Counting Crows Letras de Canciones
August & Everything After
Track List
Testi Musicali

01- Round Here
02- Omaha
03- Mr. Jones
04- Perfect Blue Buildings
05- Anna Begins
06- Time and Time Again
07- Rain King
08- Sullivan Street
09- Ghost Train
10- Raining In Baltimore
11- A Murder Of One


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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 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 
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 of 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 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 
Mama's little baby better get herself in 
Out of the lightning 

She says it's only in my head 
She says Shhh I know it's only in my head 

But the girl on 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 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 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 
Catch me if I'm falling 

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Omaha

Start tearing the old man down 
Run past the heather and down to the old road 
Start turning the grain into the ground 
Roll a new leaf over 
In the middle of the night there's an old man 
Treading around in the gathered rain 
Hey mister if you want to walk on water 
Could you drop a line my way 

Omaha 
Somewhere in middle America 
Get right to the heart of matters 
It's the heart that matters more 
I think you'd better turn your ticket in 
And leave your money right at the door 

Start threading the needle 
Brush past the shuttle that slides through the cold room 
Start turning the wool across the wire 
Roll the new life over 
In the middle of the night there's an old man 
Threading his toes through a bucket of rain 
Hey mister if you want to walk on water 
You're only going to walk all over me 

Omaha 
Somewhere in middle America 
Get right to the heart of matters 
It's the heart that matters more 
I think you'd better turn your ticket in 
And leave your money right at the door 
Start running the banner down 
Drop past the color come up through the summer rain 

Start turning the girl into the ground 
Roll a new life over 
In the middle of the day there's a young man 
Rolling around in the earth and rain 
Hey mister if you're going to walk on water, you know you're only going to walk all over me 

Omaha 
Somewhere in middle America 
Get right to the heart of matters 
It's the heart that matters more 
I think you'd better turn your ticket in 
And leave your money right at the door 

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Mr. Jones

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl 
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer 
She dances while his father plays guitar 
She's suddenly beautiful 
We all want something beautiful 
I wish I was beautiful 
So come dance this silence down through the morning 
Cut up, Maria! 
Show me some of them Spanish dances 
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones 
Believe in me 
Help me believe in anything 
Cause I want to be someone who believes 

Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales 
Stare at the beautiful women 
"She's looking at you. Ah no, no, she's looking at me." 
Smiling in the bright lights 
Coming through in stereo 
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely 

I will paint my picture 
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray 
All of the beautiful colors are very, very meaningful 
Gray is my favorite color 
I felt so symbolic, yesterday 
If I knew Picasso 
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play 

Mr. Jones and me look into the future 
Stare at the beautiful women 
"She's looking at you. Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me." 
Standing in the spotlight 
I bought myself a gray guitar When everybody loves me I will never be lonely 
I will never be lonely 
Said I never gonna be..lonely 

I wanna to be a lion 
Everybody wants to pass as cats 
We all want to be big, big stars, but we got different reasons for that 
Believe in me, because I don't believe in anything 
And I want to be someone to believe, to believe 

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio 
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women 
"She's perfect for you, man, there's got to be somebody for me." 
I want to be Bob Dylan 
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky 
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be 

Mr. Jones and me staring at the video 
When I look at the television I want to see me staring right back at me 
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how 
But when everybody loves me 
I'm going to be just about as happy as I can be 
Mr. Jones and me: we're gonna be big stars... 

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Perfect Blue Buildings

Just down the street from your hotel, baby 
I stay at home with my disease 
And ain't this position familiar, darling 
Well, all monkeys do what they see 
Help me stay awake, I'm falling... 

Down on Virginia and La Loma 
Where I got friends who'll care for me 
You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted 
I got an attitude of need 
Help me stay awake, I'm falling... 

Asleep in perfect blue buildings 
Beside the green apple sea 
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby 
Try to keep myself away from me 

It's 4:30 a.m. on a Tuesday 
It doesn't get much worse than this 
In beds in little rooms in buildings in the middle of these lives which are completely meaningless 
Help me stay awake, I'm falling... 

Asleep in perfect blue buildings 
Beside the green apple sea 
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby 
Try to keep myself away from me 

I got bones beneath my skin, and mister... 
There's a skeleton in every man's house 
Beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody 
There's a dead man trying to get out 
Please help me stay awake, I'm falling... 

Asleep in perfect blue buildings 
Beside the green apple sea 
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby 
Try to keep myself away from me 
I can't keep myself away from me 
How am I gonna keep myself away from me 

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Anna Begins

My friend assures me "it's all or nothing" 
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned 
My friend implores me: "For one time only make an exception" 
I am not not worried 
Wrap her up in a package of lies send her off to a coconut island 
I am not worried, I am not overly concerned 
With the status of my emotions "Oh", She says, "You're changing." 

But we're always changing 
It does not bother me to say this isn't love 
Because if you don't want to talk about it then it isn't love 
And I guess I'm going to have to live with that 
But, I'm sure there's something in a shade of grey or something in between 
And I can always change my name if that's what you mean 

My friend assures me "It's all or nothing" 
But I am not really worried, I am not overly concerned 
You try to tell yourself the things you tell yourself to make yourself forget 
I am not worried 
"If it's love", she said, "then were gonna have to think about the consequences" 
She can't stop shaking and I can't stop touching her and..... 

This time when kindness falls like rain 
It washes her away and Anna begins to change her mind 
"These seconds when I'm shaking leave me shuddering for days" she says 
And I'm not ready for this sort of thing 

But I'm not gonna break and I'm not going to worry about it anymore 
I'm not gonna bend and I'm not gonna break 
I'm not gonna worry about it anymore 
It seems like I should say "as long as this is love..." 
But it's not all that easy so maybe I should just: 
Snap her up in a butter fly net and just pin her down on a photograph album 
I am not worried, I've done this sort of thing before 
But then I start to think about the consequences 
Because I don't get no sleep in a quiet room and... 

The time when kindness falls like rain 
It washes me away and Anna begins to change my mind 
And every time she sneezes I believe it's it's love and 
Oh lord.... I'm not ready for this sort of thing 

She's talking in her sleep 
It's keeping me awake and Anna begins to toss and turn 
And every word is nonsense but I understand and 
Oh lord... I'm not ready for this sort of thing 

Her kindness bangs a gong 
It's moving me along and Anna begins to fade away 
It's chasing me away 
She disappears and 
Oh lord, I'm not ready for this sort of thing

Countingcrows Index 
Time and Time Again

I wanted so badly 
Somebody other than me 
Staring back at me 
But you were gone 

I wanted to see you walking backwards 
And get the sensation of you coming home 
I wanted to see you walking away from me 
Without the sensation of you leaving me alone 

Time and time again 
Time and time again 
Time and time again 
I can't please myself 

I wanted the ocean to cover over me 
I wanna sink slowly without getting wet 
Maybe someday, I won't be so lonely 
And I'll walk on water every chance I get 

Time and time again 
Time and time again 
Time and time again 
I can't please myself 

So when are you coming home, Sweet angel? 
You leaving me alone? All alone? 
Well if I'm drowning darling, you'll come down this way on your own 

I wish I was traveling on a freeway 
Beneath this graveyard western sky 
I'm gonna set fire to this city 
And out into the desert we're gonna ride 

Time and time again 
Time and time again 
Time and time again 
I can't please myself 
I can't please myself 
I can't please nobody else

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Rain King

When I think of heaven 
Deliver me in a black-winged bird 
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers 
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God in the belly of a black-winged bird. 
Don't try to feed me 
I've been here before and I deserve a little more 

I belong in the service of the Queen 
I belong anywhere but in between 
She's been crying, I've been thinking 
And I am the Rain King 

And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone? 
I can't go outside 
I'm scared I might not make it home 
I'm alive, I'm alive but I'm sinking in 
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling 
Why don't you invite me in? 
Don't try to bleed me 
Cause I've been there before and I deserve a little more 

I belong in the service of the Queen 
I belong anywhere but in between 
She's been lying, I've been sinking 
And I am the Rain King 

Hey, I only want the same as anyone 
Henderson is waiting for the sun 
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends 
After all the dreaming I come home again... 

When I think of heaven 
Deliver me in a black-winged bird 
I think of dying 
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather 
Render up my body into the burning heart of God in the belly of a black-winged bird 
Don't try to bleed me 
Cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more 

I belong in the service of the Queen 
I belong anywhere but in between 
She's been dying, I've been drinking 
And I am the Rain King

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Sullivan Street

Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
Cross the water and home through the town
Past the shadows that fall down wherever we meet
Pretty soon I won't come around

I'm almost drowning in her sea
She's nearly fallen to her knees

Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
Where all the bodies hang on the air
If she remembers, she hides it whenever we meet
Either way now, I don't really care

I'm almost drowning in her seas
She's nearly crawling on her knees
She's down on her knees

Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street
I'm just another rider burned to the ground

I'm almost drowning in her sea
She's nearly crawling on her knees
It's almost everything I need
I'm down on my knees
I'm down on my knees

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Ghost Train

I took the cannonball down to the ocean 
Across the desert from the sea to shining sea 
I rode a ladder that climbed across the nation 
Fifty million feet of earth between the buried and me 

"How do you do?" 
She said "Hey, how do you do?" 

She buys a ticket cause it's cold were she comes from 
She climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snow 
Love is a ghost train rumbling through the darkness 
Hold on to me darling I've got nowhere else to go 

"How do you do?" 
She said "Hey, how do you do?" 

I took the cannonball down to the ocean 
Watched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling waves 
Love is a ghost train howling on the radio 
"Remember everything" she said "When only memory remains" 

"How do you do?" 
She said "Hey, how do you do?" 

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Raining In Baltimore

This circus is falling down on its knees 
The big top is crumbling down 
It's raining in Baltimore fifty miles east 
Where you should be, no one's around 

I need a phone call 
I need a raincoat 
I need a big love 
I need a phone call 

These train conversations are passing me by 
And I don't have nothing to say 
You get what you pay for 
But I just had no intention of living this way 

I need a phone call 
I need a plane ride 
I need a sunburn 
I need a raincoat 

And I get no answers 
And I don't get no change 
It's raining in Baltimore, baby 
But everything else is the same 

There's things I remember and things I forget 
I miss you I guess that I should 
Three thousand five hundred miles away 
But what would you change if you could? 

I need a phone call 
Maybe I should buy a new car 
I can always hear a freight train if I listen real hard 
And I wish it was a small world 
Because I'm lonely for the big towns 
I'd like to hear a little guitar 
I think it's time to put the top down 

I need a phone call 
I need a raincoat 

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A Murder Of One

Blue morning, blue morning 
Wrapped in strands of fist and bone 
Curiosity, Kitten, doesn't have to mean you're on your own 
You can look outside your window 
He doesn't have to know 
We can talk awhile, baby 
We can take it nice and slow 

All your life is such a shame, shame, shame 
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream 

Are you happy when you're sleeping? 
Does he keep you safe and warm? 
Does he tell you when you're sorry? 
Does he tell you when you're wrong? 
I've been watching you for hours 
It's been years since we were born 
We were perfect when we started 
I've been wondering where we've gone 

All your life is such a shame, shame, shame 
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream 

Well, I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow 
Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows 
One for sorrow 
Two for joy 
Three for girls and four for boys 
Five for silver 
Six for gold and 
Seven for a secret never to be told 

There's a bird that nests inside you 
Sleeping underneath your skin 
When you open up your wings to speak 
I wish you'd let me in 

All your life is such a shame, shame, shame 
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream 

Open up your eyes 
You can see the flames of your wasted life 
You should be ashamed 

You don't want to waste your life 

I walk along these hillsides 
In the summer 'neath the sunshine 
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me 

Change, change, change 



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