The Tall Grass lyrics - Counting Crows
"Come outside," she said to me
As if I knew just what she'd say
"Come outside, we'll watch tomorrow
Pull the curtain on today"
"Come outside into the tall grass
And the old corn and the shit
Come outside o child
Into the wild and weep for it"
And all along I know
I don't know the why
And it takes me through the meadows
And I have got a rifle on my arm
And the rabbit won't stop shaking
But the life is gone
And there is blood upon the clover
And, oh god, his eyes are open wide
Staring up at me and infinity
And the shrinking English sky
And all along I tell myself
I don't know the why
And as the idea ossifies
I can't believe it's mine
I make a change
He is wordless and silent and
He says "Just close my eyes."
"I have one eye open to the rain
And one pressed to the ground again
And I don't know why...
And I don't know why...
And I don't know why..."
No they don't know why
No they don't know why
No they don't know, don't know don't know, don't know...
Oh, she takes a train to Paris
For a weekend with a friend
They take you places
Trains and summers
At 200 miles an hour
That you've never been
Did I ever say
The way your breath
Takes mine away
As I start out at the grassland
Past the living and the dead
Matter forming and decaying
A perpetual uprising
Let there be a revolution
And a light to lead us on
Just a ball of souls revolving
Spinning circles round the sun
For the infinite and ageless
For the meaningless and painless
For the times we shook like rabbits
Felt like children
Made us ask this
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
Can you see me?
For I am changing
But all the same things
Come back to haunt me
There are trains that can take a girl to Paris
There are planes that can bring you home
There are some of us get broken when we're children
And you never get it back once that is gone
And I don't know why
No, I don't know why
No, I don't know why
No, I don't know why
Angel Of 14th Street lyrics - Counting Crows
Broadway traffic streaming light
She came from California
Running from daylight into
This endless electric twilight
And when she dies a ghost is born
Singing "Get up! Get up! Get up!
Get up out of your memories!
Get out of the sunlight
Get out of that sleeping western town"
Got a little bit of running for you now
Got a little way to run
To answer all our hopes and fears
A king is leaving Union Square
Did we leave the light on?
Does he need a light on?
The king is screaming highway songs
Of blood and lies
Of hope and wrong
Did he leave a light on?
Does he need a light on?
Yesterday when we get older
We'll look back on all the times
He had you putting a face on
Instead of just walking away
So paint your face black and blue again
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up new and
Put on the clothes that make you feel like you're not broken
He put a little bit of color in your eye
You got a little bit of color
To answer all our hopes & prayers
An angel sang in Union Square
Did she leave the light on?
Do we need a light on?
The congregation came to stare
To touch her dress
To pull her hair
They tore her clothes and left her there
Did she need a light on?
Do we need a light on?
Do we need a light on?
Do we need a light on?
These daydream nations won't come true
The ghosts you made up ghosted you
The angel learns to live with
Things that make her feel uneasy
And after all the dreaming's done
She screams "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
This is a recording
A ghost of England
Awake in a dream of America"
You see him coming out the corner of your eye
You can hear him breathing when he runs
The King of all our hopes and fears
His train departing Union Square
Just moved to somewhere South of here
Did he leave a light on?
Her feathers stale with sex and beer
The angel of the pavement cries
"If god is dead, why am I here?
Did he leave a light on
For me?
Did he leave a light on
For me?
Did he leave a light on
For me?
Did he leave a light on
For me?"
Elevator Boots lyrics - Counting Crows
Bobby was a kid from round the town
Kicks pumped up and head held down
Underwater more than he was up
He dreamed submarines in bottle green
Imaginary flight machines
But in blue jean flares he bubbled like a 7up
Everybody wants to know you
When you're the only one to know
Shoot it up until you feel alive then play one more show
Plug into the buzz and shake it 'til it turns around
(And you can't stop feeling)
The Paul Smith suits and the elevator boots astound
(And you can't help healing)
They want you and you want to
With their lips on fire and your head unscrewed
But it's time to whip another change and hit one more town
Bobby doesn't know her name
He holds on tightly just the same
Sometimes one more night is all you need
I met Alice near the Alamo
One summer in San Antonio
I remember her
I don't remember me
Everybody wants to know you
When you're the only one to know
Anything to feel alive and play one more show
Plug into the buzz and shake it 'til it turns around
(And you can't stop feeling)
The Paul Smith suits and the elevator boots astound
(And you can't help healing)
They want you and you want to
With their hips on fire and your head unglued
Til it's time to whip another change and hit one more town
Alice knows the secret
And she could tell you now
If you want to
Cuz they want you
Do you want to?
I snake & sparkle, pant & glide
But it's hard to feel and I can't get high
And I don't always understand how to smile
Kids get sick of bein' bottled up
It drags you down until you throw it up
Get out of the house, and take a ride on the radio dial
Everybody wants to know you
When you're the only one to know
Everything that feels alive is in one more show
Plug into the buzz and shake it 'til it turns around
(And you can't stop feeling)
The Paul Smith suits and the elevator boots astound
(And you can't help healing)
They want you and you want to
Cuz the kid's so clean with his soul shampoo'd
And it's time to whip another change and hit one more town
Yeah, it's time to whip another change and hit one more town
Bobby And The Rat-Kings lyrics - Counting Crows
I'm an elevator kid pushing buttons when I wanna go home
But my generation hasn't even got a name of its own
We just buy what the TV sells
And almost never stop wishing we were somebody else
But tonight in the dark
I can be myself
When Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play
We'll make 'em stay
We'll make 'em play
Play til the stars all fade
We'll make 'em stay til dawn
Make 'em play all night til the light
Like we've never seen nuthin'
Like we'll we'll never see anybody ever again
When the Rat-Kings go away
We'll never be the same
Z tried to edit Reddit instead it said it had eaten her phone
She goes from tinder to cinder
Til she remembers she's a flame of her own
You can almost lose your heart
Hoping for something better til it tears you apart
While the days get longer and this night won't start
But when Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play
We'll make 'em stay
We'll make 'em play
Play til the stars all fade
We'll make 'em stay til dawn
Make 'em play all night til the light
Like we've never seen nuthin'
Like we'll we'll never see anybody ever again
When the Rat-Kings go away
We'll never be the same again
Now Joey's gotta run for the train
Says he's trying to make it
Back to the City by ten
And Mike's on his bike with the motor running
I told him trains were running all night right then
In the moonlit town after the bridge fell down
There were fires and we lost some power
So we all dressed up for the ramble
And ran those streets long past the witching hour
I saw Dorothy in drag
Taking the Tin Man for a ride
And then Z the Cat said she knew where to go
Then she kissed me without a thought
And said "Sometimes memories are all that we got
So come on boy, let's make some at the show"
So there's some leather-wrapped Fender-strapped kid
With a pick-finger twitch
He's got a recipe for radio or rain
I don't know which
In the shadows when the lights are dowsed
The cinder kids flare while they twist and shout
We're the sparks in the dark
That'll never go out
So when Bobby and the Rat-Kings come to play
We'll make 'em stay
We'll make 'em play
Play til the stars all fade
We'll make 'em stay til dawn
Make 'em play all night til the light
Like we've never seen nuthin'
Like we'll we'll never see anybody ever again
When the Rat-Kings go away
We'll never be the same again
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