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

All Fall Down Shawn Colvin

come Cuz I don’t know better I’m a thief and a sinner I’m a fool and a debtor You got your pushin’ numbers You got your pushin’ a broom And what’s lucky to some Is breakin’ even to you We all fall

Change Is On The Way Shawn Colvin

Change Is On The Way - Shawn Colvin Cold nights, warm hands Mountains, flat lands Your face Nothing gets erased And I feel like a change is on the way Once you held my hand Wasn't long I saw you

These Four Walls Shawn Colvin

I'm gonna die in these four walls I had enough and I tried it all I watch the daybreak and I see the night fall In these four walls Show me trouble, I'll take him down I drew a line on this patch of ground

Window To The World Shawn Colvin

Neon flickers with a pale glow And all the shadows that come and go Sometimes I can hear them laugh and cry In my lonely room with a view I can't sleep and so I think of you And watch the world as it passes

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

Colvin - J.

If These Walls Could Speak Shawn Colvin

Rooms full of laughter, if these old walls could speak. If these old halls, if hallowed halls could talk. These would have a tale to tell, the sun goin' down and dinner bells.

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

Round Of Blues Shawn Colvin

Here we go again Another round of blues Several miles ago I set down my angel shoes On a lost highway For a better view Now in my mind's eye All roads lead to you Chorus: So wherever you go You better

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

Kill The Messenger Shawn Colvin

dry face of steel As you're dragging your red rowing boat Cross the forever fields See Jane something's gone dead Inside my head There's nothing but fear Jane the rivers of grief The tears of relief Seem

Set The Prairie On Fire Shawn Colvin

Full full moon and That same sad nature I wanna cover every inch of you Like ink on paper Like the blind parade of souls Consumed by religion I can't wait 'til I get you In that defenseless position Chorus

The Dead Of The Night (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

It is the dead of the night On the dead of the night I live on a dream, it came to me When I was young I brought it here, and now for years The streets of London keep it safe and warm Every morning it

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

Suicide Alley Shawn Colvin

Downtown baby it's a million to one You might as well name your poison And stand in line by the exit sign Suicide Alley is waiting You're a loose cannonball on a sinking ship From the belly of

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

A Matter Of Minutes Shawn Colvin

I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes, Leave you all far behind All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find If they ever were mine You've been trying And I know it's been hard

Polaroids Shawn Colvin

Please no more therapy Mother take care of me Piece me together with a Needle and thread Wrap me in eiderdown Lace from your wedding gown Fold me and lay me down On your bed Or liken me to a shoe

That Don't Worry Me Now Shawn Colvin

cure me I said That don't worry me now Those angels just bore me The same old damn story They were lost oh but now they been found Ain't nobody lookin' but That don't worry me now I live by the sound Of

One Small Year Shawn Colvin

One small year It's been an eternity It's taken all of me to get here The hands of time They pushed my down the street They swept me of my feet to this place And I don't know my face Now all through the

Sunny came home Shawn Colvin

Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized 'm walking on a wire

Sunny came home Shawn Colvin

Sunny came home to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized 'm walking on

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

Tuff Kid Shawn Colvin

My mama had me But she didn't get me I guess I broke her at the age of five My daddy hit me But he couldn't quit me We showed each other how to feel alive Say hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it

Even Here We Are Shawn Colvin

Song of the bird way up in the sky But the most beautiful by far Is the scream of the man who never learned to fly Even here we are.

Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin

Sunny came home To her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen She opened a book And a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission She says days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire

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

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

Venetian Blue Shawn Colvin

So come to me soon and I'll hold you We'll be eye to eye, skin to skin And I'll stroke the fire Of this cruel December Until I see you again.

Orion In The Sky Shawn Colvin

gets in our eyes And there's no more time And the dream is dying But I love you 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

Cinnamon Road Shawn Colvin

Oh, Cinnamon Road That's where we would go to try and feel better Oh, hot summer breeze The tops of the trees reachin' forever So you take all the things that you felt then And never did show With a picture

Bonefields Shawn Colvin

All and all I guess that there's so many things that we don't say and It's what makes us sad I think sometimes That makes us close but I don't mind, I don't mind In the alleys and the bonefields of Arkansa

The Neon Light Of The Saints Shawn Colvin

their heads The avenue is long They’re muffling their voices In the cold breaking dawn The saints are in their element The elements are brave The voices and the wrecking crew And the marching of

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on the ground Head in the clouds I'm okay I know nothing's wrong Hi Ho - Got plenty of

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Shawn Colvin

weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on the ground Head in the clouds I'm okay I know nothing's wrong Hi Ho - Got plenty of

The Story (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

mother too young And he took on a world like a fortunate son But in the cellar downstairs waiting for the bomb scare He would hide from us under the kitchen Where she simmered so soft with her weapons of

Steady On Shawn Colvin

I was feeling imploded A wooden smile, a wooden heart Then things exploded Like rockets in the dark Now I'm pulling out splinters And off to hibernate somewhere For the nuclear winter Of another love affair

Steady On (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I was feeling imploded A wooden smile, a wooden heart Then things exploded Like rockets in the dark Now I'm pulling out splinters And off to hibernate somewhere For the nuclear winter Of another love affair

New Thing Now Shawn Colvin

on the table A genius with no label But not quite, not quite God, I swear it's good to be back home Waiting for the newest Rolling Stone All the other girls are still at war The best and worst of

Hold On To The Good Things Shawn Colvin

Things From Stuart Little 2 soundtrack It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful day And an usual time is coming away We're on adventure hippy poo-ey Talking in the balloon I'm sailing with you On top of

Stranded (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

Was it really two summers ago Or was it outer space We both had nowhere to go In search of a state of grace All in all we never had time When we met each other we stopped on a dime Floating nowhere Suspended

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

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

I'll Say I'm Sorry Now Shawn Colvin

we try The bough breaks and the cradle falls For everything I do That will tear at you Let me say I''m sorry now So you can sing your song You can get it wrong You can kiss the rock of

Someone Like you Shawn Colvin

carryin' my heavy load Waiting for the light to come Shining through chorus I've been doin' some soul searching To find out where you're at I've been up and down with highway In all kinds of

Something To Believe In (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

to now You wanted to love You didn't know how but There will always be something to believe in Do you believe in a miracle Or just the things that you heard Do you believe in a lover Or just the curve of

I Don't Know You Shawn Colvin

Is it me or is it you Or just the spoils of our little war You look just like you always do But I don’t know you anymore Same time same place Same lips same taste And the sound of slamming doors

Someday Shawn Colvin

Pumpin' gasoline and countin' out of state plates. They ask me how far into Memphis girl, and where's the nearest beer. And they don't even know that there's a town around here.

Shotgun Down The Avalanche 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

Rocking Shawn Colvin

Little Jesus sweetly sleep Do not stir We will lend a coat of fur We will rock you, rock you, rock you We will rock you, rock you now See the fur To keep you warm Snuggle 'round your tiny form Mary's little