Dave Matthews Band - Little Thing Lyrics
So, um, so weve been doing this, uh, this tour, what I guess this is ourFifth show weve done, tim and i, and, uh... (applause) and, uh, so this littleSong has been growing out, uh, while weve been playing, sort of a littleStory. and the little story I was in new york city and, uh, I was walking downThe street. trying to find the place I was going (I cant remember where I wasGoing now). cause I met this girl and I asked her directions, you know. andShe was, she was tiny, you know. she, she wasnt young, she was just tiny. and,Uh, so I asked her directions and she said, oh thats the way down there, walkOver there, go down there, you walk over there, and you go down there and thenYoure there. something like that, anyway. so, uh, but I walked about tenPaces away and I was thinking... daaamn, that girl was fine. and, oh, I turnedAround to tell her so, and ask her maybe her name, or maybe if we should go andGet a cup of, who knows, coffee or something. and Im sure if I turned aroundAnd findHer there I would have found out something...But she talked so goodBut when I turned around, she was goneOh, she was goneI didnt even get her name, ohI thought, goddamnWith your face in my mindAnd your voice in my earsTo echoesOh, I bought a lovely flowerStanding there, we met that dayAnd hope that you would returnBut, no, no, noI cant remember where I was goingBut I cant remember where I was leading toOr what led me to you, butOh, and the weight is all through my headThe look of you, the soundThe way you cackled at meFrom then and then, I didnt know where I was goingBut always I cryAnd so, hey, ohThe hands that pour my hands on you againHey, I will beg you, Ill beg, ohSee me, please find me againOh, Im lost againI sit here drinking coffeeOr water depending the time of dayBut, oh, youre with me like a ghost of a motherOh, youre with me like the pain of a fatherOh, I wish i, I wish I could call you somethingOther than the girl that I saw thenBut, hey, I think that I would recognize you in a secondBut, hey, I only saw you for a minute, maybe lessI dont hold my hand whereBut I waited, honestIm lost now, Im lost nowI cant remember what I used to beBut, oh, hey, yeah, weighted by the memory ofThe memory of a love that never got born, but heyOh, heyDo I even cross your mind latelyWith more than just a laughingDid you think as you walked away, maybeYou were, heyOh, I hope you didSo, hey, yeahYou would, you would have been feelingThe same thing as I am knowThank you very much.Speaking to tim: lets try to think of some other song... interrupted by fansRequesting songs.(southern accent)but we, but we done already done it, done it then! (switchesTo pseudo-homosexual voice) thatd be like, you know, like, um, sing and sing,And then not sing it for a little while, and then sing it again. and peopleWould be like, whyd he sing that again?