Counting Crows – Round Here
step out the front door like a ghost
into the fog where no one notices
the contrast of white on white.
and in between the moon and you
the angels get a better view
of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.
I walk in the air between the rain.
though myself and back again.
where? I don’t know
Maria says she’s dying.
though the door i hear her crying
why? I don’t know
round here we always stand up straight
round here something radiates
Maria came from nashville with a suitcase in her hand
she said she’d like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
just like she’s walking on a wire in the circus
she parks her car outside my house
takes her clothes off.
Says she’s close to understanding Jesus
she knows she’s more than just a little misunderstood
she has trouble acting normal when she’s is nervous
round here we’re carving out our names
round here we all look the same
round here we talk just like lions
but we sacrifice like lambs
round here she’s slipping though my hands
sleeping children got to run like the wind
out of the lighting dream
mama’s little baby get herself in
out of the lighting
she says, “It’s only in my head.”
She says, “Shhhhh…….I Know it;s only in my head.”
but the girl on the car in the parking lot
says: “Man, you should try to a shot
Can’t you see my walls are crumbling?
Then she looks up at the building
and says she’s thinking of jumping
she says she’s tired of life
she must be tired of something
round here she’s always on my mind
round here (hey man) I gots lots of time
round here we’re never sent to bed early
nobody makes us wait
round here we stay up Very very Very Very Very Late
I cant see nothing nothing round here
You catch me if I’m falling, you catch if falling
You Catch me, cause I am falling down on you
I said I am under the car, round here
Ah man, I said I am under the gun, round here
AND I CANT SEE NOTHING, NOTHING ROUND HERE..
