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.
And 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...
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
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
takes all her clothes off
says she's close to understanding Jesus
and she knows she's more than just a little you know misunderstood
she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Round here we're carving out our names
Look, round here, hey we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
Yeah, but we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands
Sleeping children better run like the wind
out of this lightning dream
Mama's little baby better get herself in,
out of the lightning
She said "It's only in my head"
She said "I don't know, I feel like it's only in your head..."
But it doesn't feel like it's in my head, I don't feel like it's in my head...
It doesn't feel like it's in my head...
So she said "Did you think that you were dreaming?"
And I said "No, I didn't think that I was dreaming", so I said so...
I just wanted to come true and all I need is you
She said "No, don't you think you're just dreaming?"
And I said "No, I don't think that I am dreaming"
so I said so...
I just wanted to come true and all I need is you
But this circus is falling down on its knees and the big top it's just crumbling down
Look, it's raining in Baltimore, 50 miles east, where you should be, no one's around
I need a phone call, I need a raincoat
I really need a big love, I need a phone call
These train conversations they 're just passing me by but I ain't got nothing to say
Except you know you get what you pay for but I just had no intention of leaving this way
I need a phone call, I need a raincoat
I really need a sunburn, I need a phone call
See, there's things I remember, there's things I forget
I miss you... I guess that I should...
But you know, it is three thousand five hundred miles away
And what would you change, what would you change if you could? Nothing. So f*** up
I need a phone call or maybe I should just buy a new car
'Cause I can always hear a freight train baby if I listen real hard and I wish it was a small world 'cause I am lonely for the big towns
I'd like to hear a little guitar
I think it's time to put the top down
I think I really need a phone call
I think it's time to put the top down
Think I need a phone call
No I want a raincoat, somewhere in the sun heart
But there's girl on car out in the parking lot
and she says hey man, come on, come on, just take a shot.
can't you see me? can't you see me? can't you see that my walls are just crumbling down?
Can't you see my walls when tumbling down?
Did you see this mood it's not spinning around?
Did you see my sky went blue, black, brown?
Can't you see that my sun it's not flashing around?
Can't you see me? Can't you see me? She said can you see me? I said No!
There's a 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 Hey! I'm thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life
Well everybody is f****** tired of something!
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here hey man I got a lot of time
Round here we're never sent to bed early
And man, nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I need a sunburn
I need a God, I need a God
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I need a sunburn
She lives alone on her private archipelago with the palm trees and her seashells
and she sits in the waves all day
she says she's scared of dying, well I'm scared of dying
So she sends a boat out on the sea with a little note from me
It says why are all the girls so hungry? So why are all the girls so hungry?
And why are all the boys so lonely?
And why can't anybody see me?
Why, why, why, why, why?
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.
And 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...
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
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
takes all her clothes off
says she's close to understanding Jesus
and she knows she's more than just a little you know misunderstood
she has trouble acting normal when she's nervous
Round here we're carving out our names
Look, round here, hey we all look the same
Round here we talk just like lions
Yeah, but we sacrifice like lambs
Round here she's slipping through my hands
Sleeping children better run like the wind
out of this lightning dream
Mama's little baby better get herself in,
out of the lightning
She said "It's only in my head"
She said "I don't know, I feel like it's only in your head..."
But it doesn't feel like it's in my head, I don't feel like it's in my head...
It doesn't feel like it's in my head...
So she said "Did you think that you were dreaming?"
And I said "No, I didn't think that I was dreaming", so I said so...
I just wanted to come true and all I need is you
She said "No, don't you think you're just dreaming?"
And I said "No, I don't think that I am dreaming"
so I said so...
I just wanted to come true and all I need is you
But this circus is falling down on its knees and the big top it's just crumbling down
Look, it's raining in Baltimore, 50 miles east, where you should be, no one's around
I need a phone call, I need a raincoat
I really need a big love, I need a phone call
These train conversations they 're just passing me by but I ain't got nothing to say
Except you know you get what you pay for but I just had no intention of leaving this way
I need a phone call, I need a raincoat
I really need a sunburn, I need a phone call
See, there's things I remember, there's things I forget
I miss you... I guess that I should...
But you know, it is three thousand five hundred miles away
And what would you change, what would you change if you could? Nothing. So f*** up
I need a phone call or maybe I should just buy a new car
'Cause I can always hear a freight train baby if I listen real hard and I wish it was a small world 'cause I am lonely for the big towns
I'd like to hear a little guitar
I think it's time to put the top down
I think I really need a phone call
I think it's time to put the top down
Think I need a phone call
No I want a raincoat, somewhere in the sun heart
But there's girl on car out in the parking lot
and she says hey man, come on, come on, just take a shot.
can't you see me? can't you see me? can't you see that my walls are just crumbling down?
Can't you see my walls when tumbling down?
Did you see this mood it's not spinning around?
Did you see my sky went blue, black, brown?
Can't you see that my sun it's not flashing around?
Can't you see me? Can't you see me? She said can you see me? I said No!
There's a 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 Hey! I'm thinking of jumping
She says she's tired of life
Well everybody is f****** tired of something!
Round here she's always on my mind
Round here hey man I got a lot of time
Round here we're never sent to bed early
And man, nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I need a sunburn
I need a God, I need a God
I need a phone call
I need a raincoat
I need a sunburn
She lives alone on her private archipelago with the palm trees and her seashells
and she sits in the waves all day
she says she's scared of dying, well I'm scared of dying
So she sends a boat out on the sea with a little note from me
It says why are all the girls so hungry? So why are all the girls so hungry?
And why are all the boys so lonely?
And why can't anybody see me?
Why, why, why, why, why?