Round Here
by the Counting Crows(full lyrics)

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
Angels get a better view
Of the crumbling difference between wrong and right
And I walk in the air
Between the rain and through myself and back again
Where?
I don't know
Maria says she's dying
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
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
She parks her car outside of my house
And takes her clothes off
Says she's close to understanding Jesus
And she knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble acting normal when she's 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 through my hands
Sleeping children better run like the wind
Out of the lightning dream
Mamma's little baby better get herself in
Out of the lightning
She says, "It's only in my head"
She says, "Ssshh.....I know....it's only in my head..."
And 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?"
And 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've got lots of time
Round here, we're never sent to bed early
And nobody makes us wait
Round here, we stay up very, very, very, very late
I can't see nothing
Nothing round here
Man, I said I'm under the gun
Round here
And I can't see nothing
Nothing
Round here......

Submitted by: Holly
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