Counting Crows - Palisades Park Lyrics
Somebody screaming on Jim Jeffries' dreamsExplode into a black fist and fall to the floorHe stares up at the sky and he may wish he knew whyBut you can't go back there no moreThe future sounds so crazy, we all heard that song beforeTomorrow's a name that changed from yesterday to blameWhen a train just don't stop here anymoreI got starry eyed on a coaster rideAndy said, "Man, I need a break from the world outside"And these days my life just careens through a pinball machineI could do so much better but I can't get off the tiltThere's a photograph on a TV, black and whiteAndy says something to youJack Johnson straddling Reno, Nevada likeShe says I forget myself sometimes, tooBut out past the doorways where we are sleepingWell, the white queen's creeping, the time cat's beepingNow I'm not breaking, the train's just shakingI never made it here beforeAnd there's a wide mouth spinning the girls aroundTill they can't take it any moreI used to dream in the dark, in Palisades ParkUp over the cliffs and down among the sparkIt's a long life full of long nightsBut it's not what I was waiting forEverybody's seen the horses driving down the shoreIt's a miracle they don't make them anymoreSo make up ladies, oh wake up babyYou walked into the bar like some Saturday starStuds straight on spiked heels and needles and nervesAnd you're a downtown pride, fully amplified ClydeGin-tied and Asian, but well preservedRemember Annie outside your bedroom windowSaying, "Come on, let's drive across to the Palisades"Keep going till we hit Reno, NevadaI don't see it all that much these daysStill there are pages in back of the action stacksWhere the white queen's creeping, the time cat's beepingThe train's not breaking, the track's just shakingI never made it here beforeAnd there's a sky rocket turning the world aroundBut still I can't take it any moreAnd you carry that spark from Palisades ParkDown over the cliffs and out into the darkIt's a long life full of long nightsBut it's not what I was looking forEveryone dreams of horses flying round the shoreIt's a bad dream we're not having anymoreMan, have you seen Andy?Hey man, hey man, have you seen him around?Hey man, have you seen my my my my my Andy?Hey man, have you seen him, have you seen himHave you seen him, have you seen him?Hey, have you seen Andy around?Dressed up in a pirate vest, all leathers and feathers and pearlsAndy said, "Look at me, man, I'm cookingThese hands are gonna figure out this whole world"He said, "Come outside, climb out your bedroom windowShimmy down the fire escape and say goodbyeCome outside," Andy says, "I'm dressed up just like EdieChanging all the time, my leopard spots to polka dots, just say goodbyeCome outside, where maybe we can move to CaliforniaJust meet me at the subway and say goodbyeCome outside, the cops all think we're crazyIf you steal, you'll just get marriedTo a girl who'll never know you and then say goodbye"Hey man, have you seen Andy?I lost her in the cirqueI was high as a kite on a lovely and whiteMan, you can lose anyoneHey, hey man, have you seen Andy?I don't know where she's goneReal love outlives teenage lustOh, we could get wet and it keeps us warmLove is like angel dustLovely sometimes changes usSometimes we're notHave you been aching with trust or justHave you been waking yourself with lust?Have you been making us up or just taking us home?It's a long wait and a long lifeCars frozen in flightAll the traffic stops to stareAt a crosswalk in Reno, NevadaWhere nothing but air and a pair of gray paper wingsAndy thinks, "Man, I have got nothing to wear"We got nothing to wearWe got nothing to wearWe got nothing to wearWe got nothing to wear
