Mitguard Lyrics - Restless Heart

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	Restless Heart Lyrics ^{All Songs Written By Chris Mitguard Copyright 1997 Snakes Alive Publishing (BMI)}

		He's Got An Ego You talk about books He knows more about books You talk about jazz He knows more about jazz You talk about movies He knows more about movies than anyone ever did You talk about used He's never been used You talk about abused He's never been abused He's got an ego, ‘bout as big as my hollow head Chorus: He's got an ego He's got an ego He's got an ego ‘bout as big as my hollow head Well, you talk about rude He enjoys being rude You talk about food He knows all about food And, politics, He knows more than the president of the United States (of America) You talk about success Well, he's had success You talk about children He's been many times blessed You talk about wives Well, he has the best that ever was, and that’s good Chorus Well, you talk about this He'll talk about that You say you like dogs He'll tell you all about cats Talk about balls He's got the biggest bat that ever was (At least that's what he says) You talk bout books He knows more about books You talk about jazz He knows more about jazz You talk about movies He knows more about movies than anyone ever did (Even the president of the United States of America) Even Madonna And William F. Buckley Jr. He's got an ego ‘bout as big as my hollow head He's got an ego ‘bout as big as my hollow head I don't know why But I kind of like the guy But he's got an ego ‘bout as big as my hollow head


		I Took Money From A Dead Man I took money from the pocket Of a dead man on the street I took money from the pocket Of a dead man on the street I could tell that he'd been murdered But it meant nothin’ to me I went a few blocks away And I bought myself a drink I went a few blocks away And I bought myself a drink I bought drinks for everybody And everybody respected me I called up my old lady I said, “Baby, give me one more chance” I called up my old lady I said, “Baby give me one more chance” I got money in my pocket I want to take you out to dance Well, when I got to her place There was a sheriff at the door When I got to her place There was a sheriff at the door He said, “I'm arresting you for murder, boy, You won't need your dancin’ shoes no more” Well, the dead man on the street, He was the son of the mayor Well, the dead man on the street, He was the son of the mayor Some lady from her window Said she saw me standin’ there I said, “I never killed nobody, I'm just a two bit-thief” I said, “I never killed nobody, I'm just a two-bit thief” But even my own mother Won't come and visit me I took money from the pocket Of a dead man on the street I took money from the pocket Of a dead man on the street I could tell that he'd been murdered But it meant nothin’ to me


		If I Were A Healer If I could take away her pain you know I’d do it then I’d walk through hell for her and back again And if I were a healer A great wise medicine man I’d take a broken little girl And make her whole again Ah, but she fights me like a fish on a line Says the problems ain’t hers, but yours and mine And if I were a healer A great wise medicine man I’d take a broken little girl And make her whole again Sometimes she calls me, it might be three in the morning Angry at the world just like a flash flood without warning And if I were a healer A great wise medicine man I’d take a broken little girl And make her whole again I’d take a broken little girl And make her whole again


		Down On You You see your dreams go up in smoke Where you're concerned there is no hope Your children sleep in the car sometimes Or in the shelter on the long cold nights Chorus: Everybody's down on you Everybody's down on you Have another drink, you fool What else you gonna do? Everybody's down on you You crashed your car again last night They took you in for another DUI Took finger prints and a mug shot, too Like a criminal they treated you Chorus Your wife went back to Kansas City She’s bitter now, and not so pretty She begged her mother for a place to stay Her brother says you better stay away Chorus


		Híta Mía Oh, híta mía Just want to see ya You were mine all that time, híta love Oh, híta, why Why ‘dya have to lie? And break my heart and trash my soul and mess my mind Chorus: I don’t know why you left it the way that you did Maybe next time you ought to use a gun instead I don’t know why you lied I don’t know why I still cry Híta mine Híta, why? Oh, Híta, love I miss your touch I miss your smile, I miss your kiss, I miss you so much Oh, lonely night Oh, lonely day I just ain’t been happy since you went away Chorus Oh, híta mía Just want to see ya You were mine all that time, híta love Oh, híta, why Why ‘dya have to lie And break my heart and trash my soul and mess my mind? Break my heart and trash my soul and mess my mind?


		Restless Heart You tell me that you won’t stay No, you won’t stay here any longer Then you tell me that you yearn for city things For city streets you yearn to wander Chorus: Oh your restless heart And your will to go And a shovel blade and a deep dark hole Where the cold wind blows And the sun don’t shine No, the sun don’t shine in this heart of mine You tell me that you don’t mean no harm You don’t mean no harm That you still love me Then you tell me that I suffocate That I hold you back from your restless fate Chorus Well, I tell you that beneath this desert sky This very night is where you will die And the rattlesnake, he will guard your grave He will guard your grave for a long, long time. And the big brown hawk he will sit and watch He will sit and watch where the strangers walk And I tell you this, my daughter, dear Oh, my daughter, dear I will protect you here from your restless heart . . . Chorus


		Tommy’s Song I remember old Tommy You know he fought in World Was One Said he’d been through three depressions Didn’t like any of them You know he fought with the black troops over there in France Back in the days when we kept the white boys from the blacks And you know what he told me This is what he said: Chorus: Well, I know people change Yeah, I know people change I’ve seen giants fall I’ve seen losers win it all Yeah, you know, I know people change Well, I used to live upstairs in this old house Tommy he lived down That was back in Colorado Springs That’s back in my home town Sometimes he’d come out on the porch and smoke a cigarette And I’d go down and visit, we’d just shoot the shit And this is what he told me This is what Tommy said: You know it’s lonely when you get old And your wife’s been dead for so long You know I live on borrowed time And the children never come Ain’t nothin’ surprise me no more, cause, Chorus Yeah, maybe one of these days My boy’ll come down from Denver We go fishin’, you know My wife, I sure do miss her Ain’t got the vaguest idea how I ever outlived her ‘Cause I used to drink a bit and get in trouble Kind of like you did the other night Yeah, I heard ya She made me stop that nonsense fast And now I’m living on borrowed time


		Snake In The Grass Snake in the grass, don’t ask for mercy Don’t ask for mercy with your poisonous mouth Snake in the grass, don’t ask for mercy Don’t ask for mercy with your poisonous mouth Chorus: You bare false witness and betray your friends You twist the truth to serve your own bitter ends Snake in the grass Snake in the grass, burning your bridges Burning your bridges with each lie that you tell Snake in the grass, burning your bridges Burning your bridges with each lie that you tell Chorus Someday you’ll die, alone in a room Stiff fingers resting on your cold dark heart Someday you’ll die, alone in a room Stiff fingers resting on your cold dark heart Chorus Snake in the grass, don’t ask for mercy Don’t ask for mercy with your poisonous mouth Snake in the grass, don’t ask for mercy Don’t ask for mercy with your poisonous mouth


		Spark And Joe Spark and Joe were walking down the road Spark was going bald so he wore a hat Joe, he was the handsome one The one all the girls looked at They’d known each other since they were six years old They were moving awful close to 40 now Didn’t neither one have much to show Chorus: But you know they were friends And they hung together Just like stars in the night You know Joe, he was kind of a scoundrel A fact that Spark knew well Spark would just sit there and smile sometimes At the stories Joe would tell Like when Joe was trying to make some girl in some downtown saloon Spark would sit there and cover his mouth with his hand While Joe would shoot for the moon Chorus It was Joe who protected Spark when they were kids When some bully wanted to start a fight Later on it was Spark who covered Joe’s ass When Joe did something maybe not quite legally right They were just walking down the road Joe was smoking a cigarette Spark, he quit about three years ago Walking between the full moon and the stars With no particular place to go


		All But Forgotten He left his wife at home crying In blind anger he did go Now he's the man he pretends to be At the tavern down the road She calls up her best friend Says she's coming over Says she's really going to leave him this time Holds her baby close to her shoulder Chorus: She remembers how he promised her everything How he called her his sweet little thing But that was so many years ago Now it's all but forgotten She packs up her suitcase And steps out into the night Holds her baby close as her tears, they fall She whispers: “Honey, everything's gonna be all right” Later on that same evening When her husband comes back home The house is so cold and so empty That even a drunkard would know Chorus


		Incredible Damage You've caused such incredible damage Trampled the gardens of my soul You've torn apart My achy-breaky heart And you've caused incredible damage You've caused such grievous pain So grievous I can't explain First, you use me Then you refuse me You've caused such grievous pain What happened to the nice girl I used to know? Where in the world did she go? She brought me coffee She brought me tea What made her change? Blame it on me You, I hope you're happy As a bird up in the deep blue sky If I were a hunter I’d draw a bead on you And watch my little birdie cry


		October Night Just like some October night it came on much too quickly I’m tired of getting older with no one getting older with me I ain’t the finest man but him I never met And if I did, don’t think I’d bow down Almost asked my good friend Katie if she would come home with me You know I think I love her, oh, she’s so pretty But you know she has a man somewhere in town I wouldn’t want him around Don’t want no showdown Chorus: But tonight it’s all right I don’t feel empty And there’s no more pain inside Just the sound of the streets The lights in the window And the memory of any woman’s eyes Well you know there’s a road heads out of town, someday I’ll be on it Leave behind the friends I’ve made, but I hope there’s more comin’ I ain’t the finest man but if I ever was It was because I didn’t hang around Chorus


		You Lie You lie You lie, lie like a rug You lie You lie, lie like a rug I do believe, sister I do believe I've heard enough And then you cry You turn it on so well And then you cry You turn it on so well I may be slow But even I can tell You lie to your doctor You lie to the police You lie to the judge And then you lie to me Oh, you lie You lie, lie like a rug I do believe sister I do believe I've heard enough You lie You lie, lie like a thief You lie You lie, lie like a thief There's nothing you can tell me I could ever possibly believe You lie through your eyes You lie through your nose I do believe you tell a lie with your big mouth closed You lie You lie, lie like a thief There's nothin’ you could tell me I could possibly believe You lie with each footstep You lie when you're asleep You lie to your boyfriend Does he know you're a cheat? You lie You lie, lie like a thief There's nothin you could tell me I could ever possibly believe ‘Cause you're a liar baby!


		Mary Stewart When we were kids we used to run right through this town Mary Stewart was the prettiest girl around She was maybe sixteen years Maybe sixteen years Mary Stewart was the sweetest girl around Her father raised her up; her ma was dead He was proud of everything his Mary did He’d say: “Mary is my girl, the best in the world” He was proud of everything his Mary did On a hot day we’d go hang out by the pool Or wander up the creek where it was cool And Mary, she’d run and laugh, her voice was pure as gold Mary Stewart was the sweetest girl I’d known I remember the night she met that evil Red He was twenty-one and handsome, so she said He said: “Jump into my car, Mary; I won’t take you very far” I remember the night she met that evil Red That was the night Mary Stewart did not come home Her father called us all up on the phone He said: “Who would take my girl? Who would take my girl?” The night Mr. Stewart called us on the phone A few days later they found our Mary dead In a field outside of town the sheriff said Oh, who would take her life, evil Red with his big buck knife A few days later they found our Mary dead This old town will never be the same I remember Mr. Stewart in the rain Praying: “Lord please take my girl. She’s the best in the world.” I remember Mr. Stewart in the rain When we were kids we used to run right through this town Mary Stewart was the prettiest girl around She was maybe sixteen years Maybe sixteen years Mary Stewart was the sweetest girl around


		Prayer To The Night Time A prayer to the night time And the world’s just pushin’ out there A party in the next room Dog barkin’ down the street at the moon The school yards are empty, children sleeping When they’re older they’ll sit by a window Thinking of the old times, teachers' lies A bottle on the table Mostly empty like the life of an old man Hands on a Bible, eyes wet and a prayer for survival The barroom’s full of townsmen, and their thinking Which changes with the end of the evening When they go home to their lives and their wives An unmade bed for sleeping Sheets ain’t been washed for years, so it seems And the lovers who laid there Separated as life does with its dreams And so few know the heartache of the failure In the alley with the wine in his fingers He’s given all his cares just to lie there

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