wine You can get yourself in trouble Livin' out other...

You can say what you want People runnin', talkin', it's all going on up and down the street Young girls selling their wares, no cares Ah, history's left it's mark, aha Old folks that were able Now can table it at their own expense They wouldn't miss it,...

I've seen the bright lights of Memphis And the Commodore Hotel And underneath a street lamp I met a Southern belle Well she took me to the river, where she cast her spell And in that Southern moonlight, she sang a song so well If you'll be my dixie chick...

Drivin' down the Dixie Highway Doin' my best to hold the road All night long on the Dixie Highway Bring my Florida baby a heavy load Windin' down the Dixie Highway Stars above the midnight blue Coming now on the Dixie Highway U.S. number one to get to you Ta...

Roll another one, Just like the other one. You been holding onto it, And I sure would like a hit! Don't bogart that joint my friend, Pass it over to me! Don't bogart that joint my friend, Pass it over to me! 

Heart Don't Beat So Hard This Time Let Her Go, You Know It's Done Without a Doubt Don't Fall Back Into That Same "I'm All Alone" and Sit An' Pine She's Just Another Thing We Could Learn to Live Without We Were Caught Up in That Fiery Passion of the Moment...

A side shot from south of the border Was a hot spot for all the fools from here to the corner Looking for a square deal A fair deal She don't need a gun She's an ultimatum She can turn on a dime She can turn on a dime They're just fine darlin' You can...

They all asked about you Down on the farm The cows asked, the pigs asked The horses asked, too All want to know why to the city You moved, changed your name to Kitty What's come over you? It ain't true; it ain't true, Linda Lou Say it ain't true, Linda...

I gave you high steppin' slippers But you still can't move your feat And it's cold in the morning So I turn away at the heat You say faster so I speed up But still I'm much too slow I feel your innuendo You got all the answers, least they say you do Bu...

Looking back in my rear view mirror At the boy with the Texas plates Momma was starting to worry I said momma, it's way too late Four wheels in my favorite color Gonna roll me away This time there ain't no other This time I can't be saved Ain't no curve that...

It's so easy to slip It's so easy to fall Let your memory drift and do nothing at all All the love that you missed All the people that you can't recall Do they really exist at all? Well the whole world seems so cold today All the magic's gone away And our tim...

Storm clouds all around me There's a lightning at my back But there's an angel on my shoulder That's keepin' my on track No matter how bad I stumble She's there to catch me when I fall My angel of forgiveness has been Around to see it all I wandered down from...

Spotcheck Billy got down on his hands and knees He said "Hey momma, hey let me check your oil all right?" She said "No, no honey, not tonight Comeback Monday, comeback Tuesday, then I might." I said Juanita, my sweet Jaunita, what are you up to? My Juani...

Don't you know It's the way you go You can get further Sure can be murder Try to hard That ain't so smart First you start trippin' Then you start slipping I, I like peace of mind Leaving my troubles In the wind behind I like grooving' Doin' what...

Well you know you're kinda cold-blooded To come back beggin' to me Like you never done me wrong And I hate to be so hard-hearted But I'm sick and tired o' talkin' to ya And I've been without her lovin' too long But if you think I'd be fool enough To ta...

Look out child your bound to change, You can't ever stay the same Cause if you keep on singin' the same old lines You're going to look around babe and find your friend's out of town Watch out girl the words your sayin' don't really fit the play Somebody...

Don't it always seem to hit you? Right when you think you can lay back easy Those times are hard to come by Sittin' still with nothin' on your mind. Memories are friends that you had It's so clear if you need to see I can count on you, you can count, you can...

Hyman-chertoff-forman-bazilian They come to me and they start to cry Say ya gotta do something about that guy They say take this sword I say thanks a lot But I do allright with this sling I got Someone gimme a stone gimme a stone gimme a stone Someone gimme...

Take yourself you who love no one else I can see all that's changing It ain't so hard smooth as you like it When you like when you like It all takes time but When you know it's work it You keep your dreams it may be dark tonight Tomorrow dark to light...

Square knees was asking for a reason How can I go sleeping in a car I got red hot tires my tires are smokin' I'm so broke I don't wanna stop My gears are crying My gears are crying I got the ha hamburger Ha hamburger I got the ha hamburger midnight blu...

Hey old friend, it's been such a long time Since I saw your smilin' face pressed against my window pane Though it's the middle of the night And we were racin' the light of the mornin' All those new thoughts dawnin' About the wrong and the right We spent...

Last night I sat my baby right down And said the talk's all round the town You're cheatin' while I work all day I guess that feelin's finally gone And I got so tired of spendin' my nights alone So I packed my bags and I'm goin' away But I sure would hat...

Hi roller and a lowball jack Stuck outside trying to truck it on back Marooned on a lake, in a bad border town Watchin' the marks lay their money down Hey now Jack, say hi, here's a sight to see There's a queen of hears, and her fancy's free Ace in the h...

It's steamin' and I'm screamin' down that red hot blacktop on cruise control and my tires are tired but I still got such a long way to go... 'till I'm coastin' back to that west coast north of movie town where my baby's waitin' holdin' down that home ground h...

Back door sliders, narrow escapes busted gray wall, greasy embrace finances ailing, crawlin' down the rain slicked alleys, ain't no escape in this town blood on the stone, blood on the rock consumed with the passion, that only time could unlock one life waste...

I've been the one who has been frightened And almost borne away By the very thoughts that I feared yesterday And it must be dust or smoke that's in my eyes How can I cry about something from someone that I won't see Oh my friends all say she had her chance Le...

Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby, Can't buy a thrill. Well, I've been up all night, baby, Leanin' on the window sill. Well, if I die On top of the hill And if I don't make it, You know my baby will. Don't the moon look good, mama, Shinin' through the trees?...

Hey Lordy... (Join the Band, Be Good Rascal...) Hey Join the Band, Be Good Rascal and Join the Band Hey Lordy... Join the Band, Be a Good Rascal and Join the Band Oh Huh Oh Ho Ho Ho Yeah, Hah Oh Huh Oh Ho Ho Ho Yeah Hey Lordy Join the Band, Be a Good R...

Don't sing sad songs Juliette 'Cause I heard you've been out to get it I seen you dancin' all night long What they said about you I hope it Don't turn out wrong Red, red roses, lyin' on the ground Heartache and pain They call you by name They follow y...

Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me Go on and hang that man who says the best things in life are for free Keepin' up with the Joneses is killing me She's just one more bad habit I was too blind to see The lady and I was happy at first Just livin' fr...

One so sad, feeling's painful You can't deny, there is no peace Is no love, milk-toasted love Ain't no velvet glove You were the child of some electric nightmare And you could move mountains, the swords of fire They keep you around to watch their house...

Now anybody ever seen her They call her Miss Demeanor Watch the way she slides from side to side Move so loose, look so good Plays in every game she could. Now she smell so sweet, like apple pie Oh so good 'bout, 'bout to make me die For a slice or two I'd be...

Rollin' down highway 95 Sailin' through her hometown countryside Move on over stand astride My cruise control's in overdrive Need to take my baby for a ride Oh she's like a smooth stretch of highway Oh she's like a cool Summer breeze If my motor's runn...

Lookin' out on the evening light You see the lightnin' and the thunder rollin' in As you strain to keep that setting sun in sight Ya start to get that Summer feelin' back again of a time lost in illusion not afraid to cross that line You don't have to...

I was ridin' No. 9 Heading south from Carolina I heard that lonesome whistle blow I've got in trouble, I had to roam Left my girl and I left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid actin' smart I went and broke my darlin' heart I guess, I was I...

Ah, hello...Give me missing persons, they said What is it that you need? I said oh, I need her so...She said you've Got to stop your pleading 'Cause no matter what you do, Even pray to heaven above, ooh All you'll ever get from her is Long distance lov...

Baby what's wrong with you Have to tell ya it seemed like we were through And your memory's almost gone Met this girl in New York City That took the night train all the way from Buffalo Just to see the midnight show And every time I start to feelin' stro...

The Hens Came Home to Roost While I Was Counting My Blessings Staggering On to the Truth Now Without Ever Confessing If the Joke Is On Me How Come They’re Laughing At You Don’t Get Any Better Than This Who’s Buying Tickets to the Execution Marginal Creatures...

Is it the lies? Is it the style? It's a mercenary territory I wish you knew the story I've been out here so long dreamin up songs I'm temporarily qualmless and sinking I've did my time in that rodeo It's been so long and I've got nothing to show Well I...

Missin' You, I'm missin' you All those lovely things you do I tell ya true, it hurts theway I'm missin' you Nashville at sunrise Rains poundin' on my window Draws my sleepless eyes To witness one more dawn a break Winter's cold outside Oh I broke down...

Some people think that I must be crazy But my real name is just Jesse James An I left them half-crocked, hard-knocks of black rock county Just to ride on that New Delhi Train Ridin' on that New Delhi Freight Train Ridin' down that New Delhi Line Ridin' on tha...

They got a place down Kentucky Right down near Ohio Where you can watch the planes at night People line up to watch each flight I said watchin' them planes I wish I was on one I'm sittin' here thinkin' 'bout my red head dream If I could only see her ton...

Off our rockers, actin' crazy With the right medication we won't be lazy Doin' the old folks boogie Down on the farm Wheelchairs, they was locked arm in arm Paired off pacemakers with matchin' alarms Gives us jus' one more chance To spin one more yarn...

Sunrise, sunset Since the beginning, it hasn't changed yet People fly high, begin to loose sight But you can't see very clearly, when you're in flight Well it's high time (backing vocals) That you find The same people that you must use on your way up You migh...

I see you lookin' 'round searchin' for some good times girl Ain't no doubt about it, nothin' sweeter in this world Forget the ringin' on your party line I'll be there in person and I'll be right on time Give me just one clear moment I can turn your head a...

It's been a one man show that I been runnin' On a two way street for love And I see no end to the dead end (dead end) 'Til you come back home I tried everything to keep remembering One good woman, one good man Two shots of happiness in one life span It...

There's a girl standin' on a corner Watchin' love walk right out her door Thought that love was like a shiny diamond Blinded by the light, she did not see the flaw Now she's lonely, standin' there for hours Wishin' he would change his mind Caught in that...

Well, I tried to run my game She said "Man, that's the same old thing I've heard before" And I'm too tired to go for your show (again and again) And she started to explain She said "Man, I ain't sayin' what you're playin' just can't make it But I can't take i...

If you walk in off the street You can take the load right off your feet Mamma bring the menu to your seat But the bill of fare be short & sweet Won't find no etouffe Mamm never ever could cook it that way She's all ancien regime No nouvell cuisine...

rag mama rag ..... i can't believe its true rag mama rag ...... what did ya do i go on up to the railroad track let the 4:19 scratch my back sag mama sag ...... what's come over you rag mama rag ...... i'm pullin out your gag gonna turn you loose ...... like a...

Red streamliner rollin' Rollin' down the track the things you see With your wheels in motion through desert, mountain, ocean I hear you every night, is it a dream? Red streamliner rollin' down, comin' down on me Red streamliner rollin', rollin' long so free Y...

Gretta's flunky, some two fisted monkey, some wild-eyed Romeo Winds up the mountain with Rio down below Drives too slowly past a burning impromptu altar Attended by no one of visible means Could be a warning just shining us on, but we're far too gone On o...

I wanna shake the floors, raise the roof Don't shut me down, 'cause I'm livin' proof I'm like the hurricane Daddy ain't gonna turn you loose Don't fight it, 'cause it ain't no use Way back when, I was meek and mild The boogie-woogie got me, turned the mild to...

There was a woman in Georgia didn't feel just right She had fever all day and chills at night Now things got worse, yes a serious bind At times like this it takes a man with such style I cannot often find A doctor of the heart and a doctor of mind If you...

My baby called me up She said, "Why don't you ever take me out? Pick me up in your brand new car You shake the short change from your old fruit jar" I put on my dancin' shoes We headed straight for the rhythm and blues The music was hot, but my baby was...

Whoa I am just a vagabond, a drifter on the run the eloquent profanity, it rolls right off my tongue And I have dined in palaces, drunk wine with kings and queens But darlin', oh darlin', you're the best thing I ever seen Won't you roll me easy, oh slow a...

Me and you, nothing to do What am I gonna do with you? Go on an' dance, how's the chance You and I gon' make romance? 'Cause that's the kind of rockin' I need Takes a pinch and a bite and squeeze Down on my knees Well come on girl take a chance with me A good...

Lady in a turban and a cocaine tree Does a dance so rhythmically She's cryin', and a singin' and having a time and gee that cocaine tree look fine You've got to put on your sailin shoes Put on your sailing shoes Everyone will start to cheer When you put on yo...

Jump start my heart I'm all broke down Hot wired and short of cash just outside of town Roll the dice, I'll take the chance Played out... there ain't no doubt I need a new romance Seems I'm short a dime on my nickel bet Waitin' for my number, but it ain't com...

Every night she sits there TV blasting in her face People runnin' runnin' to and fro, it's such a frantic pace But in her hand she's got control, remote as that may seem A certifiable obsession a broadcast malady When all is said and done she's in love wit...

Six feet of snow coming through my radio It's raining in stilettos from here clear down to Mexico My hands they're numb from hanging on that steering wheel They're frozen tight, hope the wind don't blow me off the road tonight Don't you know the ice and snow i...

Well I'm waitin' for something to take place Something to take me away from this race 'round city to city, town to town Runnin' around in the shoes of a clown And that desperate, no count, desperado A thief of love my business is the street I be shakin'...

Someone looking out for me You can step right up and show yourself if you will It seems like I've been hiding from my friends too long You can take over for a while-- I need the rest A chance to laugh it off I ain't made sense in so long -- I almost quit...

Tell me somebody What was it like when you saw your whole life go under? Did you cry? Was there someone there or were you on your own Why can't two people Leave well enough alone Just being here is lonely So why don't you just give me a chance to come into you...

She don't look like her mother Nothing like her father How else can you explain it must be something in the water Pig tails, overalls, freckles on her face Skinny as a toothpick turned side ways, Something happened to her when she turned sixteen, From a li...

Well the night that was high, we got into town Was the night that the rain, it froze on the ground Down the street I heard such a sorrowful tune Comin' from the place they call the Spanish Moon Well I stepped inside, and stood by the door While a dark-eyed gi...

It was a mystery, one of a kind There's no doubt about it Over my shoulder I was lookin' to see Just what was comin', comin' at me. One step up, two steps back Right on the money, got me right on the line Straight from her heart, straight into mine Feelin' I'...

Ripped off and run out of town Had my guitar burned when I was clownin' Haven't slept in a bed for a week And my shoes feel like they're part of my feet Let me come down where I won't be a bother to no one Let me unwind please give me a hole to recline in...

Well some contend that rock and roll Is bad for the body and bad for the soul Bad for the heart, bad for the mind Bad for the deaf, bad for the blind Makes some men crazy And then they talk like fools Makes some men crazy And then they start to drool Unscrup...

Gettin' it while you can Before the fascination goes Down to the very last man Where it stops nobody knows Nothin to hold you back when the feelin's right Hidin' from the day and waitin' for the night It's just a pretty hard thing To keep gettin' back...

Picked up on my phone in Houston Everybody answered, everybody answered but they won't say why Then this dancer grabbed me down by the bus stop And she said I'm takin' you with me to the Texas Rose cafe I got a fast car, it's a jaguar, and I'll get you to...

Oh the siren song is strong sometimes... Texas radio They sure do play it hard and fast - sell it soft and low A silky voice she spoke to me from down in San Antone "It's ladies night in Italy, and gentlemen should know" When I saw that neon sign, knew jus...

She cooled my heels some time ago Sent me reelin' when she chilled my toes She stole my heart ya know, and she froze my eyes Feelin' like this again is some surprise She that kinda girl whose lovin' I was meant to get She won't drop no dime on me No ki...

Heard you got an infection Just before your lewd rejection Wait'll the shit hits the fan You couldn't turn him down Hold your address book above your knees And kissed your soft legs there He was on top of the pop stars You couldn't turn him down You we...

She ain't real friendly for no good reason Claims her life's been filled with treason Says she's cursed by a toothless gypsy Wonderin' why her life's so greasy With doulbe blades she dulls her senses Spiteful girl by all consensus All her life it's been...

I was staring at myself in the mirrored sunglasses Set on six foot five of Texas Ranger He hollered turn down your radio son I stuttered officer wha-what have I done? You were doing better than a hundred and one Why ya driving like the devil's on your tai...

[Chorus] Well, they say time loves a hero But only time will tell If he's real, he's a legend from heaven If he ain't, he was sent here from hell Hear me well Seein' ain't always believin' Just make sure it's the truth that you're seein' Eyes sometimes...

Buffalo'd in Buffalo And I was entertained in Houston Yew Nork, New York You gotta choose one It's a tripe face boogie Boogie my speakers away I don't want your money Don't want your time Please don't hype me honey Or I'll give you back your dime Hype face bo...

You yelled hey when your car wouldn't start So you got real nervous and started to eat your heart out Now you're so fat your shoes don't fit on your feat You got trouble And it's tailor made Well mama lay your head down in the shade 'Cause your eyes are...

His tail-lights flickered as he pulled up to the truck stop The same old crowd was hanging out again tonite He said fill up my tank while I go check my load It feels like it's shifting all around He was the kind of man Do all he could Above all he had in...

In 1966 I found my love In 1967 I had all there was And as my time went by I was satisfied Until that situation took me by surprise Now there's two trains runnin' - on that line One train's me, and the other's a friend of mine You know it would be all r...

Standing by the ocean watch it tear away the shore Glide out upon the desert, the horizon is the door And though your voice is shouting above the wind it can't be heard Drop all sense of reason, it's there you'll find your own worth And though you are surr...

Maybe there's another place Some other time or space I never have to leave something to believe Maybe love will find a way And this time come to stay Another way to be if love could just find me But I wake up dreamin' again And, oh, the things I see I...

Well she was plantin' her feet on the sidewalk Listenin' for signs of the small talk Waitin', hesitatin', got tired of all that waitin' Decided to walk around, that blonde bull She's been waitin' once again on the home town There ain't enough room this time 'r...

I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow I'm drunk and dirty don't ya know, and I'm still, willin' Out on the road late at night, Seen my pretty Alice in every head light Alice, Dallas Alice I've been from Tuscon to Tucumcari Tehachapi to Tonapah Driven...

Well she's the kind of girl that you dream about Got the big blue eyes that'll knock you out Got a hand on your wallet, and a smil on her face And a heavenly voice, that says let's go to my place Well she knows what she wants... she's a woman in love And...