Marshall Chapman

Beyond words That’s where I am When I’m with you Beyond words The touch of your hand My heart is helpless That’s just the way The way that it is Beyond words Yes, I am speechless Nothing I say Can ever convey Whatever this is It’s bigger than I...

Big Lonesome That’s my name Ever since you went away Things just ain’t the same Big Lonesome That’s me Until you come back home Big Lonesome’s all I’ll be I used to be a lone wolf on the prowl I made the rounds to every bar in town Then you walked i...

I never intended to make it this far Never had a fall-back plan I always thought I’d go in a blaze of glory A blaze of glory A blaze of glory Burning like a comet across the night sky Playing rock & roll music with my hair on fire And every show wa...

Blues stay away from me Blues why don’t you let me be Don’t know why You keep on haunting me Love was never meant for me True love was never meant for me Seems somehow We never can agree Life is full of misery Dreams are like a memory Bringing back Your love...

Last night I dreamed … Dreamed I was a particle Not a human being But a particle … in space Moving at the speed of light Towards a bright red sunset And I dreamed in my dream Of that bright red sunset Then I heard a voice of doubt Say You’ll never ma...

Call the lamas I saw little Buddha in the checkout line At the grocery store Today Call the lamas He was sitting like a prince in his grocery cart With a perfect smile On his face His mom and dad preoccupied With paying for their food They could not...

I went to a rock & roll show at the Fox last night I’ve never felt anything yet that felt so right I stood on my seat Cause the beat knocked me off of my ass And back on the street Yeah back on Peachtree Street I started moving I started moving real...

Don’t make me pregnant I just want to dance Let’s stop and think it over Before we take that chance If you make me pregnant I won’t take it very well I’ll go home to my mama And you can go to hell Nine months is such precious time When you’re only s...

I’m going down to Mexico Down to San Miguel where the cool winds blow High up on the mountain plain Nobody there’s gonna know my name I’m gonna let my soul fly free Find out what’s inside of me I’m going down to Mexico We were gonna fly down there toge...

I’m on a downhill slide My mind’s getting smaller by the minute I’m on a downhill slide My mind’s getting smaller by the minute Before I run away and hide I think I’ll take a look inside And see what’s in it Hello in there Is anybody home? I’m lookin...

Last night I dreamed about you You called me by my name You said the words I love you Again and again and again When I awakened I was happy Strange as that may seem Cause if I can’t have you with me I’ll have you in my dreams Dreams and memories Rig...

What’s that sound Like something falling through the trees You’d better run girl Before it knocks you to your knees Is it real? Or just something in your mind You know it’s hard to tell the difference some times I have dreams So big I get consumed I...

I’m throwing a going away party A party for a dream of mine So put me somewhere off in a corner With a glass and bottle of your party wine Don’t worry It won’t be a loud party I feel too low to get too high It’s just a sad going away party For a dream...

I gave my heart to the bad man I’m going to hell and get it back I gave my heart to the bad man I’m going to hell and get it back I don’t care what it may be like there But you can bet your sweet behind that I’ll be back I’m bringing it back That man h...

Have a little faith Have a little faith in yourself Have a little faith Have a little faith in me I believe in my soul Everything is gonna work out If you’ll just have a little faith Have a little faith Just a little bit Sometimes that’s all it takes...

It’s time to start over And make a new plan I’ve made a big mess I’m taking myself by the hand Worrying ’bout things I don’t even know I can’t sleep at night And it’s beginning to show I been running real fast You know I can’t last much longer I’m g...

I can’t stop thinking about you No matter what I try to do My heart is aching like it’s gonna break in two I can’t stop thinking about you You were the best I’ve ever known We had it all and now you’re gone I see your face in every flower that blooms I...

I don’t want nobody Calling me their honey but you I don’t want nobody Giving me their money but you I don’t want nobody I don’t want nobody I don’t want nobody Calling me their honey but you I don’t want nobody Standing in my kitchen but you I don’...

I fell in love again this morning I fell in love again with you It always happens without warning I never know just what to do Outside a steady rain was falling It’d been raining all night long I couldn’t sleep so I lay listening While I waited for the...

I love everybody I love everything I’ve got no agenda I just want to dance and sing It ain’t complicated There’s nothing really to explain I love everybody I love everything We’re living in a world of trouble Living in a world of pain All I have to...

La da da da da I will bury in the ground La da da da da I'll bury you with my sound And I will drink the red your pretty face red Marceline! That is very disagreeable! Ooh Do not you like that? Or maybe I'm the one you do not like! Sorry I did no...

I’d like to build a bridge to you Build it strong enough to hold the truth I’d like to build a bridge to you I am an island and you are too I am an island and you are too Gonna build all night Gonna build all day Gonna build my bridge So my bridge wil...

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I’m so lonesome I could cry I’ve never seen a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind a cloud To hide its face and cry Did you ever see a r...

I got an ocean of love inside me I got a notion to share it with you The Atlantic, the Pacific Okay I’ll be specific Here’s what we ought to do Let’s make waves baby waves baby waves Let’s make waves You got a way about you makes me crazy I’m as helpl...

Loving you’s like loving the wind It’s not a thing you can hold in your hand It’s easy come and easy go On a heart like mine, it’ll take its toll I never know when I’ll see you again Loving you’s like loving the wind Loving you’s like loving the stars...

Mississippi man in Mexico How’d you get down here Must’ve been a long and winding road Uh-huh Mississippi man in Mexico Before you disappear I want to know all there is to know About you Outside San Miguel the fires were burning That moon so bright...

It’s not the pale moon That excites me That thrills and delights me Oh no … It’s just the nearness of you It isn’t your sweet Conversation That brings this sensation Oh no … It’s just the nearness of you When I hold you close And I feel you so near to me All...

I’m not afraid to die Dying’s the least of my fears I’ve already lived way past my prime Now I no longer try to count the years I did everything I could to die young And leave behind a beautiful memory But there’s still a lot of songs to be sung I gues...

Now the rain is falling And my tears are falling too It’s been four days Since I said goodbye to you The sun can’t shine ‘Cause there’s too much to shine through While this rain is falling And my tears are falling too How the crickets screamed On the...

I like to walk along the railroad track It frees up my mind I like to think that I won’t ever come back Like I’m the fugitive kind There’s no future no past Out on that line And the trains go by fast Like the passage of time That’s freedom … I used...

When everything’s swirling around out of control And everybody’s down to their very soul Dancing to the rhythm of the universal whole That’s the way I like it Keep moving forward, baby, don’t you look back The journey never ends when you’re running with...

Do you like it in leather? Do you like it in lace? Do you think it looks better With this junk on my face? I hear ‘em say Is she one of them? Or is she one of those? You know you never can tell (That’s the way it goes) No, you never can tell (That’s th...

Down at the club they’re still screaming for more They don’t give a damn what they’re screaming for I’m already at the hotel in my black silk hose Listening to Lou Reed and cleaning out my nose Looking in the mirror by the light of dawn I’m counting all m...

If you want me You got to want to treat me right I know you love me But I’m tired of running out in the night Like the sand on the shore I can shift I can soar away in a storm And I know … I know a big wave when I see one I don’t mind getting my two f...

I’m sick of myself I want to be you Would you trade places with me for a day, maybe two? I’d like to know how it feels to be laid back and cool To play that guitar the way that you do Like your soul is connected to every string And the whole room’s swayi...

The last time I sang with Tim Krekel The last time I sang with my friend Bowling balls rumbled in the ceiling While people danced like life would never end One by one the band came up and joined us They kicked us all into that higher zone If you were th...

Ooh baby you’re cool on the outside Hot on the inside A killer combination For any love contemplation You got an easy way of walking You let your eyes do your talking You make me real nervous I better get back on my tour bus The minute I saw you Ooh...

Two fires burning bright When they burn together Can light up the night Never burning each other When you look at me Your two eyes excite me There’s a fire in your soul Burning out of control And that’s what ignites me Can this flame of desire Be an...

Wetter than the ocean Hotter than the sun My body’s on fire And baby you’re the one We haven’t even kissed But I can taste you on my tongue Like words to a song That hasn’t been sung Like strings on a guitar That hasn’t been played I’m waiting for...

Whenever I get it together You’re falling apart When I feel like everything’s over You’re ready to start When everything’s coming up roses for you My whole world’s turning into shades of blue No we don’t go together But we do Late last night at the pa...

Back in 1956 I was seven And the second grade was going real slow I could read, I could write, but learning to be white Was nothing that I needed to know Cause I’d seen Elvis Presley I was running ’round singing the blues I remember the words my mama sai...