Heart Of Saturday Night- Shawn Colvin

well you gassed her up
behind the wheel
with your arm around your sweet one
in your oldsmobile
barrelin' down the boulevard
you're looking for the heart of saturday night

and you got paid on friday
and your pockets are jinglin'
and you see the lights
you get all tinglin' cause you're cruisin' with a 6
and you're looking for the heart of saturday night

then you comb your hair
shave your face
tryin' to wipe out ev'ry trace
all the other days
in the week you know that this'll be the saturday
you're reachin' your peak

stoppin' on the red
you're goin' on the green
'cause tonight'll be like nothin'
you've ever seen
and you're barrelin' down the boulevard
lookin' for the heart of saturday night

tell me is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?
telephone's ringin'; it's your second cousin
is it the barmaid that's smilin' from the corner of her eye?
magic of the melancholy tear in your eye.

makes it kind of quiver down in the core
'cause you're dreamin' of them saturdays that came before
and now you're stumblin'
you're stumblin' onto the heart of saturday night

well you gassed her up
and you're behind the wheel
with your arm around your sweet one
in your oldsmobile
barrellin' down the boulevard,
you're lookin' for the heart of saturday night

is the crack of the poolballs, neon buzzin?
telephone's ringin'; it's your second cousin
and the barmaid is smilin' from the corner of her eye
magic of the melancholy tear in your eye.

makes it kind of special down in the core
and you're dreamin' of them saturdays that came before
it's found you stumblin'
stumblin' onto the heart of saturday night
and you're stumblin'
stumblin onto the heart of saturday night

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• Of
• Saturday
• Night

[treadlightlynow]

almost like it was written for her ...

[glennrigby]

Thanks for posting, haunting cover of a great tune.

[echadmeir]

Her version of this song is one of the most tender and haunting (and compassionate) things I've ever heard.

[ZZZZAS]

How often do you hear an SC song thinking about all the shit that must be from the studio ...then you hear he applause and realize it's another live solo performance and that everything she's ever done sounds that good? AFUCKINGMAZING!!! wONDER IF tOM wAITS LOVES SHAWN cOLVIN cause now we know where the HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT lives...SOUL too....Austin, Texas....

[sawKO857]

the note she spikes at the end is painfull and powerfull!!