robber's highway

Singer: john hiatt

can't feel the fingers of one hand

last night felt like a three-night stand

mouth full of cotton

feet of clay

i didn't plan on waking up today

i had heart

wheels and wings

now i don't have any of these things

come and get me

jesus

i don't know

come and get me 'cause i can't go

i lost my brothers

i lost my friends

only one way this thing ends

cheap and dirty in a bad motel

wondering what it was you used to do so well

i had words

chords and strings

now i don't have any of these things

come and get me

jesus

i don't know

come and get me 'cause i can't go

shirt and pants

coffee black

open up the shade a crack

fields of cotton

fields of clay

sun going down on a robber's highway

winds that whistle

birds that sing

i've no understanding of any of these things

come and get me

jesus

i don't know

come and get me 'cause i can't go

Lyric Context: robber's highway - john hiatt