Slow Turning

Album: Slow Turning (1988)
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  • When I was a boy,
    I thought it just came to ya'
    But I never could tell what's mine
    So it didn't matter anyway

    My only pride and joy
    Was this racket down here
    Bangin' on an old guitar
    And singin' what I had to say

    I always thought our house was haunted
    But nobody said boo to me
    I never did get what I wanted
    Now I get what I need

    It's been a slow turnin'
    From the inside out
    A slow turnin'
    But you come about

    Slow learnin'
    But you learn to sway
    A slow turnin' baby
    Not fade away

    Now I'm in my car
    I got the radio on
    I'm yellin' at the kids in the back seat
    'Cause they're bangin' like Charlie Watts

    You think you've come so far
    In this one horse town
    Then she's laughin' that crazy laugh
    'Cause you haven't left the parkin' lot

    Time is short and here's the damn thing about it
    You're gonna die, gonna die for sure
    And you can learn to life with love or without it
    But there ain't no cure

    There's just a slow turnin'
    From the inside out
    A slow turnin'
    But you come about Writer/s: JOHN HIATT
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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