Tift Merritt

I never thought I'd see eighteen I finally got all eyes on me My daddy made my sentencing Now there's a first for everything Don't ask me what comes after today Don't ask me what comes after today Sweet Emily's eyes are all that I've been thinking of D...

Perfect sky, the sun and I Are going our own way I can tell, no one else Gonna know how to love me But the wind with his hands on my face And the tall grass, Lord, how it shakes All of my worries can worry about me for a change 'Cause I ain't looking closely...

We used to sleep real late, play our records loud. Times we were broke, we’d laugh about it. Sometimes we’d just leave town, go down to the shore, Watch the waves close out, just to be close, just to be close. I don’t want to fight anymore, About childis...

Lost hours and secrets too No one will find but you And falling is like brand new rain Places I have never been I thought these things would come to me Love is another country And I wanna go, I wanna go too Wanna go with you I wanna go too, wanna go...

After everything I told you, After how I said it'd be, After all I did to hurt you, Are you still in love with me? Are you still in love with me? Are you still in love with me? Without my kiss, are you lonely? Are you still in love with me? When you...

Where were you when the plane went down? When the president was born, When they founded this town. She was standing out back, she could hardly hear the band. My bird of freedom with a gun in her hand. Have you seen the parade in her eye? Hungry and hot...

The ungrateful few who tangle inside Don't care where they're born, they're growing up wild. The rain makes me thirsty and fighting to go. My mind turns determined, dark as a storm. So my love has grown as sharp as a bramble rose, Like a real good woman...

Once you were a straight shot, a shiny quarter in a new slot Night would keep the dreams that you got for afternoon Then telling the truth got so hard, we were dancing in the backyard Once I knew the end and the start but now it's through Now you're broke...

People smile and tell me I’m the lucky one, That we’ve just begun. I think I’m gonna have a son. He will be like you and me, free as a dove, Conceived in love, sun is gonna shine above. And even though we ain’t got money, I’m so in love with you, honey, Every...

Don't you know that the angels In some wild and secret heart Doubt for those who get the wrong things Those who want to get caught You don't have to doubt no more You don't have to count on cryin' No one can win a heart like yours But damned if he ain'...

I don't know how to fix the world. I don't know how to fix myself. Seems like we both need some love, Seems like we both need some help. Maybe you could fix with might. Maybe you could just stare it down. Seems like some tenderness could turn the whole...

I'll tell you what I will miss California and horses, Down by the sailboats where we waded in, The feel of the world in my hands, in my hands, The feel of the world in my hands. And still so many ways that I love the wind From a storm in the sails to th...

I swore that I was living free. Oh, you couldn't talk to me, And the pride that kept me, Didn't want no company. Early morning subway train, Feeling lost and running late, Well, he held the car, and he gave his seat to me. And I can't find nothing fee...

Listen baby, I won't leave no trace Gonna light out of here for some cleaner place I'll be sitting in the backseat with my hair in my face Then gone fast as freedom on good wind If I got my hopes too high, this is no easy kind of life I see it in my mind...

My body was sleeping. Sleep was a lie, Grab hold of my body I will rise, rise, rise. My heart was heavy, Hungry and tired. Oh, but you're touch has made it Fly, fly fly. I am your tambourine. I am your tambourine. Shake me with your love, Shake me...

I know you think that I'm just a stranger, Just a drinker he's seen downtown. Someone he'd wave to on his way to meet you. But I know him too. Better than a how you been. Oh, better than I wish I did. When you dance where I can see. I know you think yo...

Well, I got here early trying to decide If there was nothing to hope for or nothing inside But a mixed up girl with plenty to hide From the light of day Then a friend made me laugh, bought me a drink I walked in this garden, started to think What little...

The sky is turning and longing for something far away The moon's a tear drop, see slowly as it falls away Miles running down a face, everything's bound to change It's bound to change Day breaks of tenderness, so hold me here like this So still and quiet...

This was a town took care of it's own That's what me and my children have known I worked the mill the way my parents did I remember this town when I was a kid Sitting through the movies twice Open windows late at night Slipping out in the summer heat To...

Rain like static falling in my eyes, Rain like static on the road, Rain on the loners and the regular thieves, Everybody else has gone home. If I could stay in your hotel bed, Sleep all day -- I made my mind up a long time ago, Got to keep on weaving my...

Little birds, little birds waking on a saturday or something break and run away catch you, wake you up and make you bleed free Little birds, little birds, No one can tell you where the line of trouble hides itself. You find it how you can, sometimes t...

I have to say the things I feel, I have to feel the things I say. See the sun rising in the east, welcome warms days, Feel my heart pounding every time we’re alone, babe. Everything around me has been changing so, I can’t let go, oh no. You must live til...

La nuit, les bruits s'embrassant sous le vent, La pluie ici, qui tombe tout doucement. Il n'y a aucune chose qu'on peut tenir proche Sans toutes ces milles tendresses. Un rêve secret qui croise au fond des yeux, Un geste, un mot, et tout à coup le feu....

You, how did you get so wise? I take the advice I find in your eyes. Me, I've been waiting outside Most of my life, Oh like a rare b-side. I'm just making you mixtapes with homemade covers. Analog to show we're lovers, And here under the jacket folds i...

With the city closed for evening and the streets dressed up in rain My sweet man, do you have some place to get to? Morning is my destination, see me through Morning is my destination, see me through Night's not always free and easy, the way it is in my...

Well, the first thing I remember is the last thing that I saw Morning hit the barrel of a rifle going off And the daylight wrapped around me then I heard the sergeant scream Then all my reservations fell gently at my feet Now my heart is free, my heart i...

I saw you with somebody, that you don't love You like to show her off, you like to think highly of The easy mistake that you made, she's a friend of a friend A pretty fight in a dress, just a goodbye again Baby, you can't run round Honey, it don't look g...

What's the point to try And say these things inside? They may not come true, Might not turn out right. I start to doubt myself, I feel so much and then, Words aren't enough, I keep it in. We never talk about it, We make our own way through. We neve...

Under the skin, But no further in. I've seen it before. I was hoping for more. If I could choose, I'd rather a bruise. I'd just rather lose Than hear another excuse. You're just a paper cut, I can't see why it would hurt, I don't know why it would...

I found a mark Where the ink bled through Under a song I was writing for you Crumpled up in a drawer Stained with blue Quiet and easy What I wanted to prove The plainest thing The plainest thing I walk right by it It's just the plainest thing The...

Three legged dog, remember when you brought him home. He was talking to himself cause he'd always been alone. April is a fine time, just thought you'd be around in June. I guess we never really promised, but I'll see you on the moon. I'll see you on the m...

Before a word is spoken, Everything is broken, Even what your hid inside. The world has let you down, wrung shame out of your pride. But even as you falter, Like sunlight on the water, You shine on my face. This darkness in your heart, it's just a shad...

Everything is gray Gray is a cold steel train Weatherman is saying Six more days of rain Goodbye and good morning It all comes without warning 1000 miles behind you And the train's still going slow How does it keep on going? How does it keep on goin...

Oh, the song I love the best's the one my father taught to me The kindness of a stranger is dust from an unseen wing But an old friend at my table is by far the finest thing This tired mile could give to me Oh, the colors of the man I love are deepest blu...

I hear you coming up the driveway I tie a ribbon in my hair Well, look who's come to see me Funny, you always end up here But it's still pretending And it's still wrong And I still can't tell my heart Why I'm still alone I guess I'm supposed to lock...

I got a postcard with an old address A picture of Houston in a beat up mess Just to remind me that it all went wrong Just to beat me up, just to turn me on Stray paper, stray paper, stray paper Burnin' in my hands Cigarettes in the glove box with the c...

I'm gonna have a good cry over nothin' But a handful of cigarettes I'm gonna leave the windows open When I feel like gettin' dressed I'm gonna think hard about leavin' See if the afternoon can tell I'm gonna let him lie there sleepin' Then I'm gonna lov...

Is there something I was gonna tell you? Is there something I was gonna say? If I had it, I guess I forgot it It's gone, it's all slipped away Oh, my love was supposed to make you happy Supposed to make you happy all the time Oh, my love I was supposed...

Nothing fancy, nothing fake. Nothing wasted and no deal to make. What you need is all you want to take, And what you take you use – I’m just looking for that sweet spot Where I can live the way that I want. I’ll be waiting for you out front, If you w...

Woke up beside you in the night afraid When I was young I was always brave I was going where the wind was born I don't know where that is anymore Sometimes my heart feels so empty and mean No blanket could warm, no water could clean No direction on that...

Once I ran like the wildest horse I reached up high and I clinched my fist What happened then goes just like this Oh, the tender branch is gonna fall I was young and I thought it brave Fighting to find the mystery's face You got to give it a gentler cha...

Everybody told me this is who you have to be My hands in my pockets as deep as they go I walked home and packed up my cases to leave I walked all over this country I went down to the sea I talked a lot with the sun and the sky I didn't talk much with an...

You're not my boyfriend I don't want a boyfriend Just make a little trouble over me In your kitchen On the way to your window Walking down your hallway Make some trouble over me I'll play hard to get But if I mean it Just make a little trouble over...

With your eyes made up and your dress see thru With your heart so big it don't know what to do You're my favorite thing my sweet cavelier You have saved my life, I got to leave you here Oh Virginia, no one can warn you Oh Virginia, I have tried to When...

Well Josie walks around like she's bought herself some brand new clothes, Singing to herself swinging for the sidewalk Jones. She's got a cousin down in Reno says the money is coming fast, So she's packing it up, but her Mama says it ain't gonna last. Wai...

I don't want to talk to nobody. Don't want to make no plans. I'm so tired of this party. I've had all my laughs. I'll send you something, when I cross over. Something when I cross over. I'll send you something, when I cross over. When I'm where I'm goi...

This city must belong to someone, But it don't belong to me. From the window I got here, I count the traffic through my tears, Wanting to write me ticket, write my ticket home. I got to get back in the arms of the man who loves me, I got to get back to the pe...

Yesterday we had a good thing going I loved the way our love was growing Thought I'd found love and affection When you turned your love in the other direction Your love made a U-turn Away from me Your love made a U-turn Left me standing in the street...