John Hiatt's sales have never quite matched his reputation. Hiatt's songs were covered successfully by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Dr. Feelgood to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and the Neville Brothers, yet it took him 13 years to reach the charts himself. Of course, it nearly took him that long to find his own style. Hiatt began his solo career in 1974, and over the next decade he ran through a number of different styles from rock & roll to new wave pop before he finally settled on a rootsy fusion of rock & roll, country, blues, and folk with his 1987 album Bring the Family.
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Angel Eyes Lyrics
John Hiatt
Girl, youre looking fine tonight
And every fellas got you in his sights
What youre doing with a clown like me
Is surely one of lifes little mysteries
Chorus:
So tonight Ill ask the stars above
How did I ever win your love?
What did I do, what did I say
To turn your angel eyes my way?
Well Im the guy who never learned to dance
I never even got one second glance
Across the crowded room, that was close enough
I could look, but I could never touch
Chorus
Dont anybody wake me if this is a dream
cause she is the best thing thats ever happened to me
All you fellas you can but look all you like
But this girl you see, shes leaving with me tonight
And theres just one more thing I need to know
If this is love then why does it scare me so
Must be something only you can see
But girl, I feel it when you look at me
Chorus
What did I do, what did I say
To turn your angel eyes my way?