1. Catapult 2. Angels Of The Silences 3. Daylight Fading 4. I'm Not Sleeping 5. Goodnight Elisabeth 6. Children In Bloom 7. Have You Seen Me Lately? 8. Miller's Angels 9. Another Horsedreamer's Blues 10. Recovering The Satellites 11. Monkey 12. Mercury 13. A Long December 14. Walkaways
Counting Crows: Recovering The Sattelites
1. Catapult All of the sudden, she disappears Just yesterday, she was here Somebody, tell me if I am sleeping Someone should be with me here 'Cause I don't wanna be alone I wanna be the knife that cuts into my hand And I wanna be scattered from here in this catapult What a big baby, won't somebody save me please You won't find nobody home All of these quiet battered voices Wait for the hunger to come We got little revolvers and stupid choices And no one to say when we're done Well, I don't wanna bring you down I wanna be the light that burns out your eyes 'Cause I know there's little things about me that would sing in the silence Of so much rejection in every connection I make Can't find nobody home Wanna be the light that burns out your eyes 'Cause I know there's little things about me that would sing in the silence Of so much rejection in every connection I make I wanna be the last thing that you hear when you're falling asleep I wanna be the knife that cuts into my hand And I wanna be scattered from here in this catapult What a big baby, won't somebody save me please I can't find nobody home
2. Angels Of The Silences Well, I guess you left me with some feathers in my hand Did it make it any easier to leave me where I stand? I guess there might not be too many who would stand beside you now Where'd you come from, where am I going, why'd you leave me 'til I'm only good for Waiting for you All my sins I said that I would pay for them if I could Come back to you All my innocence Is wasted on the dead and dreaming Every night, these silhouettes appear above my head Little angels of the silences that climb into my bed and whisper Every time I fall asleep, every time I dream Did you come, would you lie, why'd you leave us 'til we're only good for Waiting for you All my sins I said that I would pay for them if I could Come back to you All my innocence Is wasted on the dead and dreaming I dream of Michelangelo when I'm lying in my bed Little angels hang above my head and read me like an open book And suck my blood, break my nerve, offer me their arms Well, I will not be an enemy of anything, I'll only stand here Waiting for you All my sins I said that I would pay for them if I could Come back to you All my innocence Is wasted on the dead and dreaming I'm gone I'm gone I'm leavin' today, I'm gone I'm gone I'm gone Take me away, I'm gone I'm gone I'm gone I'd leave today I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone I'm gone I'm gone
3. Daylight Fading Waiting for the moon to come and light me up inside And I am waiting for the telephone to tell me I'm alive Well, I heard you let somebody get their fingers into you It's getting cold in California, I guess I'll be leaving soon Daylight fading, come and waste another year All the the anger and the eloquence are bleeding into fear Moonlight creeping around the corners of our lawn When we see the early signs that daylight's fading We leave just before it's gone Well, she said everybody loves you, she says everybody cares But all the things I keep inside myself, they vanish in the air If you tell me that you'll wait for me, I'll say I won't be here I wanna say goodbye to you, goodbye to all my friends, goodbye to everyone I know Daylight fading, come and waste another year All the the anger and the eloquence are bleeding into fear Moonlight creeping around the corners of our lawn When we see the early signs that daylight's fading We leave just before it's gone La la la la la la La la la la La la la, la la la La la la Daylight fading, come and waste another year All the the anger and the eloquence are bleeding into fear Moonlight creeping around the corners of our lawn When we see the early signs that daylight's fading We leave just before it's gone
4. I'm Not Sleeping She comes to me at night, when I'm sleeping She comes to me when I'm alone She comes to me, she holds my head when I'm crying She comes to me, she shuts my eyes, she brings me home But I'm not sleeping anymore Anymore No, I'm not sleeping anymore Anymore She tells me when you look at me, she tells me when you're lying She tells me when you talk about me, then she lays me on the floor She tells me when you're whispering, she lies beside me naked She tells me when you laugh at me and she locks all the doors But I'm not sleeping anymore Anymore No, I'm not sleeping anymore Anymore 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 AM, all alone again But I've been through all this shit before Spend my nights in self defense, cry about my innocence But I ain't all that innocent anymore, more, more, more I see her on the TV, I see her in the movies I see her in these animals that dance beside my bed I'll follow you down, baby, down into this valley Yeah, I'll follow you down, baby, but I won't come up again But I'm not sleeping anymore Anymore No, I'm not sleeping anymore Anymore No, I'm not sleeping, I'm not sleeping I'm not sleeping, no, no no no no no no no no I'm not sleeping, I'm not sleeping Anymore, anymore, no, anymore, hey, hey Oh, so rain, rain, go away Come again some other day 'Cause I got all this shit to say But I'm goin' back to find my way My mother's favorite son Lost among the chosen ones But I've got news for everyone 'Cause I've gone out that door
5. Goodnight Elisabeth I was wasted in the afternoon Waiting on a train I woke up in pieces and Elisabeth Had disappeared again I wish you were inside of me I hope that you're OK Hope you're resting quietly I just wanted to say Good, goodnight Elisabeth Goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Good, goodnight Elisabeth Goodnight Elisabeth We couldn't all be cowboys So some of us are clowns And some of us are dancers on the midway We roam from town to town I hope that everybody Can find a little flame But me, I say my prayers, then I just light myself on fire And walk out on the wire once again, and I say Good, goodnight Elisabeth Goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Good, goodnight Elisabeth Goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight I will wait for you in Baton Rouge I'll miss you down in New Orleans Wait for you, while she slips in something comfortable I'll miss you when I'm slipping in between And if you wrap yourself in daffodils I will wrap myself in pain, oooh And if you're the queen of California Then baby, I am the king of the rain, and I say Good, goodnight Elisabeth Goodnight Elisabeth, goodnight Good, goodnight Elisabeth The moons, the satellite, yeah Well, I watch it fall down on me now Won't you fall down on me? Then come, come fall down on me now Won't you fall down on me? 'Cause I'm alone, you ain't comin' home Need to settle down, down, down I said I'm alone, you ain't comin' home Need to settle down, down, down
6. Children In Bloom Children in bloom, cooking in the sun Waiting for a room of our own Leave my sister alone, 'cause she don't deserve this She is a flower and I am a flower and we are all alone Gotta get out on my own I gotta get up from this waiting, waiting at home I gotta get out of this sunlight, it's melting my bones Gotta get up from this slumber and just get myself home All these wasted dreams, just waiting for the sun To open, to open up my heart to anyone Bring me some rain because I'm dying, I'm dying And I can't get this damn thing closed again Gotta get out on my own I gotta get up from this waiting, waiting at home I gotta get out of this sunlight, it's melting my bones Gotta get up from this slumber and just get myself home Where's the funhouse this year? The fairground's deserted, all the skies don't seem as near But Nicole's my oldest friend But the altar is empty and she'll never be a little girl again Gotta get out on my own I gotta get up from this waiting, waiting at home I gotta get out of this sunlight, it's melting my bones I gotta get up from this slumber and just get myself home Home Now I can't find my way home I can't find my way home I cannot find, I can't find, I cannot find I cannot find, can't find, can't find my way home Never, never No, no, now now Now now now now now now Now now now now now now Now now now now now no No no no no no no
7. Have You Seen Me Lately? Get away from me Just get away from me, this isn't gonna be easy But I don't need you, believe me Yeah, you got a piece of me But it's just a little piece of me and I don't need anyone And these days, just feel like I'm fading away Like sometimes, when I hear myself on the radio Have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? 'Cause I was out on the radio, starting to change Somewhere out in America, it's starting to rain Could you tell me the things you remember about me And have you seen me lately? I remember me And all the little things that make up a memory Like she said, she loved to watch me sleep Like she said, "it's the breathing It's the breathing in and out and in and..." Oh, have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately? I was out on the radio, starting to change Somewhere out in America, it's starting to rain Could you tell me the things you remember about me And have you seen me lately? You know, I thought that someone would notice I thought that somebody would say something If I was missing, well, can't you see me? Come on, color me in Come on, color me in Come on, come on, come on Come on, come on, come on Give me your blue rain, give me your black sky Give me your green eyes Just, come on, give me your white skin Come on, give me your white skin Come on, give me your white skin 'Cause I was out on the radio, starting to change Somewhere out in America, it's starting to rain Could you tell me the things you remember about me And have you seen me lately? Have you seen me lately, no, no, no, no, no Have you seen me lately?
8. Miller's Angels Miller's angels in black and white Welcome everyone in Children dreaming of wrong and right Wrapped in grace and in sin They come out of the blue sky They come out of the blue They come out of the blue sky But you never know Where they're gonna go Hey Romeo Miller's fingers are traveling Down the length of her thigh Miller's mind is still wandering Staring up at the sky They come out of the blue sky They come out of the blue They come out of the blue sky But you never know Where they're gonna go Hey Romeo No, you never know Where they're gonna go Hey Romeo Don't, don't, don't Don't don't don't don't don't come around Don't, don't, don't Don't don't don't don't don't come around, please Don't Don't don't don't don't don't come around Miller's angels are hovering In between the Earth and the sun In the shadow of God's unwavering love I am a fortunate son They come out of the blue sky They come out of the blue They come out of the blue sky But you never know Where they're gonna go Hey Romeo No, you never know Where they're gonna go Hey, hey Romeo No, no, no, you never know Where you gonna go Hey Romeo Can't you hear me 'Cause I'm screamin' Did not go outside Yesterday Don't wake me please Don't wake me I was dreamin' I might just stay inside Today I don't go out much These days Yes, sometimes, I stay inside all day So leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone Won't you leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone You should leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone Oh, won't you leave me, leave me, leave me, leave me alone Leave me alone
9. Another Horsedreamer's Blues Margery's dreaming of the middle of the day Tiyuri to win, Perfect Dozen to place Money is the matter that's been on her mind Time ticks by her, one race at a time She's tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Lookin' at a green sky, sun like a red eye Bright blue horses are the fortune she lives by She's tired and lonely, scared and depressed Her visions of one day go racing the next She's tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Margie doesn't say anything all the way home So afraid she'll awake to find she's all alone Margery's wingspan's all feathers and coke cans, and TV dinners and letters she won't send and Every race night is shot through with sunlight Tryin' to hit the big one, one last time tonight for Drunken fathers and stupid mothers and Boys who can't tell one girl from another So she takes her pills, careful and round One of these days, she's gonna throw the whole bottle down But she's tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of Tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want Margery's dreaming of horses
10. Recovering The Satellites Gonna get back to basics Guess I'll start it up again I'm fallin' from the ceiling You're falling from the sky now and then Maybe you were shot down in pieces Maybe I slipped in between, but we were gonna be The wildest, the wildest, the wildest people they ever hoped to see Just you and me So why'd you come home To this sleepless town It's a lifetime commitment, recovering the satellites And all anybody really wants to know is when you gonna come down When you gonna come down Your mother recognizes All your desperate displays And she watches as her babies Drift violently away 'Til they see themselves in telescopes Well, do you see yourself in me? Oh, we're such crazy babies, little monkey God, we're so fucked up, you and me So why'd you come home To this faithless town We will make a lifetime commitment to recovering the satellites And all anybody really wants to know is when are you gonna come down, down, down, down, down, down When you gonna come down She sees, she sees shooting stars and comet tails She's got Heaven in her eyes She says "I don't, I don't, I don't need to be an angel But I'm nothing, I'm nothing if I'm not this high" We only stay in orbit For a moment of time You're everybody's satellite I wish that you were mine I wish that you were mine So why'd you come home To this angel town Well, it's a lifetime's decision, recovering the satellites All anybody really knows for sure is you're gonna come down That you gonna come down
11. Monkey All dressed up, no place to go Hey monkey, when you gonna show Your face around me I know all the wrongs and rights And I just want a little light To fall on me Hey monkey, where you been? This lonely spiral I've been in Hey monkey, when can we begin? Hey monkey, where you been? Well, I'm all messed up, that's nothing new Hey monkey, when you open up Your blue eyes I don't know if I'm wide awake Or dreaming, but all I ever need Is everything Hey monkey, where you been? This lonely spiral I've been in Hey monkey, when can we begin? Monkey, where you been? Just get the world off your shoulders And close your pretty blue eyes Hey monkey, what's life without an occasional surprise? Got nowhere but home to go Got Ben Folds on my radio Right now I'm in trouble for the things I need Hey monkey, don't you wanna be Needed too? Hey monkey, where you been? This lonely spiral I've been in Hey monkey, when can we begin? Hey monkey, where you been? Hey monkey, where you been? Hey monkey, where you been?
12. Mercury She is trapped inside a month of grey And they take a little every day She is a victim of her own responses, shackled to a heart that wants to settle And then runs away It's a sin to be fading endlessly Yeah, but she's alright with me She is leaving on a walkaway She is leaving me in disarray In the absence of a place to be, she stands there, looking back at me Hesitates, and then, turns away She'll change so suddenly, she's just like mercury Yeah, but she's alright with me Keep some sorrow in your hearts and minds For the things that die before their time For the restlessly abandoned homes, the tired and weary rambler's bones And stay beside me where I lie She's entwined in me, crazy as can be Yeah, but she's alright with me
13. A Long December 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 2 AM 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
14. Walkaways "I gotta rush away", she said "I been to Boston before And anyways, this change I been feeling Doesn't make the rain fall" No big differences these days Just the same old walkaways Someday, I'm gonna stay But not today