Counting Crows - August & Everything After lyrics
They're wakin' up maria 'cause everybody else has got someplace to go She makes a little motion with her head. rolls over And says she's gonna sleep for a couple minutes more I said I'm sorry to maria for all the cold hearted things that I have done I said I'm sorry by now at least once to just about everyone She says, I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do today And it slips my mind what I'm supposed to say I'm getting older and older and older And always a little further out of the way You look into her eyes and it's more than your heart will allow In august and everything after, you get a little less than you expected somehow Well I stumbled into washington square just as the sun began to rise And I walked across the lawn to the cathedral And lay down in the shadow of st. Marys in the sky I'm just one of these late model children waiting for the king But there ain't no sign of elvis in san fransisco It's just me, and I'm playing this rock and roll thing She wants to be just like me And I want every damn thing I can see. You know one day you're daddy's little angel, The next day you're everything he wanted you to be They dress you up in white satin And they give you your very own pair of wings In august and everything after, I'm after everything. I said lalalalalalalalalala Well I got my reservations and I got my seven-million dollar home And I got the number of some girl in New York City whos always wide awake so I never have to spend the night alone I got this nasty little habit of peekin down the shirts of all the little girls as they pa** me by And I wonder when it all catches up to me and I finally break down now Did you think I was gonna cry? Well I already got my disease So take your f**in filthy hands off of me Well I hope you dont expect me to be crucified The best that they can do is just hang me from the nearest tree Cause its midnight in San Francisco and Im waiting here for Jesus on my knees In August and everything after I want somebody else to bleed for me I said lalalalalalalalala... Came down from North Dakota Cause I had confidence in the military mind And now everyone I know is turning showgirl and dancing with their shirt off in some Las Vegas hotel line So Im going to New York City Cause it got a little sleazy here for me I'm gonna find myself alone You know I'm never coming home You make the changes the changes that you need But I no longer know how to pray I live in dog town and its a Dalmatian parade And I change my spots over and over but they never seem to fade away I am the last remaining Indian looking for the place where the buffalo roam In August and everything after man them buffalo aint never comin home In August and everything after man them buffalo aint never comin home lalalalalalalalala