Counting Crows - God Of Ocean Tides Lyrics
Close the door on a short nightLift the lid on the daylight6:09 West Tennessee timeAnd I buy all my daysAt the same place where the girl sells her nightsTo a God of ocean tides.All night long,Writing poems to CaliforniaMelodies of failureAnd the people I have thrown awayMeanwhile, somewhere west of CarolinaIn a congregation of strangersWe are digging holes to ChinaThen we pray to our reflectionsIn the water when it rises.I said headlights pin the highway downJesus spins the world aroundAnd I'll spend all my tomorrows coming downGoodbye all my days.I know I said I never loved youBut I might just try again tonight.Truck stops and river GodsGas stations of the CrossFollowing a ghost,Following a ghost,I pray the water wash awayThe memories and the cost.Cary me south, to the seaAlong with your memories of meWe are born in the waterNow we return to Thee.Colored lightsAnd birthday cakesCandle waxOn paper plates.Breathe the waterHush-a-bye, hush-a-bye.You can see through waterAll the way up to the sky.Gods of water, Gods of rainCover up the sun againWe are crossing it at the Mississippi lineAnd I tried all my daysTo love you just the way you hoped I might,But I'm leaving here tonight.I can't remember yesterdayI tried, if I said I could I lied.
