Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Wherever You May Be

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Wherever You May Be

As simple as breathing, I picture your face
All tangled in daydreams and shielded with grace
I feel you beside me again
Wherever you may be, lift up your head for me
There's somewhere in my heart, only for you
If I must do without, I'll let these sparks fly out
Across the wilderness from me to you
As certain as sunrise, your image unwinds
You're clearer than crystal, you fill up my mind
Now, I have you by my side
Wherever you may be, lift up your head for me
There's somewhere in my heart, only for you
Though continents divide and lonely thoughts collide
Our Heaven will allow, no distance now
I can always close my eyes
Take your absence by surprise
Hold my breath and make believe
As simple as breathing, I picture your face
All tangled in daydreams and shielded with grace
There's somewhere in my heart only for you
If I must do without, I'll let these sparks fly out
Across this wilderness from me to you
Wherever you may be
(Wherever you may be)
Lift up your head for me
(Lift up your head)
There's somewhere in my heart only for you
(Somewhere in my heart)
If I must do without
(If I must do without)
I'll let these sparks fly out
(Ooh, baby)
Across this wilderness from me to you
(Across this wilderness from me to you)
Wherever you may be
Lift up your head for me
There's somewhere in my heart only for you
(I'm missing you baby)
If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Help You Now

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Help You Now

Where were you when I was fallin' down
Buzzin' round your heart
Why'd you wait till I was moving on
To come out of the dark

To say I'm what you need
And you could spend your life with me

[Chorus]
Well I can't help you now
(sorry baby, I can't help you)
No, I can't help you now
(keep away, I've fallen in love)
Maybe there was a time
But sometimes time runs out
And I can't help you know

Forty days since I stopped countin' the days
And countin' the ways that I loved you
Good long while since I found
Good enough reasons to stop believin' that you
Are what I really want
And now that you you do baby, I don't

[Chorus]

Now you sayin' the one you need
And you could spend your life with me
But I can't help you know,no

I can't help you know

Baby there was a time
And I wish I could somehow
But I can't help you
Can't help you know

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - I Ain't Blue

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - I Ain't Blue

I ain't blue, baby
Just a little bit lonesome for some lovin'
Everything is fine
Just don't want to be all by myself
On a rainy day
I'm feelin' kind of funny
Dreaming 'bout some loverman who'll call me honey
Yeah and a good lookin' man
My heart inside
A lonely smile and lovin' in his eyes
No I ain't blue, baby
But I'm just a little bit lonesome for some love again
Everything is fine
Just don't want to be all by myself
Sit around the house
Readin' magazines
All the time thinkin' 'bout those same sweet dreams
Yeah, walk down the street
My heart jumps a beat
Every time I see some sweet man I want to meet
No I ain't blue, baby
But I'm just a little bit lonesome for some love again
Everything is fine
I just don't want to be all by myself

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Not Cause I Wanted To

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Not Cause I Wanted To

Well I'm calling you
'Cause you deserve to know
You are not the reason that I had to go,
Late at night in these hotel rooms
I think of all I've lost,
What I've put you through

And if I knew the reason
I would tell you why somehow
The feeling slipped away
I only did what I had to do
Not 'cause I wanted to

I've got a guilty heart
And a troubled mind
No matter where I go
You're never far behind
I'd like to think
That you've forgiven me
But forgiveness ain't enough
To wash my conscience clean

Oh and if I knew the reason
I would tell you why somehow
The feeling slipped away
I only did what I had to do
Not 'cause I wanted to

I only did what I had to do
Not 'cause I wanted to

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Shake A Little

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Shake A Little

In the shadow of your father
Sweet brown eyes of the one I love
I can't wait another minute baby
To do the things that we never done
Everybody gets hungry sometimes
Your love is like a kettle on
In the shadow of your father
Guess I get a little sad sometimes
Shake a little for me baby
Take me to the water when my well runs dry
Shake a little for me baby
Just a little now
Just a little now
Everybody gets lonely sometimes
Guess a stranger is a friend in need
In the shadow of this New York skyline
All these stories looking down on me
Everybody feels the water rising
Could go under, I'll enjoy the ride
Ah when you're dancing for me now baby
I don't feel so small against the tide
Shake a little for me baby
Take me to the water when my well runs dry
Shake a little for me baby
Shake a little for me baby
Take me to the water when my cup runs dry
Shake a little for me baby
Just a little now
Just a little now
Just a little now

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Takin' My Time

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Takin' My Time

Bonnie Raitt-Takin' My Time
(Bill Payne)
I'm takin' my time
So please don't rush me.
Tryin' to sort out some things I didn't know existed.
I've been here before,
I know where the traps lie.
You only take what's there 'cause the rest doesn't matter.
Well I'm tired of talk,
So please don't push me.
You know I want the same kinda things that you do.
You're wasting your time,
The way you come to me.
Slow down your rhymes and try to reason
Can't make things move any faster,
By second wishing them to death.
You seem to be living on the level.
It's decent enough,
You got what you wanted.
So why do you tell me, that I'm on the wrong track?
I'm doin' the best I can do.
I try to out guess
The situation
That I know your not even fully aware of.
And I want you to know,
If it keeps on this way,
Can't keep on letting you bring me down.
Can't keep on letting you bring me down.

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Valley Of Pain

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Valley Of Pain

Ah, don't let me grow bitter I pray
Give me strength to carry on my way

I'm leanin' on you like a wooden cane
Well, I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain

I'm believin' there's a reason for this trial'
This too shall pass in a little while
Whoa, Lord have mercy if I complain
I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain
Yes, I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain

Paint me in a river of my tears
Whisper hope and truth, courage in my ears

Well, when I'm hurtin' I have a dangerous tongue
I lose it and use it like a gun
Oh wont you stop me if you see me takin' aim
I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain
If I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain
Yes, I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain

Paint me in a river of my tears
Whisper hope and truth, courage in my ears
Remind me when I reach the other side
I'll b thankful for every tear that I cries

Don't let the darkness drive me insane
I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain
If I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain
Yes, I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through the valley of the pain

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Down To You

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Down To You

Come around cryin' that you just can't win
You thought this one was different' now it's gone again
You just can't believe, baby
Why's it happenin' to me now

You step out on the track in the pouring rain,
And when you get run over will you blame the train?
You just can't deny, baby,
Life is passing you by, baby

And don't you think you've had enough?
Ain't it time to get a different view?
You can't just wait around for what you want
It's all about the way you choose
Ain't nobody else that can make things right
Baby, it's down to you

Everywhere you look they're trying' to do you in
You just can't understand, they used to be your friend
It's always the same, baby
Someone else is to blame, baby

Still ain't got a clue to where it all goes down
'Cause what you're dishing out is coming back around
Same old song, baby
Gone all too long now

Dont'cha think that you've had enough?
Ain't it time to get a different view
You can't just wait around for what you want
It's all about the way you choose
Ain't nobody else that can make things right
Baby, it's down to you
Down to you

Dont'cha think that you've had enough?
Ain't it time to get a different view
Can't just wait around for what you want
It's all about the way you choose
Ain't nobody else that can make things right
Baby, it's down to you
Down to you, honey

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - So Close

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - So Close

So far
There was not a second thought
No heart
Ever got close enough
You are
Watching as I am caught
In a moment off-guard

So close
I can nearly taste it
Suppose
This is that one promised love
God knows
All that I've wasted now
Never letting it start

Now all my resistance
I feel it slip away
Now all of the distance
Ever less with every day by day

So far
There was no connection
No spark
Out of which a fire grows
I start
In your direction I'm
Ever so close

Now all my resistance
I feel it slip away
Now all of the distance
Ever less with every day by day

So far, I have never been
So close

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Tangled And Dark

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Tangled And Dark

Gonna get into it, babe
Down where it's tangled and dark
Way on into it, baby
Down where your fears are parked
Gonna tell the truth about it, babe
Honey, that's the hardest part
When we get through it, baby
You're gonna give up your heart
Gonna get into it, baby
Gonna give them demons a call, babe
Way on into it, baby
Gonna find out once and for all
Gonna get a little risky, baby
Honey, that's my favorite part
When we get through it, baby
Gonna give up our hearts
Gonna give up our hearts
Well, there's no turnin' back
No turnin' back this time
Well, there's no turnin' back
No turnin' back
No use in runnin'
It's always the same
You can count on the panic
It's the faces that change
We might have a chance
To get this love off the block
So take a deep breath
Let's look under that rock, now baby
Gonna get into it, baby
Down where it's tangled and dark, no, no, baby
Way on into it, baby
Down where your fears are parked
Gonna tell the truth about it, baby
Honey, that's the hardest part
When we get through it, baby
You're gonna give up
If we get through it, baby
You're gonna give up, you're gonna give up
When we get through it, baby
You're gonna give up your heart
Gonna give up your heart
Gonna give up your heart
Ooh babe, gonna give up
You're gonna give up, you're gonna give up
Gonna give up, gonna give up your heart
Hey baby, gonna give up, gonna give up
Gonna give up, gonna give up
Gonna give up your heart

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Louise

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Louise

Well they all said Louise was not half bad
It was written on the walls and window shades
And how she'd act the little girl
A deceiver, don't believe her that's her trade
Sometimes a bottle of perfume,
Flowers and maybe some lace
Men brought Louise ten cent trinkets
Their intentions were easily traced
Yes and everybody knew at times she cried
But women like Louise they get by

Well everybody thought it kind of sad
When they found Louise in her room
They'd always put her down below their kind
Still some cried when she died this afternoon
Louise rode home on the mail train
Somewhere to the south I heard it said
Too bad it ended so ugly,
Too bad she had to go this way
Ah but the wind is blowing cold tonight
So good night Louise, good night

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - You Got To Be Ready For Love (If You Wanna Be Mine)

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - You Got To Be Ready For Love (If You Wanna Be Mine)

You got to be ready
You got to be ready, yeah

This woman don't like no nonsense
I like lovin' every day
And I don't like to find no evidence, no
To prove you're giving my love away
What more can I say

Except you got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine (ready baby)
You got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine
You got to be ready
You got to be ready

This woman don't do no hand pickin'
And I don't think one look is a felony
And I don't appreciate no rubber neckin', no
'Bout a man, when he's with me
Out in the street

Except you got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine (be ready baby)
I said you got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine
You got to be ready
You got to be ready

Ready for love
Ready for love
Got to be ready for love

You got to be ready
You got to be ready
You got to be ready
You got to be ready, yeah

You got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine
You got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine (be ready baby)

Can't be a cold lover
Just like my old lover
If you wanna be mine
You got to get ready
You got to stay ready
If you wanna be mine (be ready baby)

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Three Time Loser

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Three Time Loser

I wonder how many teardrops gonna fall tonight?
I wonder how many heartaches gonna a woman have in one life?

I lost a lover, lost my friend
I'm through with love, I just can't win

I'm a three time loser, three time loser

I wonder how many hours for true love I will have to wait
I wonder how many heartaches for true love I will have to wait

Lost love once, lost love twice
What kind of love is worth that price

Three time loser
One two three into into three
A three time loser

I wonder how many hours for true love I will have to wait
I wonder how many heartaches for true love I will have to wait

I lost a lover, lost my friend
I'm through with love and I just can't win

Three time loser babe
One two three into into three
Three time loser

Lost love once, lost it twice
What kind of love is worth that price

Three time loser babe, see I'm three time loser babe

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Then They Do

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Then They Do

In the early rush of morning
Trying to get the kids to school
One's hanging on my shirttail
Another's locked up
In her room
And I'm yelling up the stairs
Stop worrying 'bout your hair
You look fine

Then they're fightin' in the backseat
I'm playing referee
Now someone's gotta go
The moment that we leave
And everybody's late
I swear that I can't wait
'Till they grow up

[Chorus:]
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do

Now the youngest is starting college
She'll be leavin' in the Fall
And Brianna's latest boyfriend
Called to ask if we could talk
And I got the impression
That he's about to pop the question any day

I look over at their pictures
Sittin' in their frames
I see them as babies
I guess that'll never change
You pray all their lives
That someday they will find happiness

[Chorus:]
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do

No more Monday pta's
No carpools
Or soccer games
Your work is done
Now you've got time
That's all your own
You've been waitin' for so long
For those days to come

[Chorus:]
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Love Letter

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Love Letter

Sittin' in front of your house,
Like rain in early dawn
Workin' on a love letter
Got my radio on.

Got my eye on your window pane
And I smoked a pile of cigarettes.
Mercy, mercy but love is strange
And you haven't even kissed me yet.

Look comes to push,
Push comes to shove,
Shove comes to touch,
Touch will come to love.

Workin' on a love letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Hope you get the message baby.
I know that you're gonna let me in.
It's wierd in your neighborhood
If this is war, then I'm gonna win!

Look comes to push,
Push comes to shove,
Shove comes to touch,
Touch will come to love.

Why don't sit waitin'
Why don't behavin'
Love's waiting in the car,
In the car and rain now.

Workin' on a love letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Guitar solo

Look comes to push,
Push comes to shove,
Shove comes to touch,
Touch will come to love.

(3 times with adlibs)
Workin' on a love letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
Got my radio on, radio, radio

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - My First Night Alone Without You

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - My First Night Alone Without You

There is an aching in my head
From the bed I can't get used to
It's these little hours in the dark, I dread
As I spend my first night alone without you

Honey, half of me has gone away
With all the love I learned to cling to
Tomorrow I'll have to find another way
To live the rest of my life alone without you

You taught me how to live
How to be myself
And how to give
Oh, but now it's you
Who's given up on giving

You've lost the thing, no one to teach
Changing and now you're out of reach
And my life tonight just don't seem worth living
No, no

I've been sitting learning how to read
Cause back in school I never liked to
It's just one of those little things I'm gonna need
As I put my life together, baby, without you

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Green Lights

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - 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

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Ain't Gonna Let You Go

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Ain't Gonna Let You Go

Love came and hit me
Straight on the lips
The longer we're kissin'
The better it gets, and baby that's all right
You got me standing beside myself
You know it ain't like me
It's like I'm somebody else
But baby that's all right

You're not the man I was lookin' for
You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more
Now that I got you, it feels so good
I don't wanna let you go

I plead guilty babe, of this terrible crime
You been lovin' me all of this time
I must've been blind
What's gonna happen?
What'll I do?
Whatever it is, I wanna do it with you
I feel just fine

You're not the man I was lookin' for
You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more
Now that I got you babe, it feels so good
I don't wanna let you go

And ain't it peculiar how loves comes about?
When you're not lookin', you'd better look out!

You're not the man I was lookin' for
You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more
Feels so good now that I got you to myself
I'm gonna keep you for myself
Now that I got you
I don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go

You're not the man I was looking for
You're every bit of him plus a whole lot more
Now that I got you babe, it feels so good
I don't wanna let you go
Now that I got you babe, I don't wanna let you go

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Finest Lovin' Man

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Finest Lovin' Man

The man I'm lovin' don't worry 'bout me runnin' around
You won't ever find my baby hustlin' after me all over town
You don't have to shout, you don't even have to call
Knows I'm comin' home even if I got to crawl
He'll get me when he wants me, he's the finest lovin' man around
When he gets up in the morning or when he comes home late at night
You know the man's always hungry, knows I'm gonna cook it up just right
He don't ever hurry, he just takes his time
Just a little taste is all it takes to make him mine
He'll get it when he wants it, he's the finest lovin' man around
Some women they act just like their men will never amount to no good
You know they are always on the cheat
And never treat him like a good woman should
You want him to do you right, honey, that ain't the way, yeah
You got to love him all night, you do just what he say
And you get just what you give out, that's the only way to gain his place
Now me and my baby, we always know just what we're puttin' down
And we know we'll be together
Till the day when something better comes around
Till that day comes you won't hear me complaining, yeah
I'll take him like he is 'cause you know I can't change him
I'll love him best I can, he's the finest lovin' man around
Oh yeah yeah

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Thank You

Lyrics Bonnie Raitt - Thank You

You didn't have to love me like you did
But you did, yes you did, and I thank you
You didn't have to squeeze me like you did
But you did, yes you did, and I thank you

If you took your love somewhere else
I wouldn't know what it meant to be loved to death
You make me feel, like I've never felt
Kisses so good I've got to holler for help

You didn't have to squeeze me like you did
But you did, yes you did, and I thank you
You didn't have to hold me like you did
But you did, yes you did, and I thank you

Every day you find something new
To pull out your bag and fine perfume
You got me trying to do new things, too
Just so I could keep up with you

Thank you baby

You didn't have to shake it like you did
But you did, yes you did, and I thank you
You didn't have to make it like you did
But you did, yes you did, and I thank you

All my life I've been short changed
Without your love baby, it's a crying shame
Now I know what the girls were talking about
When they say that you

Ooh, I wanna thank you, baby
Thank you, honey
I've got to thank you, oh
Baby, hey yeah