the counting goddam crows

canonrider

canonrider

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Just for anyone who forgot how epic this band is....

A long December and there's reason to believe

Maybe this year will be better than the last

I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin'

Now the days go by so fast

And it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's one more night in Hollywood

If you think that I could be forgiven...I wish you would

The smell of hospitals in winter

And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls

All at once you look across a crowded room

To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And it's one more day up in the canyons

And it's one more night in Hollywood

If you think you might come to California...I think you should

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after two a.m.

And talked a little while about the year

I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,

Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe

Maybe this year will be better than the last

I can't remember all the times I tried to tell my myself

To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's one more day up in the canyon

And it's one more night in Hollywood

It's been so long since I've seen the ocean...I guess I should

EXAMPLE 2

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 Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances

Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones

Believe in me

Help me believe in anything

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

Grey 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 want to be a lion

Everybody wants to pass as cats

We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for thatBelieve in me because I don't believe in anything

and I want to be someone to believe

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio

Yeah we star 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 can be

Mr. Jones and me, we're gonna be big stars..

GOD, listen to the acoustic version of mr. jones and try not to cry.. TRY!!! one of the best songs ever written

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B
 
thye kick ass....i saw them in concert

my mom plucks my ball hair at night when im sleeping and glues them to her eyesbrows cuz she had a terrible camping incident when she was younger and her eyebrows never grew back, shes been doing this since i was 13 im gonna have to start chargin that fat bitch for my hair

-lateralis

 
there so epic... they restore my faith in how people in 30 years will look back on 90's music

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B
 
I'm disappointed... you missed that which is very probably the best song of theirs as far as lyrics go. So,

EXAMPLE 3

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 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 in 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... I can't see nothing, nothing

Round here

Catch me if I'm falling

Catch me if I'm falling

Catch me if I'm falling down on you

I said I'm under the gun

Round here

Oh man, I said I'm under the gun

Round here

I can't see nothing, nothing

Round here...

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In a haze

A stormy haze

I’ll be around

I’ll be loving you

Always

Always

Here I am

And I’ll take my time

Here I am

And I’ll wait in line

Always

Always...
 
^My old girlfriend made me a mix CD with that song on it... wish I still had that girlfriend.

Ron Paxton: 'As you can see, it sucks as it cuts.'

Wayne: 'It certainly does suck.'
 
cool

-let people do what they want, ski how you want, make whoever you want your role model its your choice

-i love to ski, so should you, its fun, try it sometime

-thats what the internet is for anonymously slandering people-jason lee

 
God... there good... how are they live? are they still touring?

i want to shake that guys hand

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B
 
Long December...I'm feeling that, some of the deepest songs I've ever heard. Great band.

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Jeff: Hey Geoff, did Ronny tell you not to wear any boxers so he could rape you better?

Geoff: No, I just put my boxers on backwards so the hole is in the back...it's alot easier that way.

'I'm in his nigger crew' (my little brother in response to my statement that he was in my 'digger crew')

'My knee hurts' (Jeff Merat after grinding a lunch table for an hour instead of sitting in the ski patrol shack for his torm mcl and acl which he got earlier that day.)

'I'm not asking for any help, just maybe for you to get off your ass.'(my dad)
 
actually that song your gf gave you on a mix is called 'I am ready for love' by the Counting Crows. I just put it on a mix for my guy before I headed back to college...6 hours away. :( I love the counting crows I liked them when I was younger and everyone was listening to fucking NSYNC and 'BSB' haha. that and Lover Lay Down and When the world ends by Dave...man nothin beats that...

www.snofox.biz

Lois: You're drunk again.
Peter: No, I'm just exhausted 'cause I've been up all night drinking.
 
Counting Crows are one of my favorite bands for sure. Their lyrics are amazing. I have some reallly good memories of things that I have been doing while listening to their music...they are great. And speaking of girlfriends who make mix Cd's for you-mine made me 2 and gave then to me before Christmas...and we just broke up a few days ago for a bullshit reason. I have never been this devestated in my life and it fucking sucks.

 
If u broke up with ur gf for an apparently bullshit reason, chances are you'll get back together. So yeah, stop crying.

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Sick and Tired.
 
sooooo good. not music i listen to on a normal basis though...... it either comes up on shuffle on my MP3 player, or i'm depressed as fuck.

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- Ian

Home of the Rotating Signature
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'My girlfriend would just hit me, and then keep going, or do it back, and gross me out.' - ScratchCobra66, on farting during sex.
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~~Phunkin Phatt Phreerider~~
 
change change change

omaha

circus is falling

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'To the natural style'
 
JD.MAy thanks for posting that 'no one notices the contrast of white on white' is one of my favorite quotes for some reason

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'You can't argue with idiots, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.'

'so basically i lost my penis trying to have sex with my cat' Misty7

'Who's not 18 yet? What? LA LA LA LA LA LA! I can't hear you.'~Jay aka rebel

 
i got there Best of CD about 2 weeks ago, i havent put it down yet, it travels from my car to my computer to my discman, there truly amazing....

-Nick Iwanyshyn

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Saftey Meeting comming 2005 from Theory-3 Media
 
Whoa, a thread from when Ben was still around. The Counting Crows are sooo good.

Sarah
Reppin' 907

See me at www.SnoFox.biz

''gnothi seauton (know yourself)''
-Socrates
 
i agree with xtakewarninx, anna begins is a frigging amazing song, every song is so good

-Nick Iwanyshyn

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Saftey Meeting comming 2005 from Theory-3 Media
 
Yeah, JD knows whats up...Round here is by far my favorite song by them, it's incredible.

And I've contrived some sort of a plan to help my fellow man..

Let's get emotional girls to all wear mood rings..so we'll be tipped off to when they're ticked off..cause we'll know just what they're thinking..cause what they're thinking...

-Relient K

 
its the type of music that gives you chills because its just so good. these guys know how to write songs.

-chris
 
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