Cracked Rear View (1994)

• Hannah Jane
• Hold My Hand
• Let Her Cry
• Only Wanna Be With You
• Running From An Angel
• I'm Going Home
• Drowning
• Time
• Look Away
• Not Even The Trees
• Goodbye 

Hannah Jane lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

You got your big girl

Now you've got your young one too

Wondering if some day I could have them

the way I once had you

I remember your crazy remarks

We'd get drunk and go out after dark

Searching for someone we could take home

[Chorus:]

You don't wanna be alone

You don't want to see the sun go down

You don't wanna open the door and see her go

One step and tomorrow comes

Two steps and she's off with someone

Three steps and it's all you know

You'll be gone, she'll be gone

So what are you gonna do about me

I'll be there when you have no one else

I'll be there, be your friend

Hold on strong, don't let go

There will never be no one to take your place

So don't you want to reach out and take my hand

[Repeat chorus]

Hold My Hand lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

With a little love, and some tenderness

We'll walk upon the water

We'll rise above this mess

With a little peace, and some harmony

We'll take the world together

We'll take 'em by the hand

'Cause I've got a hand for you

'Cause I wanna run with you

Yesterday, I saw you standing there

Your head was down, your eyes were red

No comb had touched your hair

I said get up, and let me see you smile

We'll take a walk together

Walk the road awhile, 'cause

'Cause I've got a hand for you

I've got a hand for you

'Cause I wanna run with you

Won't you let me run with you? yeah

Hold my hand

Want you to hold my hand

Hold my hand

I'll take you to a place where you can be

Hold my hand

Anything you wanna be because

I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can

See I was wasted, and I was wasting time

'Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes

Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud

I don't wanna be part of your problems

Don't wanna be part of your crowd, no

'Cause I've got a hand for you

I've got a hand for you

'Cause I wanna run with you

Ah, won't you let me run with you?

Hold my hand

Want you to hold my hand

Hold my hand

I'll take you to the promised land

Hold my hand

Maybe we can't change the world but

I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can, yeah

Hold my hand

Want you to hold my hand

Hold my hand

I'll take you to a place where you can be

Hold my hand

Anything you wanna be because

I...Oh...No, No, No, No, No

Hold my hand

Want you to hold my hand

Hold my hand

I'll take you to the promised land

Hold my hand

Maybe we can't change the world but

I wanna love you the best that, best that I can

Oh, The best that I can

Let Her Cry lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

She sits alone

By a lamp post

Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind

She says Dar's the one

I love the most

But Stipe's not far behind

She never lets me in

Only tell me where's she's been

When she's had too much to drink

I say that I don't care

I just run my hands through her dark hair

Then I pray to God you gotta help me fly away and just...

Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain

Let her sing, if it eases all her pain

Let her go, let her walk right out on me

And if the sun comes up tomorrow

Let her be, let her be.

This morning I woke up alone

Found a note standin' by the phone

Saying maybe, maybe I'll be back some day

I wanted to look for you

You walked in

I didn't know just what I should do

So I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for myself saying...

Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain

Let her sing, if it eases all her pain

Let her go, let her walk right out on me

And if the sun comes up tomorrow

Let her be, let her be.

[Solo]

Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain

Let her sing, if it eases all her pain

Let her go, let her walk right out on me

And if the sun comes up tomorrow

Let her be, oh, oh.

Last night I tried to leave

Cried so much I could not believe

She was the same girl I fell in love with long ago

She went in the back to get high

I sat down on my couch and cried

Yelling oh mama please help me

Won't you hold my hand and...

Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain

Let her sing, if it eases all her pain

Let her go, let her walk right out on me

And if the sun comes up tomorrow

Let her be, oh, oh.

Let her cry, if the tears fall down like rain

Let her sing, if it eases all her pain

Let her go, let her walk right out on me

And if the sun comes up tomorrow

Let her be, oh, let her be.

Only Wanna Be With You lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

You and me

We come from different worlds

You like to laugh at me

When I look at other girls

Sometimes you're crazy

And you wonder why

I'm such a baby

'Cause the Dolphins make me cry

Well, there's nothing I can do

I've been looking for a girl like you

You look at me, you got nothing left to say

I'm gonna pout at you until I get my way

I won't dance, you won't sing

I just wanna love you, but you wanna wear my ring

Well, there's nothing I can do

I only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool

I only wanna be with you

Put on a little Dylan

Sitting on a fence

I say, "That line is great."

You ask me what it meant by

"Said I shot a man named Gray

Took his wife to Italy

She inherited a million bucks

And when she died it came to me

I can't help it if I'm lucky"

I only wanna be with you

Ain't Bobby so cool?

I only wanna be with you

Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue

I only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool

Only wanna be with you

Sometimes I wonder if it will ever end

You get so mad at me when I go out with my friends

Sometimes you're crazy

And you wonder why

I'm such a baby, yeah

The Dolphins make me cry

Well, there's nothing I can do

Only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool

I only wanna be with you

Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue

I only wanna be with you

I only wanna be with you

I only wanna be with you

I only wanna be with you

Running From An Angel lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Come on try and tell me what you're talkin about

Those things you're dealing with, you're living a lie

Every time I see you it makes me wanna cry

Sometimes we'd laugh and talk, seems like yesterday

Then you let the white horse come and take you away

They came to get you, it was cold and black

The wheels were in motion, there was no turning back

[Chorus:]

Running from and angel, runnin to the devil

I looked up to you a long time ago

But there's something I want you to know

Your lying and cheating really tore us apart

Please don't come home if you're gonna break my momma's heart

[Chorus]

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[Chorus]

[Ad lib (over outro)]

I'm Going Home lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

Mama please don't go

Won't you stay here for one more day

I've been your boy for so long now

There's so much I still have to say

Sky rips open, and I hold my heart in my hand

Like a soldier on his very last day

Cried myself to sleep that night, and I listened

As I heard the angels sing

[Chorus:]

Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.

Sha la la la Sha la la la, I'm going home.

Something inside makes me scream

How could God take you from a little boy

He'll be alright, he's by my side

He's no little boy, he's my pride and joy

[Repeat chorus]

Summer on the radio and the phone rings

And it was Jeanette

She said boy we had to let her go

I begged her no, no not yet

You left six of us to fend for ourselves

I guess it's part of someone's master plan

I see you laughing, you're my best friend

You're the light of the lamb, and I cried

as the angels sing

[Repeat chorus twice]

Drowning lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

Trouble with the world is we're too busy to think about it, all right

Why is there a rebel flag hanging from the state house walls?

Tired of hearin' this shit about heritage not hate

Time to make the world a better place

Why must we hate one another?

Well no matter what we gotta live together

Just that you don't look like me, tell me what do you see

When we pass on the street what do you wanna see

P.E.'s coming is all I gotta say

Wanna turn and run away

They're just telling you how they see it

Right or wrong they don't care, you wish that they would quit

[chorus:]

Drowning in a sea of tears

Hatred trying to hide your fears

Living only for yourself

Hating everybody else

Cause they don't look like you

Nanci singing it's a hard life wherever you go

About some fat racist living in Chicago

Trying to teach his kids to hate everyone

Well tell me why is that something you wanna teach your son?

Why must we hate one another?

When the people in the church, they tell me you're my brother

You don't walk like me, ... you don't talk like me, saying

Go back to Africa, I just don't understand

[chorus]

I'm trying to be someone that he could look up to, but

When I walk down the street, tell me what do you see

I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man

No I'm not like you

Why do you hate me so

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know

Hating everybody else cause they don't look like you

Time lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

Time, why you punish me?

Like a wave crashing into the shore

You wash away my dreams

Time, why you walk away?

Like a friend with somewhere to go

You left me crying

Can you teach me about tomorrow

And all the pain and sorrow

Running free?

'Cause tomorrow's just another day

And I don't believe in time

Time, I don't understand

Children killing in the street

Dying for the color of a rag

Time, take their red and blue

Wash them in the ocean, make them clean

Maybe their mothers won't cry tonight

Can you teach me about tomorrow

And all the pain and sorrow

Running free?

But tomorrow's just another day

And I don't believe in

Time is wasting

Time is walking

You ain't no friend of mine

I don't know where I'm goin'

I think I'm out of my mind

Thinking about time

If I die tomorrow, yeah

Just lay me down to sleep

Time is wasting

Time is walking

You ain't no friend of mine

I don't know where I'm goin'

I think I'm out of my mind

Thinking about time

Time, you left me standing there

Like a tree growing all alone

The wind just stripped me bare, stripped me bare

Time, the past has come and gone

The future's far away

Now only lasts for one second, one second

Can you teach me about tomorrow

And all the pain and sorrow

Running free?

'Cause tomorrow's just another day

And I don't believe in time

Time, you ain't no friend of mine

I don't know where I'm goin'

I think I'm outta my mind

Walkin', wastin' you ain't no friend of mine

I don't know where I'm goin' oh no, no, no

Time without courage

And power without faith

Is just wasted, wasted, wasted time

Time, why you punish me?

Look Away lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

I saw her standing there

Tears upon her cheek told me something was wrong

I asked her what it was

She looked away and said my daddy's home.

I knew what that meant

It meant that I could never see her again

I had seen this once before

I didn't wanna deal with it anymore

Look away she said, as she turned to me

And when I tried to hold her, I couldn't let her be

Let her be, Let her be

I said why, why do you make me cry

She said I love you so, Look away I don't wanna know

I saw her standing there

Tears upon her cheek told me something's wrong

I said what baby

she looked away and said my daddy's home

Look away she said, and she turned to me

but darling, oh I loved her, couldn't let her be

Let her be, Let her be

Look away, she said I love you so, Look Away.

Not Even The Trees lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

Alone as I sit and watch the trees

Won't you tell me if I scream will they bend down and listen to me

And it makes me wonder if I know the words will you come

Or will you laugh at me

Or will I run

Little boy says to me,

"Where you goin' now son"

I said, "I don't know where I'm goin' boy

I only know where I'm from"

And it makes me wonder

If the stars shine when my eyes close

Or does my brothers heart cry

I don't know

I'm a stranger in my home

Now that everybody's gone

Someone please talk to me

Cause I feel you cry

And you're sitting with him

And I know I'll never see you again

Lying down in Charleston under the Carolina sky

You see I'm tired of feeling this pain

I'm tired of living my own little lie

And it makes me wonder

When I see you in my dreams

Does it mean anything

Are you trying to talk to me

I'm a stranger in my home

Tell me are you feeling alone

Someone tell me what to do

'Cause I'm feeling strong

And I wonder how you feel

Do you realize my pain is for real

I see you in my dreams

And I wonder if you're looking down at me

And smiling right now

I wanna know if it's true

When he looks at me

Won't you tell me

Does he realize he came down here

And he took you too soon

And now my days are short an my nights are long

I lay down with memories of you keep that keep me going on, going on

It makes me wonder as I sit and stare

Will I see your face again

Tell me, do you care

I'm a stranger in my home

Living life on my own

Right now I just can't see

'Cause i'm feeling weak

And my sould begins to bleed

And no one is listening to me, not even the trees

Won't Be Home For Christmas lyrics - Won't Be Home For Christmas

Dear Santa Claus

I write to you because

I don't want toys this year

I just want my daddy here

He's gone to fight in the war

He's a Sgt. in the Corp

My mommy says he makes

The world a safer place

But I'm scared for him now 'cause he's not coming home for Christmas

We will talk on the phone but he won't be home for Christmas

Season's greetings flow across the radio

Dear family, hang in there with me

It's hard to rest at ease this Christmas overseas

Artificial green and red the blood we've seen

We have God on our side, but we won't be home for Christmas

When the fighting subsides all the angels will sing

Sha la la la, Sha la la la

'Til then tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ol' Christmas tree

'Cause I'm not coming home, no I won't be home for Christmas

Freedom's why we're here

Freedom from our fear

Isn't anybody free that let's another be

I pray your angels around those who won't be home for Christmas

And everybody will sing for the birth of the king

Sha la la la

Sha la la la

And if it's this time next year, and we're still here

Let an angel appear

Where the dust never clears

'Cause I'm not comin' home oh, I wanna go home

Sha la la la

Sha la la la

'Til then tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ol' Christmas tree

'Cause I'm not coming home,oh I wanna come home for Christmas

Goodbye lyrics - Hootie & The Blowfish

Tomorrow used to be a day away
Now love is gone and you're into someone far away.
I never thought the day would come
When I would see his hand, not mine,
holding onto yours because I could not find the time.
Now I can't deny
nothing lasts forever
I don't want to leave
and I see the tear drops in your eyes
I don't want to live to see the day we say goodbye
Now there comes another part of life that I call alone
sitting at a bar with Chris
and I can't leave 'cause my house ain't no home, no.
I just wanna touch you girl
I wanna feel you close to me
Without your love I would give up now
and walk away so easily.
So maybe while you're young
We'll figure out together
that even with the pain, there's a remedy
and we'll be all right
I don't want to live to see the day we say goodbye.
When I first met you I couldn't love anyone
but you stole my dreams and you made me see
that I can walk under the sun
and I can still be me
and now I can't deny nothing lasts forever.
But I don't want to leave and see the teardrops in your eyes
So baby while we're young let's figure out together
that even with the pain there's a remedy
and we'll be all right.
I don't want to live to see the day we say goodbye,
we say goodbye, oh goodbye, goodbye.