Bonnie Raitt
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Circle Dance
I dont' know why it should be so hard
Givin' up this circle
dance
Worn out steps from long ago
don't give love a chance
It's a
bitter heirloom handed down
these twisted parts we play
I'm not her and
you're not him
It just comes out that way
Can't go back to make things
right
(though I) wish I'd understood
time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could
I'll be home soon, that's what you'd say
And a
little kid believes
After a while I learned that love
Must be a thing that
leaves
I tried so ahrd just to hold you near
Was as good as I could be
Even when I had you here
You stayed so far from me
Can't go back to make
things right
(though I) wish I'd understood
Time has made things clearer
now
You did the best you could
Now that this has occurred to me
I just
wanted you to know
I've been too faithful all my life
It's time to let you
go
Best Old Friend
Fate is mighty cruel
Where true love is concerned
It
seems you give out more
Than you ever have returned
Lately I have tried
To make it on my own
Another nite has passed
Looks like I'm bound to
be alone
Bound to be alone
Now solitude is fine
When you really need it
When your
soul is dry
Sometimes loneliness can feed it
When you need a lover
You know there's nothin' else will do
When you need love most
You know
it turns it's back on you
Oh, I can make it thru without your company
I only wish I
knew why you won't comfort me
I thot that I could count on you
To hear
me cryin' out
I guess that's one comfort
I will learn to do without
Fallin love too easily
But never quite so fast
So you
are not the first and, lord
You sure won't be the last
The thing about
the situation
That makes me feel so sad
I could've been the best old
friend
That you have ever had
I could've been the best old friend
That you have ever had
Women Be Wise
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Don't sit around gossiping, explaining what your good man really can do
Some women nowadays, Lord they ain't no good
They will laugh in your face,
Then try to steal your man from you
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut,
don't advertise your man
Your best girlfriend, she might be a highbrow, she changes
clothes 3 times a day
What do you think she's doing now, while you're so far
away
She's loving your man in your own damn bed
You better call for the
doctor, mama, try to investigate your head
Women be wise, keep your mouth
shut, don't advertise your man
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Don't sit around, girl, telling all your secrets,
Telling all those good
things he really can do
If you talk about your baby, you tell me he's so
fine
Lord honey, I just might sneek up and try to make him mine
Women be
wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Don't be no fool, don't advertise your man (baby don't do it)
Feeling Of Falling
Sometimes I miss that feeling of falling
Falling on over
the ledge
You know I miss that feeling of falling
Falling on over the
ledge
And when my mind it gets to worryin'
And I just can't get no rest
Oh Baby, that's when I call you up instead
It's after midnight baby, I'm
sittin' here all alone
I tried to call your number baby,
but you weren't
at home
I been a good girl baby, through with all that mess
But the way
I'm feelin' now, darlin'
Well it scares me half to death
Well I miss that
feelin', of fallin'
on over the ledge
That summer night in Texas, baby
Too hot and wet to sleep
I heard you pull up in the distance
You're comin'
to get me relief
We went screamin' down the highway, baby
So much faster
than we should
You pulled me over in the moonlight
Man, I still can feel
that hood
Well I miss that feeling of fallin',
on over the ledge
When
that rain starts baby, I want to take a real
Good look at that ledge
It
ain't something you get over
You might think you made it through
You can
turn your head and walk away
But it never takes it's eyes off you
It'll
push your foot right through the floorboard
Make you cut them streamers down
his back
You waste what's precious and you can't afford
It runs your life
right off the track
Keeps you boilin' in that poison
Only the truly
twisted know so well
You don't need drugs to show you heaven, baby
'cause
there's plenty clean in hell
That miss that feelin' of fallin'
of fallin'
on over the ledge
When the blues start callin' I want to crawl way up close
to the ledge.
Green Lights
Any old time
You got your tuned in
Baby by your side
And your pretty little cool ride
It feels so good
You got the top
pulled in
Wind in your hair
Destination you don't care
Now move it on up
You know it's steerin' all rite
Foot's to the floor
But you think that you can domore
Wind shield clean
And the nite is so brite
Baby so near
And She's givin' you a green
lite
Great sound on the radio
She feels something
Now you
know there's no place that you'd rather be
Great sounds..
Any old time
You got your tuned in
Baby by your side
And your pretty little cool ride
The Bed I Made
All the ways I cared for you
Are working like you want them
to
As I break down and you stay strong
I write my own forgiveness song
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But it's not
your concern
Another night and it's only right
I toss and I turn in the
bed I made
The wine dark room, the flashing eyes
That hung me from my
string of lies
You said you were numb from wondering
I guess I wasn't
listening
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're
not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in
the bed I made
With my own hands
I fashioned this frame
And into the
wood
I carved out my name
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're
not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in
the bed I made
And it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I
made
The bed I made
Slow Ride
Feels like nothin happens fast enough
Well maybe I just
want too much
But when something's wrong between us, Baby
Nothin feels
right.
I think it's time we cleared the air
Take a long drive far
away somewhere
Tell me everything you feel inside
We got nothin but
time.
Slide over, Baby
Here by my side
I wanna take you on a
Slow Ride
On a Slow Ride.
Your history shows on your face
Yeah, you've been hurt
you've been betrayed
Now we can't change the past, but we can
Leave it
behind.
We'll forget about tomarrow, Baby
We'll just steal away
into the night
And we'll just be two shadows, Darlin'
In the dashboard
light.
Slide over, Baby
Here by my side
I wanna take you on a
Slow Ride
On a Slow Ride.
Real Man
Don’t want no secret agent
Don’t need no long Cadillac
I
don’t want nobody with no problems
I don’t need a man with a monkey on his
back
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I need a real man
Ain’t messing with no toy
I don’t need no baby boy
Don’t need to send me no flowers, babe
Sending flowers is
real nice
Way I’ve been feeling, my hearts been a-reeling
I need a man
that loves me once
I want a man that loves me twice
It’s a sticky situation, babe
Keep me up late at night
Honey, don’t know the difference
Wanna go left when you shoulda gone right
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I need a real man
I’ve been around the world
I’m a woman not a girl
I don’t want to million dollars
I don’t need no diamond
ring
You can twist and shout
For to knock yourself out
I don’t care
about material things
I want a real man
I need a real man
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I want a real man
I need a real man, baby
I want a real
man
I want a real man
Real man
Ain’t messing with no toy
I don’t need no baby boy
I’ve
been around the world
I’m a woman not a girl
Real man
I said, “A real man”
I want a real man
Got a real man,
real man
Real man
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László Zoltán 2012
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