Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is a U.S. United States vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B Rhythm and blues , blues, pop pop music , soul soul music , and jazz standards standard (music) . [read more] - Night Train
Here I'm goingWlakin' with my baby in my arms'Cuz I am in the wrong end of the eight ball blackAnd the devil, see, he's right behind usAnd this worker said she's gonna take my little babyMy little angel backBut they...
- After Hours
All the gang has gone homeStanding on the cornerAll aloneYou and me, streetlightWe'll paint the town - greyOh, we are so many lampsWho have lost our waySay goodnight, AmericaThe word still loves a dreamerAnd all the...
- Weasel And The White Boys Cool
Sal was working at Nyro's nook in downtownSelling articles of congress to these people downtownHe was pretty sleezy when I met himA weasel in a poor boy's woolSal lives in a black vinyl pen in New JerseyBuys his meat...
- Company
I'll remember you too clearlyBut I'll survive another dayConversations to shareWhen there's no one thereI'll imagine what you'd sayI'll see you in another life now, babyI'll free you in my dreamsBut when I reach...
- Coolsville
I and Braggar, and Junior Lee,well that's the way we always thought it would beIn the wind-strewn leaves of September, how we metDecked out like aces, we'd beat anybody's betCuz we was Coolsville....cuz we was...
- Danny's All-Star Joint
Downstairs at danny's all-star jointThey got a juke box that goes doyt-doytThe vice is nice, they stay in the back all dayBut when the nighttime comes, hey-heyThere's this cat down there that makes a bad kinda soupI...
- The Last Chance Texaco
A long stretch of headlightsBends into I-9Tiptoe into truck stopsAnd sleepy diesel eyesVolcanoes rumble in the taxiAnd glow in the darkCamels in the driver's seatA slow, easy markBut you ran out of gasDown the road a...
- Easy Money
There was a JoeLeanin' on the back doorA couple Jills with their eyes on a couple billsTheir eyes was statin'They was waitin'To get their hands on some easy moneyThey flipped a dimeOne said " well, I'll take heads...
- On Saturday Afternoons In 1963
The most as you'll ever goIs back where you used to knowIf grown-ups could laugh this slowWhere as you watch the hour snowYears may go bySo hold on to your special friendHere, you'll need something to keep her in:"Now...
- Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Act Now)
Not long ago it was alrightThere were no bad dreams that kept me up at nightIt was not brother against brotherMother against motherSo tell somebody,You've got to tell somebodyTell somebody what happened in the USANow...
- Little Mysteries
A gypsy boy came up to youWith a newspaper spread across his armTo hid his fingers in your pocket...Meanwhile, in another part of townI buy a ticket for a gameAnd la petite femme, smoking les gitanesIs writing down my...
- Mink Coat At The Bus Stop
She's out in the morning before nineWearing her new mink coatAnd it's already 85 degreesShe looks like she's about toGive up hopeI look at the peopleSitting at the bus stopPeople need dignity and loveLove and...
- Lap Dog
Lap dog lap dog where you gonna go?If I put you out in the rain and snowIf I put you out in the rain and snowWhere the sun dont shine and the cold wind blowLap dog lap dog who you gonna see?When you look in the mirror...
- Ugly Man
He's an ugly manHe always was an ugly manHe grew up to be like his fatherAn ugly manAnd he'll tell you liesHe'll look at you and tell you liesHe grew up to be like his fatherUgly insideHey - ugly manWhat's the plan?If...
- Sailor Song
Oh the ship I'm onTime is what I rideForty winds, the captain and the tideOh a sailor boyStole me from my homeAnd this sea of joyIs the only life I've knownI could fly awayI could fly awayBut I take the seaFor...
- The Evening Of My Best Day
They all smileThey shake your handThey want to know your nameY ou sit in your mothers roomLook through the window paneWhen they know you're not watchingThey talk behind your backThey laugh about the lonlinessOf your...
- A Second Chance
Summertime and everything is sweetWalking barefoot to the circle kOn the burning streetSummertime and everything's on fireThis town is a drive-by for theWhole inland empireBut down on the boulevardThey take it very...
- A Tree On Allenford
There is a tree on allenfordI drive by it each day on my way to and from workAnd there are always flowers left there each dayLeft for a child who died thereOr so that is what people say...But all I seeLooks back at...
- It Takes You There
What you are you can never eraseIt's here til the end of timeWhat you lost you will never replaceStill you're trying to find...You dont do it for godYou dont do it for loveYou're back on the street becauseIt takes you...
- A Face In The Crowd
I know what it takes to be loved by youTalk like you talkThink like you doYou never were human soHow could you know?We fall so hard, we can't let goI am the last of my kind in this townEveryone else has gone...
- Bitchenostrophy
Close your eyes and dream of meYou've found the one you loveLife is long and then it's throughBut you go on and onNous serons une nuit brillanteComme tous les papillonsLongue (est) la vieLa mort...ce n'est pas...
- Matters
What you wish for, what you thinkThe photographs you carry aroundWhat whispers to yourself when you're finally goneWhat you take when you goAdds up to the big numberWhat you leave withWho you knowMakes the big picture...
- Scary Chinese Movie
And my hands are flickering and the water turns to tracing paper and I watch you dryI'm an army of stills like you flick between your fingersYou will always make me be faster than I amThere's a banner risingI know...
- Little Yellow Town
Low tide tonight, low tide little yellow townGreen life teems up from the undergroundGlows in the dark, sifts the sands of garbageReach hard in for the ragged star fishAnd only her lipstick bleeds,And the color seeds...
- Firewalker
Julie got some ecstasy, she laid down on the steering wheelLove comes to the first thing love seesLove comes to the first thing that makes it real, makes it realEverybody's been hit, everybody's been hurtEverybody's...
- Cloud Of Unknowing
So he dropped the webs of the spider of heaven down through the clouds,All the way into the pool of blood at the bottom of hellFar above in heaven a bird flys through the terrible cloud of unknowingTrust can make a...
- Howard
The spirits of her abortion had manifested...The spirits of all her abortions manifested themselves into the furniture in the roomThere would be a chair waiting, smiling, the pictures on the wall watched her in...
- Road Kill
What's the matter with it? Why's it look that way?What's the matter with it? What's it trying to say?What's that on its back? Where's it trying to go?A mystical vision got dressed up one nightLocked the door, walked...
- Sunny Afternoon
Walking down my streetHere's the room where I liveHere's the neighbor children, sometimes they bother meHere's the window where you leftHow can I forget to look,How can I forgetA sunny afternoonA plane goes byWalking...
- Ghostyhead
Ghostyhead, ghostyhead, standing in the doorYou think if you don't answerI can't hear you anymoreChains you hung from ear to earFinally drug your headBut I can see through anythingI know what you bledGhostyhead,...
- Vessel Of Light
A distant light finds me when I'm with youA distant light knows me when I'm throughOnce I mistake youFor somebody elseMistook you for somewhere, mistook youA distant light that binds meA distant sound that finds...
- Satellites
We were born foreverWe are twinned in a fugitive mindFriends should stay together andLight the world with the fugitive kindSo you keep talking in many languagesTelling us the way you feelDon't stop confiding in the...
- Atlas' Marker
Maybe you want another worldOne where heaven doesn't weigh so muchMaybe you'll find another girlOne you can feel when you do not touchWell I've got somethingWarm inside meIt won't let you fall'Til I seeSomewhere...
- Love Is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive
Love's gonna bring us back aliveLove's gonna bring us back aliveOver mountains where no one goesOh yeah, yeah, yeahWe've been runnin'Yeah, yeah, yeahGotta keep runnin'Oh yeah, yeah, yeah'Til love brings us back...
- Ghost Train
Well I decided to take the busIt was about 6:05Cuz I could hardly walkIn fact, I was just barely aliveUnder the bridges and over the streetNow every shadow that I meetThey all know my nameAnd they whisper" What's a...
- Flying Cowboys
Down there by the river is a manWhose born is twisted into shapesUnknown to the wicked and the wiseAnd he bears the look of an animalWho's seen things no animal should ever seeHe has been driven beyond all townsAnd...
- The Horses
We will flyWay up highWhere the cold wind blowsOr in the sunLaughing having funWith the people that she knowsAnd if the situationShould keep us separatedYou know the world won't fall apartAnd you will free the...
- Ghetto Of My Mind
Saving all my money all week longSo I can go out driving with youDown on Hollywood BoulevardOn friday night, dressed rightI don't take no trouble smoke at the wallBut I still have that leopard-skin hatThat you gave me...
- Just My Baby
It seems lately when I walk down the streetThere's something in my neighborhoodIt's getting stronger every dayThere's a rumor that lights up all of meAnd it whispers from the rooftops up aboveI must hold on or I'll...
- Away From The Sky
For all that it cost himHe never did complainThe chicken-headed manFeathering the rainBut the last bus is tiredAnd everybody's goneThe horses are waitingIn the middle of the lawnGone for the rodeoGone from the tundra,...
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Don't let the sun catch you cryin'The night's the time for all your tearsYour heart may be broken tonightBut tomorrow with the morning lightDon't let the sun catch you cryin'The nighttime shadows disappearAnd with...
- Rodeo Girl
Out on the rangeThe quiet, endless stillWhere the wild S.S.IWhispers from these hillsIt's a petrified forestTrailer parks and fordsAnd there ain't no goin' backRodeo girlSaddle upThere's no more credit in this bankTry...
- Deep Space
These starsNo one else can seeTrapeze the height of theeVanish as they callThese bluesNo one else can hearNo one else can singThis one for youCan they, dear?Things that you do are always with meWhen you're...
- Gravity
There are wounds that stir up the force of gravityA cold that will wipe the hope from your eyesYoung girl standing underneath the "L" trainStanding there, watching the trains go by ...You think that nobody knows where...
- The Unsigned Painting
There must be a golden frameComing to meCuz where are you?Where are you?Where are you?The very day when you first heardYour heart beatListens for you stillSo I thinkit's not so much the paintingAs what you give...
- Prelude To Gravity
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- Magazine
HomeboysCalling from the cornersStation to stationFor the magazineBut her pages are turningOut the lights in the windowsAnd all that you're readingIs the braille nightI can't come outAnd play Paddy withThe Precinct...
- Theme For The Pope
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- Juke Box Fury
Polly and I went to the circusPolly got hit with a rolling pinWe got even with the circusWe bought tickets but we didn't go in...You won't like it hereWhen I first take you,He's in the back doing his Father O'Riley...
- Runaround
My baby's always crying,My baby wants to see me cry, too.Chain on my heart is going to breakCuz every tear that falls in hereIs a dime for the Juke Box FurySo punch it inShake the chainAnd listen to the song you're...
- The Real End
Once I had a sweet loveAlways followed me aroundThe way I treated my little lamb was likeThe Marquis D. Sade and her new clownI guess I hurt himI guess I hung upI guess I should have called him backI guess I didn't...
- It Must Be Love
It must be love that whispers in my earIt must be love that we keep trying to hearCuz I imagined this kind of vvonderful choiceI imagine you hear the very same voiceWhen I speak to youYou say "That's just my...
- The Weird Beast
I brought the Weird Beast hereFrom Van Nuys Blvd.So I would not be without a manWhen the Tartans reignFlooded theEmpty streets of Paris...And on one of thesePassing boats I thoughtI saw the Weird BeastSpeaking in...
- Trouble Man
I've come of heart, baby, but now I'm coolI didn't make it surely, playin' by the rulesI've come of heart, but now I'm fineI'm checkin' trouble, sure movin' down the lineI've come of heart, but that's OK'Cause Trouble...
- For No One
Your day breaks, your mind achesYou find that all the words of kindness linger onWhen she no longer needs youShe wakes up, she makes upShe takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurryShe no longer needs youAnd in...
- Smile
Smile though your heart is achingSmile even though it's breakingWhen there are clouds in the sky, you'll get byIf you smile through your fear and sorrowSmile and maybe tomorrowYou'll see the sun come shining through...
- The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
If you see something that looks like a starShooting up out of the groundAnd your head is spinning from a loud guitarAnd you can't escape from the soundDon't worry too much, it'll happen to youWe were children once,...
- One Hand, One Heart
Make of our handsOne hand,Make of our heartsOne heart.Make of our vowsOne last vow,Only death will partUs now.Make of our livesOne life,Day after dayOne life.Now it begins,Now we start,One hand, one heart.Even death...
- Cycles
So I'm down and so I'm outSo are many othersSo I feel like tryin'To hide my head'Neath these coversLife is like the seasonsAfter winter comes the springSo I'll sit and stay awhileAnd see what tomorrow bringsI've been...
- Someone To Watch Over Me
There's a somebody I'm longing to seeI hope that he turns out to beSomeone who'll watch over meOh I'm a little lamb who's lost in the woodsAnd I know I could always be goodTo one who'll watch over me.Oh you may not be...
- Up A Lazy River
Up a lazy river by the old mill runLazy river in the noon day sunLinger awhile in the shade of a treeThrow away your troubles,Dream with me.Up a lazy river where the robin's songWakes the mornin'We'll roll alongMay be...
- On The Street Where You Live
I have often walkedDown this street beforeBut the pavement always stayedBeneath my feet beforeAll at once am ISeveral stories highKnowing I'mOn the streetWhere you live.Are there lilac treesIn the heart of town?Can...
- Show Biz Kids
After closing timeAt the country FairI detect the El SupremoIn the room at the top of the stairsWell I've been around the worldAnd I've been in the Washington ZooAnd in all my travelsAs the facts unravelI've found...
- I Can't Get Started
I've been around the world in a planeI've settled revolutions in SpainThe North Pole I have chartedBut man I can't get started with youAnd at the golf course I'm under parMetro-Goldwyn wants me to starI've got a house...
- The Returns
But after allThere are such thingsAnd these are the thingsWho'll turn your memories back into dreams againOh, it's all flying and wavingFor you to keep tryingYou're so close.So close.All the returnsOne of these...
- Skeletons
She was pregnant in MayNow they're on their wayDashing thru the snowTo St. John's, here we goWell, it could be a boyBut it's okay if he's girlOh, these things that grow out ofThe things that we giveWe should move to...
- Skeleton
She was pregnant in May Now they're on their way Dashing thru the snow To St. John's, here we go Well, it could be a boy But it's okay if he's a girl Oh, these things that grow out of The things that we give We should...
- Living It Up
Eddie's got one crazy eyethat turns him into a cartoonwahen a pretty girl comes byand there's nothin' here to do anymorehe sits on the stoop all daylike there's something he's waiting forCunt-finger Louie picks up...
- We Belong Together
I say this was no game of chickenYou were aiming your best friendThat you wear like a switchblade on a chain around your neckI think you picked this up in Mexico from your dadNow its daddy on the boozeAnd Brando on...
- Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
Come on - Joey get out of schoolWe got places to goA '57 Lincoln you got a radio that hurtsAnd the girls like to touch itJust to find out if it worksBut don't look at meIt wasn't meJoey live on the edge of the...
- Traces Of The Western Slopes
We go down roundThe far side of the tracksLolitas playing dominoes and pokerBehind their daddy's s***sVacant-eyes, glue-face boysOn a pearl splashing glassIf they give us any flackIf they come up on our assWe'll just...
- A Lucky Guy
Oh, he's a lucky guyOh, he's a lucky guyHe doesn't worry about meWhen I'm goneHe goes to sleep at nightHe don't turn off the lightAnd wonder how to find meOr if I'm aloneOh, he's a lucky guyI wish I was like himCuz...
- Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking
Dutch took 'em on the slow train to Peking on La Brea AvenueTo find the Stax and SunThey were reaching to get toThey was a rapping the flat scatDiamond dialectos of points and tapsBetween the chicken and the backThey...
- Running From Mercy
Oh sacred place that sets my soul aliveThere's a rainbow above me that the storm clouds hideAnd kind works will never dieCuz the magic in kindness springs from the love, love, loveLittle acts of kindness and little...
- Jolie Jolie
Jolie, jolie, pretty little thingBerce moi toute la nuitAll I want you to do is just be happyAnd we went on a walk and we went on a hillAnd come back up again, you know I willJust to bring you the mail, to me it's...
- Altar Boy
A monk with a hard on in a lavender robeThat scratches his thighs for the height that he strodeAs he follows a path filled with harried desireAnd mimics his footsteps and sets his prayers on fireGlad to have chosen...
- Pink Flamingos
Dan and I like Las Vegas, never seen the seaWhere the river, where the river bed runs dryShe closes his eyes, puts her ear to his shirtAnd listens to the whole wide earthLila's ready, she look in the mirrorHe has...
- Tigers
The tigers come at fourShaped like the curtain and the floorLike the stars they once were wild and coldYour turn to see meI can't believe its really youSharpening your teeth on my low wombPlaying with tigersChasing...
- Beat Angels
Begging round the sun beaten streetsI can't make me no connectionsLocals here no speak no EnglishWhere is my woman, well no one knowsAh well, some girls just have to leave in the nightWhile you're fast asleepBut I...
- Rebel Rebel
Got your mother in a whirl'Cause she's not sure if you're a boy or a girlHey, babe, your hairs alrightHey, babe, let's stay out tonightYou like me, and I like it allWe like dancing, and we look divineYou know fans...
- The Albatross
There, there is my shipFinally come inI see the mast rolling on the stepsOver the garden wallI hear the sailor's callI see the albatrossOver and down now I'll go homeHome to my children I left behindLong ago with my...
- A Stranger's Car
Take the trainOh you have run as far as you can goThey've tied your fingers to rails of starsCan you hear the whistle blow?There's is no one here to beat out your brainsThere's no one who'll make you cryIf your...
- Stewart's Coat
Hold me love, I can't sleep againWill I have to kiss your nose?I wanna lay here next to him, loveI remember walking in the rainRain was falling on my handsI don't wanna live through that again, noOutside the heart it...
- Bye Bye Blackbird
Pack up all your cares and woesHere I go singing low,Bye bye blackbird.Where someone waits for meSugar's sweet and so is he,Bye bye blackbird.No one here can love and understand me,Oh what hard luck stories thay all...
- Comin' Back To Me
The summer had inhaled and held its breath too longThe winter looked the same as if it never had goneAnd through an open window where no curtain hungI saw youI saw youOne begins to read between the pages of a bookThe...
- My One And Only Love
The very thought of you makesMy heart sing,Like an April breezeOn the wings of spring.And you come to me all your splendor,My one and only love.The shadow's fall ans spread theirMystique charms in the hush of...
- The Second Time Around
Love is wonderful, The second time aroundJust as wonderful, With both feet on the groundIt's that second time You hear your love song sungMakes you think perhaps that love, Like youth, is wasted, Is wasted on the...
- Dat Dere
Hey mama, what's that there?And what's that doing there?Hey mama, up here! Mama, hey look at that over there!And what's that doing there?And where're they going there?And mummy can I have that big elephant over...
- I Won't Grow Up
I won't grow upI don't wanna go to schoolJust to learn to be a puppetAnd recite a silly ruleIf growing up means it would beBeneath my dignity to climb a treeI won't grow up, won't grow up, won't grow upNot me.I won't...
- Up From The Skies
Tell me everythingI just want to talk to youI won't do you no harmI just want to know about your different livesOn this is here people farmI heard some of you got your familiesLiving in cages tall and coldAnd some...
- The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
Sing a song of sad young manGlasses full of ryeAll the news is bad again soKiss your dreams goodbyeAll the sad young menSitting in the barsKnowing neon nightsMissing all the starsAll the sad young menDrifting through...
- Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
The song of love is a sad songHi Lili Hi Lili Hi loThe song of love is a sound of woeDon't ask me why I knowThe song of love is a sad songFor I have loved and it's soI wake up this morningAnd watch the rainHi Lili Hi...
- Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Spring this year has got me feelingLike a horse that never left the postI lie in my roomStaring up at the ceilingSpring can really hang you up the mostMorning's kiss wakes trees and flowersAnd to them I'd like to...
- Love Junkyard
Dented bodies, broken soulsWilted roses, hearts grow coldUnhappy endings and shattered dreams???Where's the candlelight, where's the smilesMan this place goes on for milesThere's heaps and heaps of wedding ringsEqual...
- I'll Be Seeing You
Cathedral bells were tollingAnd our hearts sang on,Was it the spell of ParisOr the April dawn?Who knows, if we shall meet again?But when the morning chimes ring sweet again:I'll be seeing youIn all the old familiar...
- My Funny Valentine
My funny valentine,Sweet comic valentine,You make me smile with my heart.Your looks are laughable, they're un-photographable,But still, still you're my favorite work of art.Is your figure less than Greek?Is your mouth...
- Under The Boardwalk
When the sun beats down, and melts the tar upon the roofAnd your shoes get so hot, you wish your tired feet were fire-proofUnder the boardwalk, down by the seaOn a blanket with my baby, that's where I'll beFrom the...
- Something Cool
Something coolI'd like to order something coolIt's so warm here in townAnd this heat gets me downAnd I'd like something coolMy, it's niceJust to sit down and rest awhileHey, you know it's a shameBut I can't think of...
- So Long
You'll always find what you're after, babyYou'll find the sun and laughterSo LongMy DarlingSo LongYou're aloneCan't seem to find you anywhereBut I know you're better thereSo LongMy DarlingSo LongI lie awakeThinking...
- Rainbow Sleeves
You used to dream yourself away each nightTo places that you'd never beenOn wings made of wishesThat you whispered to yourselfBack when every night the moon and youWould sweep away to placesThat you knewWhere you...
- Hey Bub
I would call him, Hey BubHe had a little place he kept for meAnd he would tell me - (poof)Boy, we were so in loveHe moved us to a home thereA place where he'd take care of meAnd I'd always know where he'd beI don't...
- Lush Life
I used to visit all the very*** placesThose come-what-may placesI used to visit all the very*** placesWhere one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of lifeTo get the feel of lifeFrom jazz and cocktails.The girls I knew...
- Letters From The 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee
And when I see the sign that points one wayThe lot we used to pass by every dayJust walk away ReneeYou won't see me follow you back homeThe empty sidewalks on my block are not the sameYou're not to blameFrom deep...
- More At The Striped Table
Downtown I walk for about a mile in squares. There were short and thick men behind bars.They are never clean, these men. And their dirtiness makes them objects of lust.I think it's religion that makes that possible....
- Driving Away
The man in the starry tieLed me talking backwardsAcross the waving chipsI spoke fantastic, like a prophetLike a piece of bloodWhere no doors areAnd weary now I set upon the good yearAnd the wrenchWrenching out of me...
- Outside The Great Divide
Outside the Great DivideThe dogs racked up about wild hangersThe fleshy neighborhood is still the cityThe wire bled into chairsThe chairs eaten by dogs waiting for a rideThe cars humming and strumming the airWith...
- Secret Language Of Trees
Now the birds speak in secret rhythmsAnd the trees bark in secret soundsAnd the people rush in secret thoughtAnd they push the thoughts into the shape of wordsAnd sometimes someone among usSticks her head into...
- Drunk On The Striped Table
In my featherless, sagging, saffron wings,I danceMy Phoenician, waterlogged, orchestrated and forty foot wingsWave in the airI am drunk laying against the striped tablePushing these banners into the airless...
- Carried Into Redemption
I know that lizards like jelly, because I have fed wild geckos on the roof of my hut in the Seychelles islands. She was called the morning lizard, and I would drop clear pondsFrom the tips of my fingers for her to...
- Leaving Through The Forest Path
In the dominion of pillars of faithHer nest toppled by the march windsShe set out through the forestOn a cloudy dayThe dower sky whining over tea, the weakenedCountry side rolling over onto his side to watch forComing...
- Chuck Es In Love
Chuck E.'s In LoveRickie Lee Jones(Rickie Lee Jones)How come he don't come and p.l.p. with me Down at the meter no more?And how come he turn off the T.V. And he hang that sign on the door?Well we call and we call...
- Young Blood
Young BloodRickie Lee Jones(Rickie Lee Jones)Take a walk around midnight in the CityYoung Blood is hiding there somewhereIf your looking for something to doThere's always something happening there]Like I and Bragger,...
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