Americký zpěvák, kytarista (navíc klávesista) a skladatel, původem z Indianapolis (nar. 1952). Především jako skladatel vysoce ceněn. Jeho skladby interpretovali m.j. Iggy Pop, Dr. Feelgood, Searchers, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Nick Lowe. Stylově...

Píseň: Marianne

Interpret:
John Hiatt
Album:
All Of A Sudden
Oh, Marianne
Please don't marry that insurance man


I just saw your picture in the paper
Surrounded by extensive wedding plans
Tell me this is just one of your capers
Say you haven't met with their demands


[Chorus:]
Oh, Marianne
Love talks cheap and faster than I can
Oh, Marianne
Please don't marry that insurance man


I can't see you packing up his lunches
I can't see you diapering his son
You're the girl who always played her hunches
So how'd you figure out that this was one


[Chorus]


I'm not saying I grew up in love with you
I'm sayin', "Why grow up at all?"


So tell that Hoosier boy to put on clean socks
And the finest double-knits that he can wear
'Cause when that invitation hits my mailbox
I'll see you at his funeral, my dear


[Chorus]