John Hiatt - Nobody Knew His Name [Audio Stream] video free download


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Uploaded: 2014/07/17

"Nobody Knew His Name" is off John Hiatt's latest album, 'Terms Of My Surrender.' - Available now. Buy it today via Amazon (http://amzn.to/1kgo5Jd) or iTunes (http://smarturl.it/toms-itunes).

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LYRICS:

There was a man in the Cadillac used to come around here

Looking for a long black train

Said his baby left town with the engineer

Cut across the midnight rain, boys

Straight across the midnight rain

Everybody said he'd been in Vietnam

When he was pretty young

That's where his buddy got killed when his rifle jammed

Fightin' ain't never done, boys

Fightin' ain't never done

Chorus:

Red tip of a cigarette glowin'

Windows up against the rain

Night so dark there was nothin' else showin'

Nobody knew his name, boys

Nobody knew his name

Sheriff run him off every once and awhile

But he would be right back

With a cup of coffee and old newspaper eyes

Sittin' by the side of the tracks, boys

Cryin' by the side of the tracks

He'd try to keep from turnin' the tables

Hot walkin' horses out at Suffolk Downs

But there was always some whiskey back at the stables

If you knew where to look around, boys

If you knew where to look around

Chorus

Slingin' pizza and beer down at Waterfront Park

Handicappin' dogs for the clientele

A different pick for each one, it didn't matter who won

Somebody gonna tip him well, boys

Somebody gonna tip him well

They found him in his Cadillac car

Out behind the old farm store

He was sittin' there like he was goin' somewhere

And he wasn't comin' back no more, boys

He wasn't comin' back no more

Comments

8 years ago

bvdhazel

Great song, great album :)

9 years ago

Kurk Dorsey

This song is just so poignant, timely, and perfectly crafted. It should have 10 million hits, not 10,000. 

9 years ago

Dieter Stenzel

Boah! What a sound on this CD!!

9 years ago

muddy5001

anybody got the first chord of the Chorus? Seems simple enough, but can't find it

9 years ago

Mark Trela

This man gets better and better...love you JH!!!

9 years ago

Jürgen Baumgarten

John Hiatt - *"Terms of my Surrender"*, sein brandneues Album von 2014All Rights by NewWestRecords)

9 years ago

Chad Morrison

John Hiatt has been around for a while and this is great he's stepping right into the blues

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