Marc Cohn

I got 29 ways to make it to my baby's door I got 29 ways to make it to my baby's door And if she needs me bad I can find about two or three more I got one through the basement Two down the hall And when the going gets tough I got a hole in the wall (C...

Just once upon a yesterday I held you in my arms. You grew into a little girl With lovely childhood charms. Now it seems I only turn around and I see you by his side. Oh I can't believe my eyes today, My daughter is a bride. I guess somehow I always knew This...

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout We're gonna stimulate some action We're gonna get some satisfaction We're gonna find out what it is all about After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang dow...

I can see the sunshine Coming through my room Breaking down the winter of my discontent Looking out my window At the people passing by I keep wondering where my old companion went On the steps of the museum I wrote a line or two But it took a while to find m...

It was a stormy night In Ohio And the rain was really coming down An old man said he saw an angel High above the sleepy town Well they said There couldn't be no angels Out flying on a night like this, And tell us have you seen any UFOs old man? Old man said,...

Baby King Baby King You got to get ready for a baby king You might dance daddy You might sing But you never seen nothin' like a baby king It was a bright and sunny summer morn and she said (Get ready for a baby king) It wasn't too long 'fore he was bor...

Sleepless nights and senseless fights Many that I've known Are proportional to the desperate hours Spent on the telephone Now I'm sitting here trying to get through to God Screaming in a microphone Singing, watch out for me cause it's plain to see I can't mak...

A little gray around the crown A little hint of slowing down She puts on some old evening gown And dances alone Years are hazy and days are slow The seasons come and the reasons go And while the wind and memory blows She turns to stone Sayin' Blow on, blow on...

The wind is blowing all around the city I keep replaying every word you said The world is freezing cold I need you here to hold Tonight I wanna lay down in a burning bed I smell your scent in every room and doorway Now I know exactly where your trail has led...

I used to wake up every morning saying I must be getting away with something here Every day was like parole before the levees overflowed; I refuse to think it could all just disappear (I refuse to think) How long before the street car rattles down St. Charle...

Baby let's go below the surface See what we can find There's no reason to be nervous 'Cause it happens all the time I don't want to go up to the mountain I don't need to go down to the sea Gonna sit right here 'till we unravel The mystery While the l...

Don't talk to her when shooting stars are falling Don't talk to her when she can smell the jasmine in the air Don't talk to her when no one knows you're calling You might just say the words that keep her waiting there Don't talk to her when she is softly sl...

I was driving down Ninth Avenue As the sky was getting dark Didn't have nothin' else to do So I kept on riding to Battery Park I stepped out in the damp and misty night As the fog was rolling in Man said, 'Last boat leaving tonight Is the boat for Ellis Island...

Baby baby, the time is at hand I tell you one thing that you’ll understand Been a long time looking for something strong Oh baby it ain’t gonna be that long Baby baby, the time is at hand I tell you one thing that you’ll understand Been a long time looking fo...

A little boy sits by the light of the moon He knows that he's lost something precious too soon But he's quiety singing a nursery tune He sings for whoever may hear him But one day he finds for whatever it's worth The moon and the stars and the blue spinning e...

You'll never know how much I love you You'll never know how much I care When you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to bear (You give me such a) Fever in the morning Fever all through the night Fever when you kiss me, baby And fever when you...

I can see you with the top down In that car you keep under the eaves I can see the ocean wind blow Through your hair And all along your sleeves I see you turning up the radio Listening to the DJ's dedication I can see you with the angels Flying off the tower A...

Everybody talks about some fateful day And I guess that this was mine I may be here to tell some kind of story But I think it's gonna take a little time (That's all right) See I'm rockin' in a cradle Down the hall somewhere and I am-- Lost inside a dre...

Verse 1: I'm coming to see you, tomorrow sometimeD Gonna bring you some roses, gonna tear off the vines Gonna talk to the wind that blows through the trees Kiss you like always from down on my knees Bridge: Gonna ask you some questions, get no replies Wipe all...

Deep in the night she quietly creep Sometime she moan, sometime she weep When the wind starts a howling out of control She's trouble in mind, she's nothing but soul Now don't feel afraid there's nothing to fear It's just strange visitation year after year...

Tonight I cried the tears of a child Who knows what fear runs deep and wild Inside But the river's in flood tonight I lay down and the light streamed across my face I felt the beauty of some deeper grace And I tried To find my way to the other side I...

Well I hope that I don’t fall in love with you ‘Cause falling in love just makes me blue, Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see, I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me And I hope that I don’t fall in love with you. Well the...

In times of meditation I can hear the sweetest voice Sounding out across the distance Breaking through the noise Then there comes a vision And then a touch so tender No more indecision I surrender I try and keep my heart protected I try and keep my cool But...

I finally see your face In my rear-view mirror With each mile I put between us The road keeps gettin’ clearer I only wish that I could make a quiet getaway Well you probably think I’m foolin’ myself That I just want to have my fun But leavin’ you believe me I...

We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic And when that fog horn blows I wi...

Out in the late November chill Crowded behind blue barricades Peering out over every window sill Lucky children snap their window shades The streamers flying through the air Falling all around the marching band The country singer smiles and waves her han...

When your longest night is coming down When pieces of you hit the ground When every word they say about you is a lie When they put your soul up for review When they’re set on turning every screw Call on me and I will testify Let me be your witness Let me be y...

Without your father or your mother Life goes on Without your sister or your brother Life goes on Without your children down the line Oh the drum stays right in time And life goes on Without Elvis, without Jesus Life goes on Without anything it please...

I was sitting with Mary In my dad`s blue Valiant Rain was coming down And the radio was playing Mary was talking A million miles a minute I could not hear one word she was saying Cause I was lost I was gone Listening to Levon In another world In a...

Maybe life is curious to see what you would do With the gift of being left alive How love, how give Spread the higher purpose And cut through all the shuck and jive It's only natural, maybe superstitious To try and find the meaning in beating the odds C...

Put the candle in the window Cause I feel I've got to move Though I'm going, going I'll be coming home soon Long as I can see the light Pack my bag and let's get moving Cause I'm bound to drift awhile When I'm gone, gone You don't have to worry long 'Long as...

Look at me Who am I supposed to be? Who am I supposed to be? Look at me What am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? Look at me Oh my love, oh my love Here I am What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? Here I am What can I do fo...

Got your call from California But I could hardly hear your voice Through the hissing of the highway And all that other noise You said "I might lose you in the canyon" Then you went riding up the coast Now all these things we leave unspoken Seem to haunt me lik...

Hey, have you ever tried Really reaching out for the other side I may be climbing on rainbows But, baby here goes Dreams, they're for those who sleep Life is for us to keep And if you're wond'ring what this song is leading to I want to make it with you...

(INTRO) Dogs are barking and she's so high, she's never coming down. Don't wanna pull the shade tonight, I think I'm wanna drown. I'm sending out a message, or could I die too soon? 'Cause I don't know where I'm going, Since Mama's in the moon. (REPEAT INTRO)...

I want to be a man of the world With blood in my veins and a hurt in my heart Out in the street with the noise and the dirt And the ones still looking for a brand new start Oh I've been sleeping far too long Hiding out in a palace of gold Show me one thing be...

Rock of Ages let our song Praise (your) saving power; Thou amidst the raging foes; (You were) our sheltering tower (Our sheltering tower). Rock of Ages let our song Praise Thy saving power; Thou amidst the raging foes; (You were) our sheltering tower (Our she...

Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time Maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pull me out of time You hung me on the line Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you Maybe I'm a man Maybe I'm a lonely man who's...

Lately he can feel it Turning off inside his heart She's calling him from the car phone And she's falling apart Now he could call in her prescription And they will take it down off the shelf But he knows that he can't save her from herself no more No mor...

Watched it coming up Winslow Down South Park Boulevard Yeah it was looking good from tail to hood Great big fins and painted steel Man it looked just like the Batmobile With my old man behind the wheel Well you could hardly even see him In all of that...

Kickin' stones down by the gypsy shacks Along the wrong side of the tracks Steppin' over all the cracks Cross my fingers too Wishing on that lucky day When I finally make my getaway Won't be nothing left to say (no no) Only one thing left to do Just run thro...

The chosen ones are walking through the new desert All the way uptown to Riverside The faces of the fathers They look a lot like mine But I watch them from across the great divide Today they have all been forgiven Washed clean before another year begins...

Please don't dominate the rap, jack, if you've got nothing new to say. If you please, don't back up the track this train's got to run today. I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill I heard someone say "Better run away", others...

No matter what you are I will always be with you Doesn't matter what you do, girl Ooh girl, with you No matter what you do I will always be around Won't you tell me what you found, girl Ooh girl, want you Knock down the old grey wall Be a part o...

When I was a boy I went running off to school Went home every evening Like there was nothing else to do One night I looked out my window And while the moon was racing past I sat up there and wondered Am I goin' nowhere fast? I see the telephone post I watch...

They say my final masterpiece Was this house upon the hill High above the great and mighty river My hand could not hold the brushes Yes I guess I lost my will And you can't keep painting paradise forever Oh forever From the Andes to Niagara To where we stand...

Listen Old Soldier Wherever you are The hills or the valleys Come near or come far They say youth is a treasure We waste when we're young So come down from that place Where your medals are hung You're forever returning And yearning to fight And you feel just l...

How many roads you’ve traveled How many dreams you’ve chased Across sand and sky and gravel Looking for one safe place Will you make a smoother landing When you break your fall from grace Into the arms of understanding Looking for one safe place Life is tria...

Well, I had just checked in when the sun came up After ten hours on the bus. I was staring at the stains on the ceiling, baby, Trying not to think about us. But then someone in a room five-oh two started doing the thing that we used to do. Every bang, every bo...

When I was a boy I went running off to school Went home every evening Like there was nothing else to do One night I looked out my window And while the moon was racing past I sat up there and wondered Am I goin' nowhere fast? I see the telephone post I watch...

I talk to you in turbulence That's when I see the light But she has visions on the hillside Then she speaks in tongues all night You've got such a faithful little servant Why don't you pay her no mind? CHORUS She prays for Providence She needs a little more...

My father was a working man But his work was never done He stood behind a counter And he smiled at everyone He bought himself a business Worked seven days a week Took a holiday for Christmas Then he fell asleep beside the tree But one day One day Th...

I could hear the shutters banging In my mother's house And the wind just kept blowing off the lake I ran down to the front door And told the ambulance man "Everything's all right here Sir There must be some mistake" CHORUS 1 Saints preserve us We're all going...

Got into a cab in New York City Was an Oriental man behind the wheel Started talking about heaven Like it was real Said "They got mansions in heaven Yeah the angels are building one for me right now And I know, . . They're saving the best for last Look...

She runs down the staircase And into the yard And she goes down to the end of the drive With her friends on the phone And her angels on guard She’s just recently feeling alive After all of the tears and the changes Now there’s something that’s taken ahold She’...

Watched it coming up Winslow Down South Park Boulevard Yeah it was looking good from tail to hood Great big fins and painted steel Man it looked just like the Batmobile With my old man behind the wheel Well you could hardly even see him In all of that...

There's a stranger in a car Driving down your street Acts like he knows who you are Slaps his hand on the empty seat and says "Are you gonna get in Or are you gonna stay out?" Just a stranger in a car Might be the one they told you about Well you neve...

Meet me down on the street of windows Girl that's all I want you to do Meet me down on the street of windows Baby let me look through you Meet me down on the street of windows Where the boys are too young to care Now how I long just to hear the echo Of every...

Let's go down to Hamburg Let's go down right now Let's go down to Hamburg Let's go down right now I don't wanna go to Berlin Would be such a sin Let's go down to Hamburg Right now Don't gimme no Paris Don't gimme no France Take me to Hamburg, baby Where they...

Johnny took the 4:05 and he rode it Rode it down the line He did not know that the ghost of Charlie Christian Was riding too That's when he got the feeling Felt his soul and spirit rise Closed his eyes and saw a vision And he was sanctified He said, "I have...

I was just thinking Of when we were younger Under the sky so blue Laying our blankets out The things that we talked about How I remember you We were like soldiers We never got older I guess everything fades away I'm closing my eyes now Cause I'm feeling so t...

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm a-goin' home My baby just a-wrote me a letter I don't care how much money I gotta spend Got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone I'm a-goin' home...

Tom, get your plane right on time I know your part'll go fine Fly down to Mexico Doh-n-doh-de-doh-n-doh And here I am The only living boy in New York I get the news I need On the weather report Oh, I can gather all the news I need On the weather repo...

Clouds move in From off the horizon Feels like nighttime In the middle of the day And I don't know why But it's still so suprisin' How a love grows stronger Or it just fades away But you look older today Than I've ever seen you I think I know the rea...

Now if there's a smile on my face It's only there trying to fool the public But when it comes down to fooling you Now honey that's quite a different subject But don't let my glad expression Give you the wrong impression 'Cause really I'm sad, Oh I'm sad...

Three steps down Below the city street In our private room The color all runs out Golden brown The smoke curls in the air And I can feel a sliding peace Come over me tonight The dead are dancing ‘cross the room Where candles burn and shadows loom High below...

Baby I've been searching like everybody else Can't say nothing different about myself Sometimes I'm an angel And sometimes I'm cruel And when it comes to love I'm just another fool Yes, I'll climb a mountain I'm gonna swim the sea There ain't no act of...

I don't know where I'm goin' Now that I am gone I hope the wind that's blowin' Helps me carry on Turn on your radio, baby Listen to my song Turn on your nightlight baby, baby I'm gone Turn on your radio I don't know how it happened Now that I am gone I hope...

Fallen angel Come to me Give me something to believe Before I turn on every vow Turn to me if you still know how Spent my share of restless days Coal black suitcase Fall from grace All the while I was breaking down Turn to me if you still know how (Chorus) I...

Down along these hillsides Many miles ago Lived a man of vision child But little did I know He was always talking child About the heart and soul 'Til one day some pharaoh came And offered up his dole Chorus: In the valley In the valley of the kings In the val...

Let's go down to the sound tonight Tide is low and we can walk on water Reel me in under that starry light Just like the fisherman's daughter Baby when the bands and the barkers go home They say that Venus she rises From out of the foam She dances on ai...

I'm writing you this letter from some old hotel I can feel the distance between us From the Spanish Steps to the Liberty Bell I know the angels have seen us... seen us, baby They see you down on Seventh Avenue, While you're just hanging by a thread And I'm si...

Put on my blue suede shoes and I Boarded the plane Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues In the middle of the pouring rain W.C. Handy -- won`t you look down over me Yeah I got a first class ticket But I`m as blue as a boy can be Then I`m walking...

Now that I've lost everything to you You say you wanna start something new And it's breakin' my heart you're leavin' Baby, I'm grievin' But if you wanna leave, take good care I hope you have a lot of nice things to wear But then a lot of nice things turn bad...

You’re a shadow You’re a ghost You’re the one that I needed That I needed the most I thought I was finished With all of this stuff Is it you or me baby That can’t get enough I still feel something Like an unseen force That keeps movin’ through me Well, it’s...