Bonnie Raitt's lyrics
Bonnie Lynn Raitt is a blues singer-songwriter, musician, and activist. She was born on 8 November 1949 in Burbank, California to Broadway musical star John Raitt and his pianist wife Marjorie Haydock. Further information about her can be found in my blog entry, the page on Illustrious Raitts (under Entertainers), and the page on Bovina Raitts since her ancestors came from Scotland via New York. And, of course, her own website.
Nick of Time
A friend of mine she cries at night,
And she calls me on the phone
Sees babies everywhere she goes
And she wants one of her own.
She's waited long enough she says
And still she can't decide
Pretty soon she'll have to choose and it tears her up inside
She's scared, scared she'll run out of time.
I see my folks, they're getting old,
And I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me,
And it makes us both feel strange
No matter how you tell yourself,
It's what we all go through
Those eyes are pretty hard to take when they're staring' back at you.
Scared to run out of time.
[Chorus]
When did the choices get so hard?
With so much more at stake.
Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.
Hummmm
Scared to run out of time.
Just when I thought I'd had enough
And all my tears were shed
No promise left unbroken,
There were no painful words unsaid.
You came along and showed me
How to leave it all behind
You opened up my heart again and then much to my surprise.
I found love, baby,
Love in the nick of time.
I found love, darling,
Love in the nick of time
I found love, baby,
Love in the nick of time.
I Can't Make You Love Me
Turn down the lights;
Turn down the bed.
Turn down these voices
Inside my head.
Lay down with me;
Tell me no lies.
Just hold me close;
Don't patronize.
Don't patronize me.
[Chorus:]
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.
You can't make your heart feel
Something it won't.
Here in the dark
In these final hours,
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power;
But you won't.
No, you won't.
'Cuz I can't make you love me
If you don't.
I'll close my eyes,
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me.
Morning will come,
And I'll do what's right;
Just give me till then
To give up this fight.
And I will give up this fight.
[Chorus]
Luck Of The Draw
You dust the bottles on the bar counter
You're writing screenplays on the side
Three nights a week can keep a girl workin'
Sometimes it's good to lose your pride
These things we do to keep the flame burnin'
And write our fire in the sky
Another day to see the wheel turnin'
Another avenue to try
It's in the luck of the draw, baby
The natural law
Forget those movies you saw, little baby
It's in the luck of the draw
The natural law
(Flame keep on burnin')
Forget those movies you saw, little baby
(Wheel ever turnin')
You turn around and say, it's last orders
You fix the ribbon in your hair
Tomorrow's letter by the hall doorway
Could be the answer to your prayers
These things we do to keep the flame burnin'
And write our fire in the sky
Another day to see the wheel turnin'
Another avenue to try
It's in the luck of the draw, baby
The natural law
Forget those movies you saw, little baby
It's in the luck of the draw
The natural law
(Flame keep on burnin')
Forget those movies you saw, little baby
(Wheel ever turnin')
These things we do to keep the flame burnin'
And write our fire in the sky
Another day to see the wheel turnin'
Another avenue to try
It's in the luck of the draw, baby
The natural law
Forget those movies you saw, little baby
It's in the luck of the draw
The natural law
(Flame keep on burnin')
Forget those movies you saw, little baby
(Wheel ever turnin')
It's in the luck of the draw
(Flame keep on burnin')
The natural law
(Wheel ever turnin')
