B's Hot House

He calls me a storyteller

like I don't mean you no good

He thinks I'm lyin and won't stop tryin  

to talk you into something if I could

I'm not tryin to sell you nothing

I'm giving it away for free

No matter what you heard I didn't make up a word

I just tell it like it has to be

It took a long time to live it

and a longer time to learn

and what I got paid at the end of the day

is nothing that I didn't earn

Now you might not like my story

but at least I got one to tell

and people agree they like to listen to me

cause I tell my story well

You might not believe what I tell you

but it all really happened to me

I caught some hell but it came out well

you're gonna find that out eventually

So listen to my story

get comfortable my friend

there's fun I've found in sticking around

to see how the story ends

Meet me darlin where the five roads cross the Main

I want you to meet me darlin where the five roads cross the Main

and we might go together, or we might never meet again

Let's try it baby, let's go travelin' side by side

Let's try it baby, let's go travelin' side by side

Don't know where we're headed, but I like the company on the ride

We'll help each other, when we don't know which way to go

We'll help each other, make our minds up don't you know

Gonna have a lot of choices, look down each and every road

You might go your way darlin, and then again I might go mine

You might go your way darlin, and then again I might go mine

but if we don't go together, it won't be for lack of tryin'

Time with you is like a great big beautiful meal

and the sweet dessert’s the very best part of the deal

But one thing you do makes me wonder if you’re being a liar

why you gotta feed me another piece of razor wire?

You’re sweet to the tooth but I know before I’m done

I’m gonna feel that razor wire cutting against my tongue

Why can't you just be my one desire?

You always gotta feed me another piece of razor wire

Razor wire don’t care who it’s cuttin’ through

razor wire’s just there to make things hard on me and you

Look at your hands, that blood ain’t mine

grab onto that razor wire, it just make you blind   

Might not feel it now, but our world’s on fire

and you keep feedin’ me another piece of razor wire     

Try one, you'll want another

try one, you'll want to take it further

try one, and you will see

you just can't let them be

Try one, and you'll want one more

try one, you'll want another one for sure

try one, and you're gonna know

you just can't let them go

First one's so good, you just can't believe it

never realized how good it could be

you got a need, only this can relieve it

best thing about it is the first one's free

Try one, you've got yourself a habit

all you think about is you've got to have it

Try one, and you will know

it just won't let you go.

You lie about this – lie about that

you know lyin' like a – hog knows fat

You treat the truth like it – don't mean a thing

and you can lie faster than a – hummingbird's wing

Don't fool with the truth, truth is bigger than you

You won't admit it – but the fact is

you tell a lie just to – keep in practice

You got no shame – that's a part of your act

swear on the Bible, then you – take it back

Don't fool with the truth, truth is bigger than you

You think it was easy – you got all of us fooled

and we're the kind of people who just – want to be ruled

We dozed off when you told us – what's real is fake

but sooner or later – sleepers gonna wake

Don't fool with the truth, truth is bigger than you

You think we believe you – beyond any doubt

but somebody gonna tell on you – you gonna get found out

You can't kill it with poison – can't stop the seed

it's gonna keep comin' back – just like a weed

Don't fool with the truth, truth much bigger than you.

Give me that look, like you're liking what you see

Give me that look, like you're liking what you see

Give me that look now darlin', like you're only seeing me

Give me that smile like you just tasted something sweet

Give me that smile like you just tasted something sweet

It gives me a funny feeling l must be good enough to eat

Give me that touch, bring an old man back to life

Give me that touch, bring an old man back to life

Give me that touch now baby, make a husband forget his wife

Give me that kiss, like you want the world to end

Give me that kiss, like you want the world to end

You know I don't mind it darlin', long as we're together until then

I was having some fun at the County Fair

the pigs and the chickens and the people were there

I was taking my time and wandering all around

there were cotton candy wrappers all over the ground

I got a craving for something sweet

I wasn't hungry but I had to have a treat

I started looking but I couldn't find one

A fine looking woman stopped me on my way

She had a fresh batch of cookies sitting on a tray

She smiled at me and then she gave me a wink

She said “Try one of these and tell me what you think”

I picked it up, I took a bite

I could eat a dozen easy every night

I looked around and the girl was gone

I started searching for her everywhere

No one remembered she was ever there

I tried to describe what her cookie was like

Everybody said “you're crazy, go take a hike”

I got to find her, where did she go

I had a bite but I got to have some more

I kept looking but the girl was gone

Now the Fair is over it's an empty lawn

the pigs and the chickens and the people are gone

But I'm still looking and it's driving me mad

that was the best damn cookie that I ever had

It isn't fair, why did she go

I got a feeling that I'm never gonna know

I keep looking but the girl is gone

Oh girl, they can't keep me from dreaming

though our day may never come

All this time and distance between us

and what I see in you may just be wrong

but girl, still I keep dreaming

seems like dreaming is all that I do

Until we can find a way

to be together some sunny day

Gonna keep on dreaming, little girl

bout me and you

Oh girl, I can't stop hoping

though my hopes have come to nothing before

But I feel like    this time is different

there's a chance we could have so much more

So girl, I keep on hoping

cause only hoping can see me through

Until we can find a way

to be together some sunny day

Gotta keep on hoping my darling

bout me and you

No girl, they can't keep me from dreaming

let them tell me our chances are few

When they warn me the world is against us

can't change my mind like they're tryin' to do

No girl, they can't keep me from dreaming

'cause a sweet dream costs nothing it's true

Until we can find a way

to be together some sunny day

Gonna keep on dreaming, little girl 

bout me and you

Walking down the street worried we might meet

I try to cover my eyes but it's no surprise

I see you there

I try to walk away, there's nothing left to say

I see you there

I go out walking at night and under every light

there's couples hanging on till the moment is gone

I see you there

Doing all that you can with man after man

I see you there

You won't leave me alone, when I try to go home

when I close my door, don't want to see any more,

I see you there

I stick my nose in a book but everywhere I look

I see you there

I try to hide in my dreams where nothing's like it seems

but it's just not fair, you come from out of nowhere

I see you there

You won't let me be, I can't ever get free

I see you there

It might be a losing game, but I ain’t changing

Maybe I should be ashamed, but I ain’t changing

Made up my mind a long time ago,

I ain’t gonna make it up no more

It don’t matter what you’re for, I ain’t changing

It might be good for me, but I ain’t changing

You ain’t about to make me see, and I ain’t changing

Your gums are flappin’ me half to death

You might as well go on and save your breath

an give that line a rest, ‘cause I ain’t changing

Don’t bother puttin’ that spin on it

like you’re offering me some help

‘Cause you ain’t foolin’ me one bit

You’re just lookin’ out for yourself

This is nothin’ but a waste of time, I ain’t changing

My ideas ain’t exactly mine, but I ain’t changing

I can tell a veggie burger from a steak

I can tell a real one from a fake

I make all my own mistakes, I ain’t changing

You don't know lonesome if you don't know me

like the very last leaf that's left on the tree

like the very last smile when it drifts from a face

or the last candle as it melts into place

There's so many kinds of lonesome to be

But you don't know lonesome if you don't know me

Now you've been abandoned, somebody left you for dead

and you've heard those voices goin' on in your head

they say you won't make it, you're just not good enough

and nobody loves you, you ain't got the right stuff

It's like you're in prison, and you'll never get free

But you don't know lonesome if you don't know me

I got no way of knowin' all you've been through

and you've got every right to feel just like you do

you feel like nobody's been through it before

but bad as you're hurtin', you can always hurt more

I got so many wounds that you'll never see

And you don't know lonesome if you don't know me

I got a dog, I keep him inside

cause if I let him out, he gonna go hog wild

If my dog get out, he gonna run to you

and he gonna do what any dog'll do

Now you got a dog, the same as me

and what's gonna happen if your dog get free?

Your dog gonna run all over town

just might end up in a big 'ol pound

There's a dog in me, and a dog in you

don't have to let 'em out if we don't want to

We got a few rules that we can instill

we can train those dogs and make 'em do our will

Then your dog gonna mind what you tell her to do

My dog gonna find he gonna mind me too

Then I'll have a good dog, aw just like you

and we can let 'em do what dogs wanna do

what dogs wanna do

what dogs wanna do

It's great to take the car for a spin

to places that we've never been

The world is wide and there's so much to do

But after all the traveling is through

all I really want is me and you

just talking in a room

talking in a room

I like to spend some time with friends

it's always good to see them again

Nobody knows us half as well, it's true

But once our get-togethers    are through

what I really want is me and you

just talking in a room

talking in a room

Now kissing doesn't wear us out

and loving makes me want to shout

the whole wide world oughta hear about us too

But after all the loving is through

all I really want is me and you

just talking in a room

talking in a room

Of all the kinds of living I know

together is the way to go

We'll keep each other company, it's true

And after our living is through

all I really want is me and you

just talking in a room

talking in a room

Now my body's changing on me, it don't want to run no more

My body's changing on me, don't want to run no more

I tell it let's get going, but my back and knees are saying no

I never asked for nothing, from anybody else

Never asked for nothing, always relied on myself

but I know the day is coming, I'm gonna need somebody's help

But my friends are disappearing, they don't come around like before

my friends are disappearing, don't come around like before

They all say they're too busy, just can't make it any more

I thought I'd have a woman by this time in my life

Thought I'd have a woman, by this time in my life

But I passed up one too many, and now I'll never have a wife

The days are so lonely, lord and the nights are so cold

Days are so lonely, lord and the nights are so cold

I shoulda thought about the future, or died before I got this old

I have to be an old man, I'm coming to the end of my days

I have to be an old man, I'm coming to the end of my days

but time has made a fool of me, I thought that I'd be young always