Closer To You
Closer To You
1994, Delabel
Early in the morning, about a quarter to four Me and my girlfriend walkin' out the door We're heading for the car and we got right in And that's when I noticed the shape she was in She turned to me and said right out Let's steer it awhile, let's steer it about Take the long way home, take the long way home Make this night last Well we drove down town and up in the woods We drove around and around till I understood I was holding the wheel, she was making out And all this time I was driving about She was fondling my hair and hugging my neck And all I was thinking was, oh what the heck Take the long way home, take the long way home Make this night last I was looking in the mirror and to my surprise There was two big red lights shining in my eyes I pull over and he drove alongside And out of his car and up to my right He looked at her and she looked at him And the next thing I noticed he got right in Take the long way home, take the long way home Make this night last Take the long way home, take the long way home Take the long way home, take the long way home Make this night lastListe Tried busking down in Frisco, tried dancin' in L.A. I played the blues in Chicago boy, I'd rock'em in Santa Fe Played guitar, for many men, signed a deal or two And all I ever got from them is the sho-biz blues I got hot checks down in Texas, no work in Alabam' Snowed in on daily board, you were always in a jam Worked carnivals down in Georgia, night clubs I did too And all I ever got from them is the sho-biz blues Well the manager's got no money, the bookers had no jobs The record man he fell asleep, he said I look like a slob The bus breaks down and the motel's bad you're always in a stew You can't quit, you're too far gone, you got the sho-biz blues I tried to love the ladies, everywhere I went When I got down and out they wouldn't ever pay my rent If you crave your name in lights, the spotlight right on you When it's time to get the cash, it's the slo-biz blues Now you can't sleep till two o'clock, you ain't no millionaire This entertainment lifestyle just seems to go nowhere You write a song it, seems OK, they say it's nothin' new It don't take long to find you've got the sho-biz blues Sho-biz blues Sho-biz blues Sho-biz bluesListe Slower baby, wind it down Go slower baby, when you move around It's the movement not the meet It's the friction not the heat If you hold it right back You're on the right track Go slower baby, when you're right aside the sign Slower baby, just let it slide When you roll a thing, you know it's gonna swing Put my mind at ease, you know you're such a tease Slower baby, just let it flow Go slower baby, you can make it go Chill it to the bone, then you'll drive it home Anticipation, relaxation Slower baby Go slower baby Slower baby, wind it down Go slower baby, when you move around Slower baby Go slower baby Slower baby Go slower babyListe Down along the palm trees, in a south kind of bay There was a young woman, walked the beach every day She had long dark hair and a high hip size She was full in the bosom, with dark brown eyes A devil's woman With the devil's curse Satan's lady She was the devil's nurse Fortune-teller's sister, born and bred Lay down next to you and stroke your head She had a way about her, it's hard to explain Brings chills to your body and blood to your veins A devil's woman With the devil's curse Satan's lady She was the devil's nurse She can make the sun rise and the sun set and the blues go away Turn light into darkness and night into day She was from a casualty sector, lost in the night A bonafide spiritual lady, a calm grove's delight A devil's woman With the devil's curse Satans' lady She was the devil's nurseListe Cry me a tune in the morning, sing me the blues every night Tell me that you really love me baby, and everything is alright Let me know how you're feeling, it don't even have to be true Just love me for ever, baby baby, treat me like you used to Home, I've been away from home, I'm a travelling man Welcome me back any time, you are the only one who can Tell me that you really love me, even if it ain't true Just do anything, baby baby, treat me like you used to Home, I've been away from home, I'm a travelling man Welcome me back any time, you are the only one who can Tell me that you really love me, even if it ain't true But do anything, baby baby, treat me like you used toListe Well we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day Our chance of survival is slim, it's what they say Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day We gotta hold ourselves together, but there ain't no guarantee We gotta hold ourselves together, but there ain't no guarantee Our chance of survival is slim, many plea We gotta hold ourselves together, but there ain't no guarantee Yes, I've seen many people down on their knees to pray Yes, I've seen many people on their knees to pray They say our chance of survival is slim, it's what they say Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another day Yes we're living on borrowed time, Lord Can you give us another dayListe Rose In The Garden (J.J. Cale) I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden I'll find my way back to her sweet arms I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden I'll find my way back to her little charms Wasting my life, just dreaming away No never again will I ever stray I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden I'll find my way back to her sweet arms Wasting my life, just dreaming away No never again will I ever stray I'll find my way back to the rose in the garden I'll find my way back to her sweet armsListe Brown dirt, stickin' to my fingers Brown dirt, clingin' to my feet Brown dirt, Mississippi bottom land Pickin' that cotton for the man down the street Brown dirt, raisin' his vegetables Brown dirt, growin' his grass Brown dirt, walkin' down the pathway Pickin' that cotton now I hope it is my last Brown dirt, somebody told me, be the last place you lay Brown dirt, cover my body I'll soon be the cotton that's grown another day Brown dirt, wet, you're sinkin' Brown dirt, dry, you're dust Brown dirt, I've been thinkin' We'll all come to you and we won't be the first Brown dirt, somebody told me, be the last place you lay Cover my body I'll soon be the cotton that's grown another day If a stick moves, it's a snake If water is still, it's a lake If you harm yourself, you know it hurt Final destination, brown dirtListe Shirley down the street she gets so lonesome She calls around to men on the phone, some Hopin' one will show up at her door She don't care, just where they come from Where they've been, just if they want some Give it to her straight, she wants to score She needs hard love Hard love She wants a hard love, just to make her day Handsome Bill sales cars for a livin' He's not the takin' kind, he's the givin' He likes his women real firm, and real tight Bill don't want no conversations, small talk or consultations He don't want no long relation, just one night He needs a hard love He wants a hard love He needs a hard love, to make his day Chances are if you're feeling lonely And you miss your one and only The only cure for that is exercise You know what I'm talkin' about That old feeling, in and out You gonna have to improvise If you want a hard love You need a hard love Hard love Hard love Hard love You need a hard loveListe She brings me flowers from the watermill She keeps me laughing all day We ride on a horse to the river and back Ain't love funny, funny it's funny Aint' love funny that way She calls in the evening to tell me she's back She likes to talk on the phone Would I come over and just rub her back Ain't love funny, funny it's funny Ain't love funny you know This woman's touch, it is too much Tingles right to the bone Her hand's so sly with a wink in her eyes Keeps me comin' back home She gives everything expects no return She's always there when I'm down Never a day, don't go our way Ain't love funny, funny it's funny Funny when it comes around We go on for hours about nothin' at all We never know what it means Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's not Ain't love funny, funny it's funny Funny it's just what it seems Funny it's just what it seems Funny it's just what it seemsListe Wish I was a stocking clinging to your thigh Everytime you'd move around I'd view you walking by Wish I was your underwear hanging around your waist Everytime you'd shake that thing I'd get a little taste Closer, closer, closer to you Closer, got to get closer, closer to you If I was a pair of boots I wouldn't have to beg I'd be satisfied just being around your leg When I am dreaming I take so many trips I'd pretend that I'm a stick to decorate your lips Closer, closer, closer to you Closer, got to get closer, closer to you If I am a necklace hanging down your front When you feel the time was right I'd notice what you want Wish I was a silk shirt draped around your back Rubbin' next to your skin tryin' to make contact Closer, closer, closer to you Closer, closer, closer to you If I had my wishes, If I had my way I'd be all those things to you, each and everyday Closer, closer, closer to you Closer, closer, closer to youListe (Instrumental)Liste |