Counting Crows - Round Here (Live in New York) Lyrics

Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices
the contrast of white on white
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
through myself and back again
Where? I don't know
Maria says she's dying yeah through 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
And she said she'd like to meet a boy who looks just like Elvis (It's not me)
She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
Then she parks her car outside of my house
takes all her clothes off
She says she's close to understanding jesus
Yeah, but she knows she's more than just a little, you know, misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal - well i have trouble acting normal

But round here we are carving, we are carving out our names
Round here, yeah I know, we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
Yeah, but we sacrifice just like lambs
Round here, yeah I know, she's slipping through my hands

Sleeping children better run like the wind
Out, out, out, of this lightning dream
Yeah, mama's little baby better get herself in
Out of the lightning

She says it's only in my head
Yeah she says shutup, but I know, i know, this is only in my head
She said did you think that you were dreaming, I said no
She said did you think that you were dreaming, I said no
She said did you think that you were dreaming, and I said sometimes I don't know

Because, because I was out on the radio, just starting to change
Somewhere out in America it's just starting to rain
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me

Yeah, ?cause I was out on the radio, just starting to change
Somewhere out in America it's just starting to rain
Could you just tell me one thing you will remember about me

Can you tell me one thing
Can you tell me one thing
Can you tell me one thing that you will remember about me

Shhh...

'Cause there's a girl on the car out in the parking lot
And she says "man, well, come on, come on, just take a shot"

She says - Can't you see me?
She says - Can't you see me?
She said Can't you see my walls are tumbling down?
She says can't you see my walls are crumbling down?
Can't you see my sun stopped spinning around?
Can't you see that sky turn black and brown?
Can't you see that moon go flashing round?
And can't you see me?
And can't you see me?
And can't you see me?

NO!

There's a girl on the car in the parking lot says
"Man you should try to take a shot?
"Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
Then she looks up at the building and say
?I'm thinking of jumping ?cause I?m sick and tired of life?
Well everybody?s sick and tired of something

Round here she is always on my mind
Round here, hey man look at me, 'cause I got a lotta, a lotta, time
Round here we are never sent to bed early
Hey man, nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late

And I said that I was out on the radio, Just starting to change
Somewhere out in America it's starting to rain
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me

'Cause I was out on the radio, just starting to change
Somewhere out in America it's starting to rain
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me

Because, because I was out on the radio, just starting to change
Somewhere out in America it's starting to rain
Could you tell me one thing you remember about me


[Thanks to Steve Maury for correcting these lyrics]