Shallow DaysMary Jane says it's all right She's just around the corner from the main light. Any day now, it's all right She's standing on the precipice of big time. And I know I'm a little uptight, I've got to go before the sun shines. We're just a couple small people squeezing out a life, We need a little good time. It's not far from the edge, Mary comes and goes. Drifting through the scenery of the shallow days below, That is anybody knows. You follow trains out of town and they vanish somewhere under the horizon. Yeah well I saw Mary Jane dragged her shadow down the tracks, Stare off in the distance. It's not far from here, Mary waves hello. Smiling though she's sinking in the shallow days below, I can't find a way out of here. Out on the road again, I'm much, much too concerned about Mary Jane. I'm all alone again, I like what she said, not what it means. She leaves me drowning through the shallow days, down below. You know I heard a band playing waltzes in a grange hall The sun is sinking lower. People staring, Mary Jane humming softly to herself, Nobody really knows her. Any day now it's all right, She tells herself that this will be the last time. Mary Jane pulls her hair back and wonders what she'll do with all her free time. Not too far from here, Mary turns to go. Smiling while the waltz begins, dancing down the road Hey hey Mr. Freedom, What are we supposed to think? 'Cause I'm a very tiny person and it worries me. I'm all alone again, I like what she says, not what it means. She leaves me drowning in the shallow days way down below. "I'm sorry", she said, "I know it's not the kind of thing you want." I'm falling, falling down. "I'm sorry", she said. "I know I'm not the kind of girl you want." We're falling, falling, falling, falling down. Countingcrows Index Margery Dreams Of HorsesIn the still water she lies down Shaking in the press of sunlight We rolled into Lexington She shakes off the drop of daylight Water beading up her chest Bleeding down between her knees Rivers in Kentucky flow Between the bluegrass wavy seas But oh, Margery Twists the knife once more inside of me Breathless with anticipation Baited reelers set their hooks Tuck their heads beneath the high grass And lie and wait beside the brooks Were infants pushing slowly through Frustration leading back along The alleys of a childhood That will not release us willingly But oh, Margery ..sticks the knife in while I couldn't see (strait into me baby) Dust me off and shut me down And dream of where I haven't been Close the door inside my heart Stuck in the south Atlantic wind I have hollow eyes Haunting only to myself Even so, I can't stop calling These great big hollows in my self I took the train form California To the far side of the continent Woke up in Kentucky Where a wedding was about to end I looked up at Anna She turned back to look at me It's best to kill the ones that matter Render blind the ones who see But oh, Margery Takes the blade and walks away from me Oh, Margery Love like blood is pouring out of me Oh, Margery My heart won't stop bleeding over me baby Oh, I can't shut it in It's got far too many doors to block the wind Oh, I can't shut it in It's got far too many doors to block the wind Countingcrows Index Open All NightExit 8 Small cafe Georgia moonlight It's three a.m. I've been driving all night Got a funny air Red-brown hair In the porch light She said 'We're open all night So won't you come inside It's gonna be all right' She said tired I said I'm a little bit unstable She said 'Honey, I will help you if I'm able There's a bottle of relief upon the table And we're open all night So won't you come inside It's gonna be all right' She said 'I was born the year the rockets landed Circa 1969 and I got stranded Yeah, but the comet's getting close And I can't stand it.' She said 'We're open all night So won't you come inside Exit A Small cafe Smoke at three Georgia moonlight It's eight a.m. I've been drinking all night And there is nothing I will not do to make it all right She said 'We're open all night So won't you come inside It's gonna be all right' Countingcrows Index Were Only LoveWho built the ball that is this earth? Gave me life, and water for my thirst. Home for a heart till death from birth And we're only love, at it's best or worst. Love calling your name I will live on Calling your name Who wrote the pages of our lives? In black and white, and taught me wrong from right It's your heart that held you tight But we're only love Spin me around and round and round Love calling your name I will live on Calling your name And the world seems like my enemy The waterfall of frowns And the wave of life will capture me And I'm falling down upon love C'mon now darling I'm falling falling down on love I'm falling down, falling down on love I'm falling down on love ( Chorus ) Countingcrows Index BulldogHey now bulldog Dont you rush in With your eyes wild Hey there big bear Take a moment To decide All these angels together Walk the wire line Scarecrow angels Says the bulldog With a smile They catch you in a corner Shut your eyes They come at you at night They catch you in a corner Shut your eyes They come at you at night One less bell to warn you.. One more chance to say goodbye I dont I dont I dont think I understand you.. Dont really think I do I dont I dont I dont ..Think I understand you Dont really think I do Hey Louise whats the barrier Between love and need? How far is it from love underneath What are you supposed to mean to me What do you mean to me? They catch you in a corner shut your eyes They come at you at night They catch you in a corner Shut your eyes They come at you at night One less bell to warn ya one more song to play.. Im going back to california Your gonna get your chance to say goodbye Hey mathew, is anybody mean to you And dont you harbor points of view Secretly belive in your doom I dont think I understand you I dont really think I do I dont think I understand you I dont really think I do Well ya got One less bell to warn ya One more song to play Im going back to California Gonna get your chance to say goodbye One less bell to warn ya, one more Chance to say goodbye... Countingcrows Index SuffocateGood morning baby, guess you wanna touch me now You wanna put your hands on my face Tell me you love me, Tell me you need me Don't say you love me Don't say anything... 'Cause I am not that kind of man, I'm much less than you think I am... So many people are just like Jesus, They drag all this weight, to get to anything better than... Where they've been Or where they are Well tell me what the hell's the reason when we never get anywhere... But you want me to say "Hey, it's okay..." But I'm so dizzy baby, just get the hell away from me... How can you breathe? How can you see? I can't even sleep when you're with me... I'm sick of summertime I know, all of the best things in life are unkind To be everything I could be, anything But all the time I'm thinking, "If I only had a pair of wings..." But you want touch me Just get your hands off me Don't touch me And baby, I can't see that you see How can you see? How can you breathe? I can't feel a thing when you're with me... I can't take it this way, I hope you understand, Don't you fucking touch me I can hardly stand to look at you How can you breathe? How can you see? How can you breathe? How can you see? I can't even sleep when you're with me How can you breathe? How can you see? I can't feel... I can't feel a thing... Can't feel a thing... Can't feel a thing... Can't feel a thing... Countingcrows Index 40 YearsI was born in the jungle With the sickening smell of cinnamon in the air I was born in a white hole and I can't believe the colors here today Stalk on a circle Well I've never been blessed with elephant's memory Riding a red line nowhere If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for If it takes 40 years I'll put the money away If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir If it takes 40 years I'll walk the thunder and the rain I was born in a good home Where the rising cost of raising children Was not a factor and you can't believe the things it does to me I'm filled with the white noise Well I never did much of anything anyway Jump on a big train no where If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for If it takes 40 years I'll put the money away If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir If it takes 40 years I'll walk the thunder and the rain I wanna buy me a good heart, and a conscience, and maybe raise some children I wanna get me a good wife, and a garden, garden, garden, garden. Wanna start me a new life with a six foot color television- Wanna start me a new life somewhere. I was born on a warm night On the right coast, of southeastern America. Dead on arrival, but you can't believe the things you hear today. I'll fly me a white plane over water -over blue and green and land in the ocean somewhere. If it takes 40 years for the gun to be paid for If it takes 40 years I'll put the money away If it takes 40 years to get the things that I need sir If it takes 40 years I'll walk the thunder and the rain Countingcrows Index A Mona LisaI Heard my Lisa say "I can't believe you could leave me looking this way." When ever music plays... I smile and I can't feel anything All I want to say.. ( All I want to say ) Is everything's all right and I'm OK Heard my Lisa today "Say he wants to paint the same me every single day" "What's wrong with him anyway?" Cuz sometimes I can't feel anything All I want to say.. ( All I want to say ) Is everything's all right and I'm ok.. I'm OK My body's mapped before me.. On a flying carpet through the sky The same things that destroy me... We'll hang there waiting for me upon a wall outside of me yeah. Heard my Lisa say "God blesses the same things every single day." How'd he miss me anyway? 7 days and I can't feel anything. My paint is smeared upon his wall.. Its a portrait we are 4 feet tall.. Just Leanardo passing days with a Mona Lisa cant feel anything. All I want to say.. ( All I want to say ) Is everything's all right and I'm OK All I want to say....( all I want to say ) Is everything's all right and I'm OK Is everything's all right and I'm OK Is everything's all right and I'm OK Is everything's all right and I'm OK Is everything's all right and I'm OK Is everything's all right and I'm OK Is everything's all right and I'm OK Countingcrows Index LightningIts crazy but often clear often clear.. We shimmer and disappear In color in black and white black and white.. We slowly fade out of site But these days were lit by lightning thin lines of light Its crazy but somehow clear somehow clear We ride in silence out of fear We've spoken seem come alive come alive We prefer the silence of the blind But these days were lit by lightning Thin lines of light These days Were lit by lines Of sharp White Shock White Ice Hard Cold White Light Were crazy but often kind often kind We rage in violence blind Together and then alone then alone We race in small circles home But these days Were lit by lightning Thin lines of light These days Were lit by lines of sharp White Light These days Were lit by lightning Thin lines of light..... These days.. were lit by light Countingcrows Index Einstein On The BeachAlbert's always sincere, he's a sensitive type His intentions are clear, he wanna be well-liked If everything is nothing, then are we anything? Is it better to be better than to be anything? And Albert's vision is blooming uncontrolled All his wings are slowly sinking The world begins to disappear The worst things come from inside here All the king's men reappear For an eggman, on and off the wall Who'll never be together again Einstein's down on the beach staring into the sand Cause everything he believes in is shattered What you fear in the night in the day Comes to call anyway-ay We all get burned as: One more sun comes sliding down the sky One more shadow leans against the wall The world begins to disappear The worst things come from inside here And all the king's men reappear For an eggman, on and off the wall Who'll never be together again Albert's waiting in the sun On a field American For the cause of some inflated form of hit and run One more sun comes sliding down the sky One more shadow leans against the wall The world begins to disappear The worst things come from inside here And all the king's men reappear For an eggman, fallin' off the wall Will never be together again Albert's fallen on the sun Cracked his head wide open The world begins to disappear The worst things come from inside here And all the king's men reappear For an eggman, falling, falling The world begins to disappear The worst things come from inside here And all the king's men reappear For an eggman, fallin' off the wall Will never be together again No never be together again No no never never never again, uh huh What you fear in the night in the day comes to call anyway Countingcrows Index Love And AddictionPut on your bad self get out your party dress and fix up your makeup try to make a good impression this is a new world - were all the same here, well maybe not the same you know what I mean. I've got everything that you want I've got everything and someday Ill be president. I've for everything that you want.. I've got everything except the single thing you really need. Separate, love from addiction its not the same I know I see desperation pulling my strings. Hey eliza now what do you want? I play piano and I sing like a humming bird and oh I forgot that humming birds don't sing, it doesn't matter really you know what I mean. I've got everything that you want I've got everything and its a brand new world eliza. I've got everything that you want.. I've got everything except the single thing you really need. Sail away blood and rejection ..they isolate. I know I see, a generation staring back at me.. Wasted away.... wasted my time this picture you see is nothing like the one I wanted painted of me. "Eliza says it's all right with me, if your sure ... it wouldn't be the first time, you know it's happened a couple of times before and.. I don't even expect much anymore and anyway... it's not as if I was waiting for you to come and make it all okay". Shut away to to wing blood and rejection they isolate I know I see visions of people grabbing hold of me. Wasted away... wasted my time... this picture you see is nothing like the one I wanted painted of me. Put on your bad self, get out your party dress and fix up your makeup try and make a good impression.. Countingcrows Index Good LuckLarry's in vegas.. with some chick from LA the best things are sevens and sex is just ok so please stay she said just stay cause there's a show at 11 and the drinks are all free you can do better for yourself but not me .... ...so please stay and keep me company. All the while thinking this is the good luck, stays with her most of the time takes time to make these machines work, people are so unkind Gets kinda nervous used to be hard. She takes the edges off evenings in bedrooms and back seats in big cars. All the while thinking this is the good luck stays with her most of the time it takes time to make these machines work people are so unkind. People are so unkind She looks in the mirror to make she's here she keeps disappearing and dreaming of movie stars- weddings and nothing is happening He tries not to notice She thinks he doesn't care. Capture yourself in a jar and you stay there, Until you vanish thin air all the while thinking this is the good luck stays with her most of the time it takes time to make these machines work but he aint got time while she's riding in black cars and pokes at the sky to see if he can make stars and people are so unkind People are so unkind.. People are so unkind.. People are so unkind... People are so unkind People are so.. UN KIND.. Countingcrows Index She Don't Want Nobody NearShe can't keep away from them Waits here and disappears From the wrong things she intends Pretty soon they've got you hanging on a line Pretty soon they string you one by one, same old rope She says, 'I'm alright, just take me home tonight She don't want nobody home cause its a little too crowded there She don't want to be alone So they just keep pouring in Pretty soon they've got her heading for the door She comes home to find they cannot hang around no more She says, 'I'm alright, just take me home tonight' Pain won't rationalize all those alibis and reasons that keep creeping in tonight You're half a world away But I just can't wash away the stain of every single thing that you could not believe oh well She don't want no one around she don't want anybody to see what she looks like when she's down cause the truth's a sad place to be Pretty soon she gets them crawling up the walls Every sunday morning the bed bleeds and you never saw ? She says, 'I'm ok, its alright, hey look what do we want to do tonight?' She says, 'I'm alright, I just can't get home tonight.' Countingcrows Index The Greening Of AmericaShe's closing all the shades She finds the daylight just a little frightening She pulls the pedals overhead each day But she's opening her business is blooming nightly And every time it does it gets me hazy The color of her head changing every day A little breath of wind and I just go crazy The greening of Americas progressing smoothly Cuz she's choosing me It's later then I said And all the worlds a shade of black and purple Everybody else has gone to bed But when she makes me happy I just fly in circles And every time she does I just get teary The color of head changing everyday A little puff of wind and she's always near me The greening of America is progressing nicely It's all right with me Ba ba ba ba na na na na na Etc. If there's another life, and if get to chose I'd like To be a daisy I'll stay up waiting for my dusky wife To open and get high with just my Jasmine baby And every time she does it gets me crazy The color of her head changing every day A little breath of wind and I just get crazy The greening of Americas progressing nicely It's all right with me-every time she She does just get teary The color of her head changing every day A little breath of wind and she's always near me The greening of Americas progressing smoothly Cuz she's choosing me Countingcrows Index Barely Out Of TuesdayWoke up to this morning Staring at the ceiling Hoping for deliverance From the distances in you. This room feels like an oven Somewhere south of no where North of nothing Barely out of Tuesday Seen seven hours of Wednesday And I guess got regrets Maybe you could leave a light on Leave a light on for me Can you see her waiting There down by the sea With a hat on, With her eyes in there looking for me. If you see me coming home turn me away Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday Wont you give me the distance 52 weeks later, your still the same I'm standing im my basement Making my arrangements Waiting for the telephone To ring To ring To ring So I left for Minnesota Where the weather is getting colder People are changing Maybe you could leave a light on Leave a light on for me Can you see her Waiting there down by the sea And how arrangements made there for welcoming me? If you see me coming home turn me away Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday And for all this distance aint going to bring you to me What's the point of all this patience its not your nature You just keep what you need And you got some pictures of me Woke up Wendsday morning Sometime Wednesday evening Hoping for a piece of Something easy to believe We live out on the border Of everything and nothing Theres nothing but waking and dreaming Barely out of tuesday Theres no one to receive me Nothing is changing Maybe you could leave a light on Leave a light on for me Can you see her Waiting there down by the sea There's a light on but there's no body waiting for me. If you see me coming home turn me away Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday Everybody tries to go back somewhere someday Everybody tries to go back somewhere......... Countingcrows Index August And Everything AfterThey're wakin' up Mama ' Cause everybody else has got (?) She makes a little action with her head. Rolls over And she says she's gonna Sleep for a couple of minutes more I've said "I'm sorry" to Maria for the Cold hear(?) I've said "I'm sorry", by now, at once to (?)" She says, "I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do And it slips my mind what I'm supposed to say? I'm getting older and older and older And always a little farther out of the Way You look into her eyes and it's More than you hear In August and Everything After, You get a little (?) I stumbled into Washington Square just as the sun (?) I walked across the lawn To the cathedral and lay down In the shadow of St.(?) I'm just one of three late model Children waiting for the king But there ain't no sign of Elvis in San Fransisco It's just me, And I'm playing this rock and roll thing She wants to be just like me I want every damn thing I can see. One day you're Daddy's little angel, Next day you're everything he wanted you to be They dress you up in white satin And they give you your very own pair of wings In August and Everything After, I'm after everything. Countingcrows Index Closer To YouCome a little closer if you can Just forget your fears Come to me Cause where I want to be Is closer to you Put your little hand into my hand Throw off this disquise Come to me Cause I just want to be Closer to you I'm oh so tired of this awefull fight Cant get by without you I dont know how I'm gonna be alright But Im all messed up Ya im all messed up Ya I am Dont you wish we were younger These things go to fast Come to me Because I used to be Closer to you Oo come to me cause I need to be Closer to you Countingcrows Index My LoveMy love Lives out at the end of the road Takes what you give her and goes Says things that everyone knows Shes only willing To kiss me again Lights me on fire Sprays me with water And she lights me up again Said my love Burried my head in the sand Screams just as loud as she can Sings me to sleep when I cant Shes always willing To kiss me again She wakes up the neighbors Goes down for water And then she comes up again I said good love Lives on the radio dial Never goes out of style Makes all the children run wild We keep on thinking Strait to the end? Now its completly We just just shout for the moment and Then we vanish again My love Waits at the end of the road Takes what you give her and goes Says things that everyone knows Ya shes my love Talking about my love Ya shes my love my love my love Shes my love Countingcrows Index Here Comes That Feeling AgainHere comes that feeling again You're always around me This island life never ends It just circles inside me And when we're older We'll go back to being friends But oh, Here comes that feeling again I better get away from all these Oh-so-familar places that i see I gotta find a place without so many Familar faces in front of me When i wake up in the morning And there's no one there but me I'll remember I'll remember Here comes that feeling again You're always around me This island life never ends It just circles inside me And when we're older We'll go back to being friends But oh, Here comes that feeling again Gotta keep on moving through these Distances between yesterday and now As if all this riding on these white lines Will make them fade away somehow Do you try not to remember The things you cannot forget And are you sorry for what hasn't Happened yet I stare at everyone It makes me wonder why I can't see anyone but you Maybe change And all these faces Reappear in different places And i can't see a thing but you Here comes that feeling again You're always around me This island life never ends It just circles inside me And when we're older We'll go back to being friends But oh, Here comes that feeling again Countingcrows Index |
