Bound To You Shawn Colvin

Well, I feel alive like I never have Because if I go, then someone will be sad Because as someone said, well, I'd rather die But if you can stay, then darlin' so can I And you know I will Yeah, you know

Whole New You Shawn Colvin

You have the right to get down on your kness You have the right to make yourself believe You don't know my name But I don't care You can do it Cuz you have the right To shake the loneliness and shine the

Knowing What I Know Now Shawn Colvin

Out on the road and a refuge Thinking about it and I cry out loud I wouldn’t ask you to comfort me Knowing what I know now We had a love and it went all wron I had a dream and you let me down I wouldn

Something To Believe In (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

You will wander around And it won't be the same All the signs will be down And it's starting to rain out It's a lonely place That you've brought it to now You wanted to love You didn't know how but There

Cry Like An Angel (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

have been brought here Though you don't know what for Well the mystery train is coming right to your door And I hear you calling, you don't have to call so loud I see you falling and you don't have to

Someone Like you Shawn Colvin

I've been searchin' for a long time For someone exactly like you I've been travellin' all around the world Waiting for you to come through chorus Someone like you To make it all worthwhile Someone

So Good to See You Shawn Colvin

Ordinarily I Have the decency to hold my tongue Then eventually I Wind up opening a vein Rather pointedly you Asked me if I planned to turn and run That's a certainty When I'm this close to the drain But

Climb On (A Back That's Strong) Shawn Colvin

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Hold On Shawn Colvin

trip Well, the moon was gold, her hair like wind She said Don't look back, you just come on, Jim Oh, you've got to hold on, hold on Babe, you've got to hold on Take my hand, standin' right here, you've

Trouble Shawn Colvin

Baby let me set you down You look so troubled and I think I know Just when you think you've come around There you go Now I know the business of the heart And it'll get you anyway it can You need

You And The Mona Lisa Shawn Colvin

Hold me down to anything Anything that you see I should walk away right now I'll be there, so never mind I'll be the one to fall Waiting for you to look up at me Oh I love you the most Always

Hold On To The Good Things Shawn Colvin

with you On top of the world We've got nothing to do There's a silvery lining And the sun is shining Hold on to the good things darling Hold on to the silver lining Hold on to the beautiful melodies And

The Bird Shawn Colvin

I might go to the mountain to spy And I see all the pretty snow And I dream that dream I dream no matter where I go We were still young like when we met And I hadn't fucked it all up yet And you wanted

Words Shawn Colvin

Smile an everlasting smile A smile can bring you near to me Don't ever let me find you gone 'Cuz that would bring a tear to me This world has lost its glory Let's start a brand new story now my love Right

Mr. Levon Shawn Colvin

Find a nail to hang your hat on Go and get yourself a chair If there's little hope to fathom Mr.

All The Pretty Li'l Horses Shawn Colvin

Go to sleep, baby child Go to sleep, my little baby And hush-a-bye Don't you cry Go to sleep, my little baby When you wake You will have All the pretty little horses Black and blue And sorrow, too All

Bonefields Shawn Colvin

threw your papers In the rain under your hat you had a world, ummmm？？？？.

Tennessee Shawn Colvin

got the banjos And they play real slow Not to me, not to me I never heard such rock and roll As on your back roads Tennessee Now I know you're not to blame But you know that you should have told me That

Monopoly Shawn Colvin

I don't know what else to do I would rather do anything Than write this song for you And perpetuate this thing In my head, in my living room With the usual arsenal Of broken chords and rusty strings To

Nothing Like You Shawn Colvin

Four blocks up and two streets down, I went back to my old hometown Like a kid I ran and hid on cue That’s when times were really sad Winter there was really bad And we all just froze but for a chosen

Nothin On Me Shawn Colvin

Well I don't tell jokes And I don't take notes You been sayin there ain't much hope You got nothin on me I got friends uptown And they don't talk down They been keepin me safe and sound We got

Nothing On Me Shawn Colvin

Well I don't tell jokes And I don't take notes You been sayin there ain't much hope You got nothin on me I got friends uptown And they don't talk down They been keepin me safe and sound We got somethin

Fall Of Rome Shawn Colvin

The city is crumbling Like Rome or Pompeii And there’s nothing to do But get out of the way When you know you can save no one Like an empty old bottle The ship has gone down The Titanic is sinking

Anne Of The Thousand Days Shawn Colvin

Anne Of The Thousand Days - Shawn Colvin The morning was wet I wore your jacket I walked your dog To go get coffee Where I ran into Your last girlfriend And we said hello She didn't like me I

Venetian Blue Shawn Colvin

It still hasn't snowed in a lifetime And I am still frozen in time Where did you come from? How could you leave And why can't you be mine?

Diamond In The Rough Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

Diamond In The Rough (Live at Sessions at West 54th, NYC, NY - August 1997) Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

Diamond In The Rough (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

Suicide Alley Shawn Colvin

Wait for me by the banshee tree Let me be your wailing companion Pass 'em on by, don't look 'em in the eye Suicide Alley is callin' You thought you were dreaming You could wake up dead And you'll

Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You

If I Were Brave Shawn Colvin

All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans Reminding me of when we got along They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone

Get Out Of This House Shawn Colvin

Go jump in the lake, go ride up the hill Get out of this house It's a house of your making, it's a house of ill will Get out of this house Go listen to Buddha, go listen to Joe Get out of this house

Someday Shawn Colvin

There ain't a lot that you can do in this town. You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around. You go to school and you learn to read and write.

A Matter Of Minutes Shawn Colvin

I've been thinking About you and me Maybe I was just Seeing what I wanted to see You can call me crazy But you know this time I swore That I wouldn't run But I can't do that anymore I can't

Orion In The Sky Shawn Colvin

baby And I know you and I Can find a way to heaven Just like Orion in the sky He's the long lost hero He's the guardian of your son But can he protect us baby >From all the sad things we've done Now I

Roger Wilco Shawn Colvin

It's all yours it's anything that you say My company fell in we were dropped like like sticks in the wind I relinquish this misson sir in the intrest of my men I do not expect to see my children again

The Chain Shawn Colvin

Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Run in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies And if You don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the

Let It Slide Shawn Colvin

You say you get a feeling about it I'm starting to know what you mean I only have to look at somewhere you've been walking It's like I know every place that you've been You say you thought you'd just live

Another Long One Shawn Colvin

"If losing sleep were any indication Of the loving that I've missed I would wrap myself around you But how likely can that be when I feel like this And if life were not unfortunate And reason blew

Another Long One (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

If losing sleep were any indication Of the loving that I've missed I would wrap myself around you But how likely can that be when I feel like this And if life were not unfortunate And reason blew like

Object Of My Affection Shawn Colvin

Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coast On the FM drift It's a crazy world On the head of a pin Some other time Some other star I might've cried but now You only need to look so far

If These Walls Could Speak Shawn Colvin

What a tale they have to tell, hard headed people raisin' hell. A couple in love livin' week to week. Rooms full of laughter, if these old walls could speak.

American Jerusalem Shawn Colvin

American Jerusalem - Shawn Colvin New York City rain Don't know if it's makin' me Dirty or clean Went for the subway but there was no train And the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again And the

The Facts About Jimmy Shawn Colvin

debts and Jimmy has ties That he can't get out from under If you look far enough into his eyes It'll rock you just like thunder Jimmy broke locks and Jimmy broke bolts Just to get himself out from

Facts About Jimmy Shawn Colvin

by Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal Jimmy is married and he lives down south His wife lives somewhere colder He sees another woman in a badlands town And she cries upon his shoulder Jimmy thinks that

Up On That Hill Shawn Colvin

Up On That Hill - Shawn Colvin The blood that run your veins Of all that you are made It didn't start with you As much as you would like it to The path they set you on Your battles lost and won

Seven Times The Charm Shawn Colvin

The first rose to rise up in the ruins of the flood You brought me down like a hawk to your glove But a poor girl is made out of sorrow and blood Some hearts survive but mine isn’t one And we go once

Ricochet In Time (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

fair Lately I could swear I'm thinking clearer and clearer And I've been working hard Looking at my punch card and my mirror, my mirror But I daydream in my room I'm baying at the moon Ricochet in time to

Close Your Eyes Shawn Colvin

Close your eyes Close your eyes Go to sleep now, my darling There's a Sandman Old and white Bringing happy dreams to you Tattle Tail Go to sleep Til the quiet night passes You are safe in my arms In my

Satin Sheets (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

I wish I was a millionare I'd play rock music and grow long hair Tell you boys I'd buy a newRolls-Royce Pretty people come to me I'd give 'em all the third degree I'd give 'em satin sheets And keep 'em