posted July 24, 2005 10:56 AM         

Lets Give them Something to Talk about

People are talking, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing something we don't, Darlin'.

I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous,
Could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'.

Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?

posted July 24, 2005 12:06 PM         

Bonnie has been one of my faves for 30 years! My favorite album? Give It Up. Here's something from it:

Love me like a man
(Chris Smither, Lyrics adapted by Bonnie Raitt)
Poppy Music/Homoculus Music -ASCAP

These men that I've been seeing baby
they got their souls up on a shelf
you know they could never love me
cuz they can't even love themselves

But I want someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Who won't put himself above me
Who can just love me like a man

I never seen such losers darlin
even though I tried to
Find a man who could take me home
instead of taking me for a ride

Because I need someone to love me
Darlin I know you can
Believe it when I tell you
you can love me like a man

Oh they want me to rock them
like my back ain't got no bone
I want a man to rock me
like my backbone was his own
Honey I know you can
Believe it when I tell you
You can love me like a man

I come home sad and lonely
Feel like I wanna cry
I want a man to hold me
not some fool to ask my why

'Cause I need someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Don't put yourself above me baby
Just love me like a man

posted July 24, 2005 01:24 PM         

7. Have a heart
(Bonnie Hayes)

Hey!
Shut up.
Don't lie to me.
Hey!
Mister, how do you do.
Oh pardon me I thought I knew you.
Would you stand back baby 'cause I want to get a better look.
The big man who couldn't handle the little bit of love you took.

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.

Oh darling, I love you so.
I told you yes, and then you told me no.
Baby, how can you say
You should be free and I should pay and pay
And you talk and talk about you and what you need
But sooner or later your love is gonna make me bleed.

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh, Oh.

Talk on, talk on, but love is what you need.
And sooner or later that love is gonna make you bleed.

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
But don't you run away baby.