"Interiors" (1990)

• On The Inside lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Dance With The Tiger lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• On The Surface lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Real Woman lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• This World lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• What We Really Want lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Mirror Image lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Land Of Nightmares lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• I Want A Cure lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Paralyzed lyrics - Rosanne Cash

On The Inside lyrics - Rosanne Cash

We crawled night and day through the tears and debries

Now I'm reaching out to you but I'm keeping my hands clean

The tables are turning the tempo slows down

And we're gettin' off this misery-go-round

It's a brand new world baby now things have changed

A brand new picture in a brand new frame

A turn of the page with a blink of your eye

Our two steps in rhythm our hearts beatin' time

On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

A critical moment I know you'd agree both of us separate but neither one free

We traded our papers for new walking shoes

But I had no idea how I'd feel without you

We watched it unravel we heard it unwind imprisoned by anger embittered by time

No one could tell me we'd be standing here today

Steeled by the fire and sealed by the pain

On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

I'm holding on to you and I know you're holding on to me too

We gave it one more chance and found the key to romance

Now none of it happens like we think it should be

Hey it'd all be disaster if left up to me

By the power of love and protection divine

We found we hold hands through the darkness and then there was light

On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

On the inside it all happened on the inside it all went down on the inside

Dance With The Tiger lyrics - Rosanne Cash

In every woman and man lies the seed of the fear

Of just how alone are all who live here

Denying the fear is the name of the game

To stare at the fear is going insane

Forgiving the fear is one up on Cane

Is to dance with the tiger

And laugh at the rain

Don't give me your life, I have one of my own

It was a brilliant idea inventing the home

Creatures of habit, American fools

Reaching for stars while we're standing on stools

Letting it go is jumping the train

Is to dance with the tiger

Letting it go though we won't be the same

Is to dance with the tiger

Letting it go is the name of the game

Is to dance with the tiger

And laugh at the rain

On The Surface lyrics - Rosanne Cash

On the surface everything seems right no one notices the dimness of the light

For the world outside our door our smiles are oh so bright

On the surface everything's all right

We have the grace of actors on the stage

We orchestrate the moves that complement the play

But the things that we believe in we just throw them away

On the surface everything's okay

We say goodnight and then we close our eyes

To drift in different worlds far from each other's sight

Dreaming of yesterday when we held each other tight

And on the surface everything's all right

What are you thinking tonight I don't know you (I don't know you)

My words disappear in the night and there's no one there to notice

Maybe our lives will never be the same

But we can face tomorrow if we can just get through today

I'm holding back the tears while you're pushing me away

But on the surface everything's okay yeah on the surface everything's okay

Real Woman lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I don't want to be a star I don't want to talk through glass

I don't want to check my appearance in your eyes

I don't need a million bucks baby it don't take much

I don't need to play the princess all the time

I want to be a real woman changing every day

I want to be a real woman real in every way I want to be a real woman

I don't want to be admired I don't want to take my smile

I don't want to use my charm to disarm you

You don't have to spin your wheels oh baby I know how that feels

You don't have to pass some test just to impress me

I want to be a real woman...

Real is how I deal with what I deal with

Real is how I feel when I know how I'm feelin'

I don't want to be a man I just want to be what I am

I don't want to hide my light so yours keeps shining

If you don't want to face the truth then you're not gonna like what I do

You're not gonna make or break me so don't start trying

I want to be a real woman...

This World lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I read about this baby she got beat up by her dad

She was nine months old and he was a full grown man

She may have been learning how to crawl and he put a fist in her face

And the doctor said this baby's gone she can't be replaced

Now you read a lot of things in the daily news

But I'm laying awake at nights wondering what to do

I pray the Lord her soul to keep cause all down here are fast asleep

But I want to say this baby belongs to me and you

So we gotta wake up this baby belongs to me and you

Everyday when I wake up in this world and it's spinning out of control

Who's at the wheel seems no one knows

We're all just like a baby frightened and so sad

Feeling beat up by someone who looks like dad

Now you read a lot of things...

So we gotta wake up this baby belongs to me and you

What We Really Want lyrics - Rosanne Cash

We tried to make ourselves pay

for something we'd never done

threw the best parts of life away

on street talk, strangers and drugs

but what we really want is love

what we really need is love

I want to call out your name

I want to hold out my hand

the woman silent in the mirror tonight

wants to talk to your mirror man

and what they really want is love

what they really need is love

We are ships in the night

the water's deep in between

the air is freezing and we can't find the light

so we sail off into our dreams

but what we really dream is love

what we really need is love

what we want is love

what we need is love

I tried to make it feel right

in someone else's world

I sat and looked out my window last night

and knew that things had changed for this girl

'cause what I really found is love

what I really feel is love

what we want is love 

what we need is love

Mirror Image lyrics - Rosanne Cash

A cold night and the wind keeps blowin' a cold heart here but no one knows it

I look at you and I see myself down that lonely road

A woman frozen and a man still on fire the crime of fear and the pain and desire

You and me and the mirror between us that begs to explode

No one feels better now no one really tries no one gets to the truth past these eyes

Old memories linger still a cup of coffee and a dollar bill

Lay on the table like a fortune waiting for us to read

But no news seeps in today the old blues decide to stay

No passion breaks this train running through my mind

No one feels better now no one really cares no one takes time to look they just stare

No one feels better now no one makes it through

No one gets past these eyes to the truth

Land Of Nightmares lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I love you till I just can't feel I need you till it makes me numb

We hang on a noose of subtle abuse like there's nothing to fear

Living in the land of nightmares

The ocean's calm outside my door the storm rages inside my head

In perfect control so no one could know I smile but I'm not even there

Living in the land of nightmares

A vision full of sound and light I think she's holding back the night

With bitter desire she stoops to conspire she is the reason I'm here

Living in the land living in the land of nightmares

I Want A Cure lyrics - Rosanne Cash

Distance makes the heart start wondering

Absence makes the anger grow

The world may just be spinning through us

And seperation lets it show

I walk away the fear and anger

I'm talking through the tears each day

I push myself to points of danger

But nothing makes it go away

[Chorus]

I want a cure

A mental, geographical cure

A physical, chemical cure

Sugar or shopping

Drinking or dropping

The emotional highs

Of my life in disguise

There's one thing for sure

I want a cure

Love seems like a fancy theory

Fame a substitute for friends

Those who love can't get near me

Those who don't are moving in

A heart is like a broken window

Pain depends on point of view

The world may just be slowly stopping

And no one knows but me and you

[Chorus]

Where no one can see me

No one knows how I'm feeling

[Chorus]

Paralyzed lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I picked up the phone, you were both on the line

Your words to each other froze me in time

A lifetime between us just burnt on the wires

Dissolved in a dial tone, consumed in your fires

Your footsteps beside me, the phone in my hand

I can't move

I can't stand

Our faces in pieces, facades on the floor

The pretense between us for a moment destroyed

I don't want to go on with these words in my heart

But the ghost of your anger will tear us apart

How my little world just went up in smoke

I'm too young

I'm too old

One day soon I'll know

One day soon I'll just let it go

I run from the bedroom with legs paralyzed

I carve out my future part prophet, part blind

It's nobody's business, no one is to blame

We'll meet in the distance, new numbers new names

I've lifted the veil, I've walked through the fire

I'll move on

I'll go higher

"King's Record Shop" (1987)

• Rosie Strike Back lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• The Way We Make A Broken Heart lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• If You Change Your Mind lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• The Real Me lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Somewhere Sometime lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Runaway Train lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Tennessee Flat Top Box lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• I Don't Have To Crawl lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone lyrics - Rosanne Cash

Rosie Strike Back lyrics - Rosanne Cash

He's a bruiser, he likes to tease you

He's a loser, you think he needs you

You always come back, you always come back for more

He winds up tight, out all night

Been drinkin' down he's looking for a fight

He knocks you down; you don't even know what for

Rosie strike back

Rosie strike back

Hit the road and never look back

You can't suffer your whole life living like that

Get goin', don't pack

Take the baby and the clothes on your back

Keep walking Rosie

Strike back

You think he's changin', weeks pass

He's angry, lies coiled like a snake in the grass

The time will come when he takes it all out on you

He throws punches, you bear with him

Don't take it on you, Rosie, don't be his victim

You can't carry the blame for what he's puttin' you through

Rosie strike back

Rosie strike back

Hit the road and never look back

You can't suffer your whole life living like that

Get goin', don't pack

Take the baby and the clothes on your back

Keep walking Rosie

Strike back

Don't take his world on your shoulder

Don't let your heart grow much colder

There's people out there who can help you

If you let them help you

Hey, Rosie

Keep walking, Rosie

Rosie strike back

Rosie strike back

Hit the road and never look back

You can't suffer your whole life living like that

Get goin', don't pack

Take the baby and the clothes on your back

Keep walking Rosie

Strike back

The Way We Make A Broken Heart lyrics - Rosanne Cash

Just one more kiss, she'll have to miss this night with you 

Now you're guilty of this secret love, as I am too 

You'll get used to telling lies, feeling sorry when she cries 

Now that the strings aren't attached, you'll catch on, we've done our part 

Oh, and this is the way we make a broken heart 

Lesson number one, we've just begun to hurt her so 

And with lesson two she'll long for you when lights are low 

And we get to lesson three when she gets down on her knees 

And begs you to stop at the door just before she comes apart 

Oh, this is the way we make a broken heart 

Now we've made a trail of tears for her to follow 

And we've thought of every line that she might swallow 

And with lesson four, there'll be no more for her to bear 

And on some dark night we'll dim the lights on this affair 

Then she'll find somebody new and he'll likely hurt her too 

'Cause there must be millions just like you and me, practiced in the art 

Oh, and this is the way we make a broken heart 

Oh, and this is the way we make a broken heart 

Ay yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi 

This is the way we make a broken heart 

Ay yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi, yi

This is the way, this is the way, this is the way, this is the way 

Oh, this is the way we make a broken heart

If You Change Your Mind lyrics - Rosanne Cash

If you change your mind

And leave the past behind

You know where you'll always find me

And if she breaks your heart

And tears your world apart

You can always count on me

And when your heart's in doubt

And things aren't working out

I can be the one who makes you happy

Call me on the telephone

Darling, I'm always home

If you ever change your mind

When the time is right

I can hold you tight

You know I can wait forever

And time is on our side

And we can surely find

All the love we'll ever need

And take a chance on this

Seal it with a kiss

I can be the one who makes you happy

Call me on the telephone

Darling, I'm always home

If you ever change your mind

All I have is love to give you

Baby, I could be there with you

If you ever change your mind

Call me on the telephone

Darling, I am always home

If you ever change your mind

The Real Me lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I don't know what you feel no more when you look in my eyes

I know I'm the same girl who walked out that door,

But I'm brand new inside,

Maybe what I'm sayin' ain't true after all,

I take it a minute at a time,

Maybe all I want is to hold you right now with no compromise,

This is the real me, breakin' down at last,

Hey, it's the real me, crawlin' out of my past,

Baby, the real me, wants the real you, so bad

The numbness overcomes me now like alcohol and fear,

And I want to crawl inside you, baby, but I don't want you near,

A woman's her own mystery, not a shadow of her man,

But I'm not a queen inside a mirror no more,

I'm not a guard to hold hand,

This is the real me, breakin' down at last,

Hey, it's the real me, crawlin' out of my past,

Baby, the real me, wants the real you, so bad

Well, I've got no answers now,

And I don't expect them of you

Thank God for second chances, baby,

Cause there's something I can give to you,

And it's the real me, breakin' down at last,

Hey, it's the real me, crawlin' out of my past,

Baby, the real me, wants the real you, so bad,

Baby, the real me, wants the real you, so bad

Somewhere Sometime lyrics - Rosanne Cash

We speak but the words we say mean nothing.

We smile but the smiles we give are wanting.

We look upon each other's eyes, no spark

No glow, no real signs, but we both know

This is all for show

Until that sometime, somewhere,

We could show the world we have each other

Sometime, somewhere we need not hide out feelings,

We just keep on believing that we both have the time together

Sometime and somewhere, our lips would be free at last

You say the words we've hungered to say

And we won't have to worry, we smile we won't say sorry

One look and we have cast our fears aside.

Sometime, that sometime will turn to forever, for all time.

Somewhere, our somewhere would not be just one place,

But everywhere

Until that sometime, somewhere,

We just have to be content with stealing glances

Somehow, content with saying nothing, smiles that are

Always wanting. Though deep inside it hurts

Because we know that our love, like love,

Is what it is, it's what we got

Our love, like love will have to wait

Until that sometime, somewhere

Runaway Train lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I'm worried about you

I'm worried about me

The curves around midnight

Aren't easy to see

Flashing red warnings

Unseen in the rain

This thing has turned into

A runaway train

Long-distance phone calls

A voice on the line

Electrical miles

That soften the time

The dynamite too

Is hooked on the wire

And so are the rails

Of American Flyers

Blind boys and gamblers

They invented the blues

Will pay up in blood

When this marker comes due

To try and get off now

It's about as insane

As those who wave lanterns

At runaway trains

Steel rails and hard lives

Are always in twos

I have been here before this

And now it's with you

I'm worried about you

I'm worried about me

We're lighting the fuses

And counting to three

And what are the choices

For those who remain

The sign of the cross

On a runaway train

This thing has turned into

A runaway train

This thing has turned into

A runaway train

Our love has turned into

A runaway train

Tennessee Flat Top Box lyrics - Rosanne Cash

In a little cabaret

In a south Texas boarder town

Sat a boy and his guitar

And the people came from all around

And all the girls

From there to Austin

Were slippin' away from home

And puttin' jewelry and hopped to take the trip

To go and listen

To the little dark-haired boy who played the

Tennessee flat top box

And he would play

Well he couldn't ride or wrangle

And he never cared to make it down

But give him his guitar

And he'd be happy all the time

And all the girls

From nine to ninety

Were snappin' fingers

Tappin' toes

And beggin' him don't stop

And hypnotized

And fascinated

By the little dark-haired boy who played the

Tennessee flat top box

And he would play

Then one day he was gone

And no one ever saw him 'round

He vanished like the breeze

They forgot him in the little town

But all the girls

Still dreamed about him

And hung around

The cabaret until the doors were locked

And then one day

On the hit parade

Was the little dark-haired boy who played the

Tennessee flat top box

And he would play

I Don't Have To Crawl lyrics - Rosanne Cash

You look at me

As if you don't know me

You talk to me

Like you've never met me

Well, I could leave you alone if I tried

If I tried I could tell you goodbye

If I wanted to I could be long gone

I don't have to play nobody's fool

And I won't make no exception of you

I don't have to crawl

I can just walk away

You call on me

As if I should run to you

You make a move as if I should follow you

Well I don't have to get down on my knees

I will not be a peasant to please you

I don't have to crawl

I can just walk away

I don't have to crawl

I don't have to crawl

Why Don't You Quit Leaving Me Alone lyrics - Rosanne Cash

It's pink and white all over and historical as Hell

F. Scott and Zelda stayed here and you and me as well

At least that's how the story goes, the porters like to tell

A cold hard rain comes falling down

It wasn't like this last time around

There's no calm center to this storm

oh baby, why don't you quit leaving me alone

There's nothing on the TV, no message on the phone

Nothing but an awful lot of nothing going on

And every radio station plays the same forsaken song

You'd think I would've had the sense to leave this place alone

Well some dreams die with dignity

They fade out clean and quietly

Some won't let you let them go

ah baby, why don't you quit leaving me alone

Same old corner bedroom, seven stories up

That overlooks the window, that overlooks the gulf

The same old sleazy porter with the after hours stuff

I think I'll kick the walls around and beat myself up

Well some dreams die with dignity

They fade out clean and quietly

Some won't let you let them go

ah baby, why don't you quit leaving me...

A cold hard rain comes pouring down

It wasn't like this last time around

There's no calm center to this storm

ah baby, why don't you quit leaving me alone

"Rhythm & Romance" (1985)

• Hold On lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Never Be You lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Second To No One lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Halfway House lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Pink Bedroom lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Never Alone lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• My Old Man lyrics - Rosanne Cash Never Gonna Hurt lyrics - Rosanne Cash
• Closing Time lyrics - Rosanne Cash

Hold On lyrics - Rosanne Cash

If you want to keep a woman like me, you got to hold on

If you want to see how good it can be, baby, hold on

All my friends think that I'm a fool

I tell you something, honey, they're not that cool

If you want to keep a woman like me, you got to hold on

If you want to know how far we can go, you got to hold on

If you take it slow then I got something to show you, baby, hold on

All those girls with their empty heads

Can't fill 'em up with the lies they've been fed

If you want to know how far I can go, you got to hold on

She'll give you reasons for her kind

You might believe it, but I'm not that blind

If you think you need a woman like me, you got to hold on

If you want to find what I've got on my mind, baby, hold on

All this small talk that keeps us apart

Is only hiding how we feel in our hearts

If you think you need a woman like me, you got to hold on

If you want to keep a woman like me, then, baby, hold on

You got to hold on (hold on)

Hold on, baby (hold on)

(Hold on)

You got to hold on (hold on)

(Hold on)

I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me lyrics - Rosanne Cash

It's the right time, you know I feel fine tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

It's the right place, I've got my new face tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

I'm in the right mood, I've got my new shoes tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

I've got my new dress, I couldn't hurt less tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

Somebody told you I was so cold and mean (who was that talking)

Somebody wants you and don't want me in between (she better start walking)

Somebody hurt you but, baby, she wasn't me

We'll find a new name for such an old game tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

I'll show you how long that I can go on tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

I don't know why you don't want me

Just when I think that I can make it without you

You come 'round and say you want me now

You tell me don't leave and I want to believe you

Why can't you see just how much I need you

Somebody told you I was so cold and mean (who was that talking)

Somebody wants you and don't want me in between (she better start walking)

Somebody hurt you but, baby, she wasn't me

Oh, it's the last chance for a romance tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

There'll be no next time if you won't be mine tonight (I don't know why you don't want me)

I don't know why you don't want me (I don't know why you don't want me)

I don't know why you don't want me (I don't know why you don't want me)

I don't know why you don't want me (I don't know why you don't want me)

Never Be You lyrics - Rosanne Cash

Take a look at my eyes

It's been a long, long time

I used to feel so strong

When I knew you were mine

But since you let me down

I'm hard to be around

I don't know what I'm gonna do

He could never be you

He could never be you

I guess it all comes around

Baby, please don't cry

Love is gonna be a little reckless

Oh, lovers all have to stand trial

Since you let me go

There's nothing going on

I don't know what I'm gonna do

He could never be you

He could never be you

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

He could never be you

He knows the rules

And he plays the part

But he only has me

He don't have my heart

He could never be you

So take a look at my eyes

No, you can't hide the truth

No, you don't get by on pride

It'll run over you

Since you let me down

I'm hard to be around

I don't know what I'm gonna do

He could never be you

He could never be you

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

He could never be you

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

He could never be you

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

Uh-uh, uh-uh, huh

He could never be you

Second To No One lyrics - Rosanne Cash

I don't want to be the sole survivor

I don't want to close it down

I don't want to know what goes on between you

Whenever I ain't around

I don't want to be the last to hear it

And I don't want to live apart

But I don't want to wear your diamond ring

If you won't give me your heart

I don't think you know how bad you treat me

But I can't live like a whore

She thinks she's got the key to your heart

Now I've got to wait by the door

If I could only learn to make you love me

I'll make you love me like I love you

If I could give you what I want to give you

I'd want to give you a heart that's true

I don't want to know how long you're leaving

And I don't want to know why

If I can't lie in your arms this evening

I'll just stay home and cry

I don't want to be second to no one

I don't want to let it be

I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow

But tonight you belong here with me

I don't know if this can last forever

'Cause I don't know what I can stand

I can love you like a man should be loved

But I can't love half a man

If I could only learn to make you love me

I'd make you love me like I love you

If I could give you what I want to give you

I'd want to give you a heart that's true

If I could only learn to make you love me

I'd make you love me like I love you

If I could give you what I want to give you

I'd want to give you a heart that's true

Halfway House lyrics - Rosanne Cash

The summer was the killer

Between our hearts and minds

Every day a drama

Dragging by in quarter time

By summer it was over

I couldn't see it through

Trying not to lose my mind

While I was leaving you

Our friends are in the halfway house

You're still on the mend

Don't know if I've changed at all

But I'm in love with you again

We're all in the halfway house

Or so it sometimes seems

Trying to find the truth inside

Instead of getting by on dreams

In summer we were blinded

We thought it couldn't last

Crying 'bout the future

And fighting 'bout the past

The summer was no bargain

And look at us today

Running from the memory of

The price we had to pay

Our friends are in the halfway house

You're still on the mend

Don't know if I've changed at all

But I'm In love with you again

We're all in the halfway house

Or so it sometimes seems

Trying to find the truth inside

Instead of getting by on dreams

We're all in the halfway house

Or so it sometimes seems

Trying to find the truth inside

Instead of getting by on dreams

We're all in the halfway house

I guess I always knew

You could give up on yourself

But I could not give up on you