Round Here (Live At Chelsea Studios, New York/1997)

[Intro]

Please welcome, uh, my favorite band, The Counting Crows

Hey

We're gonna start off with just David on

[Verse 1]

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

Well, I walk in the air between the rain

Through myself and back again

Where? I don't know

But Maria says she's dying

Through the door, I hear her crying

Why? I don't know

[Chorus]

'Round here, we always stand up straight

And 'round here, something radiates

[Verse 2]

Well, Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand

Said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis

And she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land

Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus

And she parks her car outside of my house and takes all her clothes off

Says she's close to understanding Jesus

She knows she's more than just a little, you know, misunderstood

She has trouble acting normal, well, I have trouble acting normal

[Chorus]

But 'round here, we're carving out our names

'Round here, we all look the same

Said 'round here, we talk just like lions

And then we, we sacrifice just like lambs

And 'round here, look at her, she's, she's slipping though my hands

[Bridge]

Oh, oh

Well, sleeping children better run like the wind

Out, out, out, out, out of this lightning dream

I said Mama's little baby better get herself in

Out of the lightning

[Verse 3]

She says, "It's only in my head"

She says, "Shh, I know, I know it's only in my head"

But the 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

She says, "I'm thinking of jumping"

She says, "I'm sick and tired of life"

Well, everybody's tired of something

[Chorus]

'Round here, she's always on my mind

And 'round here, hey man, I got a lot of time

I said 'round here, we're never sent to bed early

Man, nobody makes us wait

'Round here, we stay up very, very, very, very late

[Post-Chorus]

I can't see nothing, nothing 'round here, oh

Would you catch me if I was falling?

Would you kiss me if I was leaving?

Would you hold me? 'Cause I'm lonely without you

I said I'm under the gun 'round here

I said I'm lonely, lonely, I'm lonely without you

I can't see nothing, nothing around here

[Outro]

Where's Charlie?

This is, uh, this is Charlie