John Appleseeds Lament
Counting Crows
INTRO: (4x) I stepped out the front door into winter and the world outside I stepped out the door to New York City my hair was barely dry I could not remember where I was going so I went back inside Nothing happening in the elevator nothing happening on the stairs Nothing ever happen when I am sleeping I cannot stay there How’d you find a party when you’re in your room How’d you find the action man the action is everywhere If you decide to climb outside your bedroom window paint a picture on a cloud Oh if you decide that you can’t hide inside your mind Provide the slide to get you out Feels just like you’re falling and you’re going down But everybody loves you when you hit the ground x4 I say a prayer I say a prayer I say a prayer to Pocahontas I pray to John Appleseed Oh I cigarette the winter air then I Fred Astaire my way down seventh street Some chick yells Jesus love me more than I know but less than I need I parade down the valley to the battery and then I step off into the air Point my sunglasses east towards Jerusalem and then follow all the Pharaohs there They’re building pyramids in Leicester Square Driving in circles round the circus ’til the circles in the air My love says come on Adam tell me what the hell is wrong with you She says come on Adam tell me what the hell am I supposed to do? She says I could love you I could leave you I can’t live what you put me through x 4 I call the wind Maria because I do not know her face I call the endless sky Emilia because she stays with me from place to place I call the sun my love Emmanuel because she cradle me in her embrace Oh no nothing happening in the kitchen nothing happening on the floor Nothing happening in my bed she don’t sleep there no more How?d you find the bottom when you’re in the air? STOP Hey man how?d you find a circus man the circus is everywhere x 8 End on
