Alright Tonight

(john hiatt)

Chorus:

Im alright tonight

Im alright

Youre alright tonight

Youre alright

Were alright tonight

Its alright tonight

You came down

A twisted up road

Youve been traveling

For light years

You got here the same time

Those tears found their way

Down your face

I fought with the laws tooth

And nail

And I traveled

By night, dear

Youre a sight for sore eyes

Ive been looking

All over the place

Up where the angels sigh

Down there the dreams get

Smashed on the rocks

You and i

Wait to begin again

Lifted above by a love

That does not end

Chorus

You picked up some

Pieces of light

As you broke through

The speed of sound

I was rockin around

In my own

Two-dimensional way

Now when I hear

That jet engine blow

Then I know you are

Leaving town

Baby, Id follow you

To the edge of it all, anyway

Up where the kingdom comes

Down where the streets

Take the breath

Of another young gun

Love is a whispered prayer

Shot like a spark

Though the heart

Of dark despair

Chorus

I dont regret

Any nineteen-year-old

Indiscretions

I can still fit both my feet

In my mouth, anyway

But these days Im just not as

Willing to nurse

The obsession

If the doc says

Ive got to come out

Then Im happy to pay

Chorus to fade