Dave Matthews Band

Angel

I call you up
You pick up
You call my bluff
On the cards of love
You hold to close
Your hands to your chest
I can’t read your eyes
But I confess
It’s lonely far from you
Even when you’re right by me
It’s only why I wait for you
Take my hand yeah

Why do I beg like a child
For your candy
Why do I come after you
Like I do
I love you
Whatever you are I swear
You’ll be my angel
You

I play my cards
Best I can
But I lose my luck
When you’re not here
My darling heart
Won’t you please give in
I may be strong
But I want you back again
When you’re not here
It’s hard to pretend
It’s all alright
Again
When you’re not here love
It’s hard to pretend
It’s all alright….still

Why do I beg like a child
For your candy
Why do I run after you
Like I do
I love you
Whatever you are I swear
You’ll be my angel
You

Watch the deck
Count your cards
Makes no sense
That I’m always losing
When you’re gone

Why do I beg like a child
For your candy
Why do I run after you
Like I do
I love you
Whatever you are I swear
You’ll be my angel
You
When you’re gone

Ants Marching

He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth bite to eat and he's rolling
Never changes a thing
The week ends the week begins
She thinks, we look at each other
Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
These crimes between us grow deeper
Goes to visit his mommy
She feeds him well his concerns
He forgets them
And remembers being small
Playing under the table and dreaming
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die
Driving in on this highway
All these cars and upon the sidewalk
People in every direction
No words exchanged
No time to exchange
And all the little ants are marching
Red and black antennas waving
They all do it the same
They all do it the same way
Candyman teasing the thoughts of a
Sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss
Programs cutting the corners
Loose end, loose end, cut, cut
On the fence, could not to offend
Cut, cut, cut, cut
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die

Dancing Nancies

could i have been
a parking lot attendant
could i have been
a millionaire in bel air
could i have been
lost somewhere in paris
could i have been
your little brother
could i have been anyone other than me
could i have been oh, anyone other than me
could i have been anyone
he stands touch his hair his shoes untied
tongue gaping stare
could i have been a magnet for money
could i have been anyone other than me
twenty three
i'm so tired of life
such a shame to throw it all away
the images grow darker still
could i have been anyone other then me?
then i
look up at the sky
my mouth is open wide, like and taste
what's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying
turn turn we almost become dizzy
i am who i am who i am well who am i
requesting some enlightenment
could i have been anyone other than me?
and then i'll
sing and dance and i'll play for you tonight
the thrill of it all
dark clouds may hang on me sometimes
but i'll work it out
and then i
falling out of a world of lies
could i have been dancing nancy
dancing nancy
could i have been anyone other than me?

Dreams of our fathers

I’m choking I’m choking
On the smoke from this burning house
I claw and I scrape
But I can’t seem to get out oh
But who the who is this
That’s scratching from the ground
It’s my world too
But who’s gold is this I’m digging out

When we go where we go
When we’re dead
Is the verdict still out
Do we get into line
To line up with those long dead now
With muffled tears of sorrow
For bones underground
This is our time yes it is
Without or with this shadow of doubt

Don’t want to wake up
Lost in the dreams of our fathers
It’s such a waste child
To live and die for the dreams of our fathers
Though I must confess yes
My dreams are a wonder about this
This love I possess love
Must be the dreams of our fathers

I wanna go I wanna run
We turn and so sure someone’s looking
down
It’s haunting me haunting me
Leaves us here to get out
Though I don’t believe I don’t believe
This flavor in my mouth
Is from my tongue alone
So bitter I wanna spit it out

I repeat these words
They come out
Under the blue light in this sky
My empty pages are filling up
With these wicked lies
But I hear deep in myself
An echo and echo
Of empty empty emptiness
Comes up and swells inside

I don’t want to wake up
Lost in the dreams of our fathers
It’s such a waste child
To live and die for the dreams of our fathers
Though I must confess yes
My views are a wonder about this
This love I possess love
It must be the dreams of our fathers

Rain on my head
Rain on my head
Rain on me
Can give this up
Rain on my life
Again and again
Why can’t I dream this away from me

Look at you look at you find new
Bloated floating
Go belly down
Belly up in the water
But who is this here that drowned
We followed a drunken man
Got us spinning round
But it’s like he swallowed himself
And didn’t leave us a way out

I don’t want to wake up
Lost in the dreams of our fathers
It’s such a shame child
To live and die for the dreams of our fathers
Though I must confess yes
My view is a wonder about this
This love I possess love
It must be the dreams of our fathers

This love I posses love
It must be the dreams of our fathers
This love I posses love
It must be the dreams of our fathers
This love I posses love
It must be the love of our fathers

Fool to think

Look at me dreaming of you
All I could hope is to have you
To have you walking with me
Laughing so in love we two
Almost drunkenly
I did imbibe of this
Fantasy of you
Only

Was I a fool to think
The way you looked at me
I swear you did
But you looked away to quick
Was I a fool
Was I a fool to think
That you would take me home
As if I was yours
Was I a fool to think at all

I’ve grown tired of love
You are the trouble with me
I watch you walk right by
I smile you do not notice me
Treat me recklessly
All you do is toss me pennies Ohhhhhh
But the silence in me is screaming
Won’t you come and get me

Was I a fool to think
They way you looked at me
I swear you did
But you looked away to quick
Was I a fool
Was I a fool to think
That you would take me home
As if I was yours
Was I a fool to think at all

Was I a fool to think
They way you looked at me
I swear you did
But you looked away to quick
Was I a fool
Was I a fool to think
That you would take me home
As if I was yours
Was I a fool to think at all

You make a mess of me
I’d dance a thousand steps for you
If you say yes to me
I’ll be whatever gets you through
You make a mess of me
Was I a fool
I’d dance a thousand steps for you
Was I a fool
Was I a fool to think
Am I a fool
Am I a fool for you

I did it

I’m mixing up a bunch of magic stuff
A magic mushroom cloud of care
A potion that will rock the boat will rock
Make a bomb of love and blow it up

I did it
Do you think I’ve gone too far
I did it
Guilty as charged
I did it
It was me right or wrong
I did it Yeah

I never did a single thing that did a single
thing to
Change the ugly ways of the world
I didn’t know it felt so right inside
I didn’t know at all
Open up the curtains I heard sirens there the
lights flash and crawl
I did it justice I just did it for us all

It’s a nickel or a dime for what I’ve done
The truth is that I don’t really care
For such a lovely crime I’ll do the time
You better lock me up I’ll do it again

I did it
Do you think I’ve gone too far
I did it
Guilty as charged
I did it
It was me right or wrong
I did it
Yeah

I never did a single thing that did a single
thing to
Change the ugly ways of the world
I didn’t know it felt so right inside
I didn’t know at all
Open up the curtains I heard sirens there the
lights flash and crawl
I did it justice I just did it for the buzz

All you people are the skewers of our dreams
Like the cat that collared me
Oh what I gotta say to you got love don’t
Turn it down
Turn it loud
Let it build
We got a long way to go
But you gotta start somewhere
Go door to door spread the love you got
You got the love
You get what you want
Does it matter where you get it from
I for one
Don’t turn my cheek for anyone
Unturn your cheek to give your love
Love to grow

I did it
Do you think I’ve gone too far
I did it
Guilty as charged
I did it

Was me right or wrong
I did it
Yeah
I did it
I told you I told you I told you I told
I did it
Guilty as charged
I did it
I told you I told you I told you I
I did it
Yeah

I never did a single thing that did a single
thing to
Change the ugly ways of the world
I didn’t know it felt so right inside
I didn’t know at all
Open up the curtain I heard sirens there the
lights flash and crawl
I did it justice I just did it for us all

If I had it all

Sometimes I can’t move my feet it seems
As if I’m stuck in the ground somehow like a
tree
As if I can’t even breathe
And my screams come whispering out
As if nobody can even see me
Like a ghost
I can’t see myself sometimes

Then again if I were a king
If I had everything
If I had you
And I could give you your dreams
If I were giant size
On top of it all
Tell me what in the world would I sing for
If I had it

Sometimes I feel lost
As I pull you out like strings of memories
Wish I could weave them into you
And I could figure the whole damn puzzle out

But then again if I were a king
If I had everything
If I had you
And I could give you your dreams
If I were giant size
On top of it all
Tell me then what I would sing for
If I had it all

Ohhhhhhhh
I could take anything
If I had no greed to big
Just poison tainting the green

Remembering time
Much younger than me now
When my breath was light
When the world raised me kind
Here the mother comforts child
Every moment was waking up
But now I have grown tired

If I had it all
Oh I’d fuck it up sure

If I were a king
If I had everything
If I had you
And I could give you your dreams
If I were giant size
On top of it all
Tell me what in the world would I sing for

If I were a king
If I had everything
Piece by piece
If had you
If I could give you your dreams
If I were giant size
On top of it all
Then why in the world would I sing
If I had it all

Jimi thing

lately i've been feeling low
a rememdy is what i'm seeking
i take a taste of what's below
come away to something better
what i want is what i've not got
but what i need is all around me
reaching seraching never stop
and i'll say....
if you could keep me floating just for a while
'til i get to the end of this tunnel...mommy
if you could keep me floating just for a while
i'll get back to you
sometimes a jimi thing slides my and keeps me swingin'
i'd like to show you what's inside
i shouldn't care if you do or don't like it
brother chaos rule all about
sometimes i wlak there
well yes, god knows, sometimes i take a bus there
shouldn't care i shouldn't care bereaved as i'm feeling
the day is gone i'm on my back
string up at the ceiling
i take a drink sit back relax
smaoke my mind make me feel
better for a small time
what i want is what i've not got
and what i need is all aorund me
reaching searching never stop
and i'll say...
if you could keep me floating just for a while
'til i get to the end of the tunnel... mommy
if you could keep me floating just for a while
i'll get back to you

Lover lay down

spring sweet rhythm dance in my head
slip into my lover's hands
kiss me won't you kiss me now
and sleep i would inside yoru mouth
don't be us too shy
knowing it's no big surprise
that i will wait for you
i will wait for no one but you
oh please lover lay down
spend this time with me
together share this smile
lover lay down
spend this time with me
walk with me, walk with you
hold my hands your hands
so much we have dreamed
and you were so much younger
hard to explain that we are stronger
a million reasons life to deny
let's toss them away
see you and me we
lay down look see
she and he
by my lover's side
together share this smile
lover lay down
oh please oh please
please lover lay down
oh please lover lay down
and you weep lover lay down
cause it's over lover lay down
say love, say love, say love, say love, say love
could i love you
could you love me
darling it's all the same
'til we dance away
chasing me all around
leading me all around
leading me all around in circles
say.......

Pay for what you get

work ourselves, fingers to the bone
suck the morrow, drain my sould
pay your dues, and your debts
pay your repects, everybody tells you
you pay for what you get
you pay for what you get
everybody asks me how she's doing
has she really lost her mind?
i said, i couldn't tell you i've lost mine
words, words, words have you heard
a bird in hand is much better than,
any number free to wander
fly away...
stay
you pay for what you get
you pay for what you get
everybody asks me how she's doing
has she really lost her...
everybody asks me how she's doing
since she went away
i said i couldn't tell
i'm okay
i'm okay
i'm okay, how are you?
pay for what you get...
pay for what you get...oh...
pay for what you get...
pay for what you get...
oh...

Rhyme  & Reason

Oh well oh well so here we stand
but we stand for nothing
my heart calls to me in my sleep
how can i turn to it
'cause i'm all locked up in this
dark place--
and i do not know i'm as good as dead
my head aches--
warped and tied up i need to kill this pain
my head won't leave my head alone
and i don't believe it will
until i'm dead and gone
my head won't leave my head alone
and i don't believe it willl
until i'm six feet under gound
how long i'm tied up
my mind in knots--
my stomach reels in concern for what i might do or
what i've done
it's got me living in fear
well i know these voices must
be my sould i've had my grave
lying wired and shut and quiet in my grave
leave me here
leave it to me to waste here
so young and here i am again
talking to myself
a tv blares
oh man
oh how i wish i didn't smoke
or drink to reason with my head
but sometimes this thick confusion
grows utnil i cannot bear it all
needle to the vein
needle to the vein
take this needle from my vein my fiend
i said
in my grave
lying, lying cold in my grave
the reason--my reason
take my head off this terror
the fearing won't come back
i can't see my mind's all wiped clean
the needle
make my great escape
i seem caught in time
my head leaves me behing
body fall cold
and i have seen heaven

Satellite

Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder.
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Satellite, headlines read
Someone's secrets you've seen
Eyes and ears have been
Satellite dish in my yard
Tell me more, tell me more
Who's the king of your satellite castle?
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds no resrictions
Television we bounce 'round the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling,
I laugh about the weatherman's satellite eyes.
Satellite in my eyes
Like a diamond in the sky
How I wonder.
Satellite strung from the moon
And the world your balloon
Peeping tom for the mother station
Winter's cold spring erases
And the calm away by the storm is chasing
Everything good needs replacing
Look up, look down all around, hey satellite
Rest high above the clouds no restrictions
Television you bounce from the world
And while I spend these hours
Five senses reeling
I laugh about this world in my satellite eyes.

Sleep to dream her

I know I’ll miss her later
Wish I could bend my love to hate her
Wish I could be her creator
To twist her arms now

She stares up at the stars when
The stars fell from her hair then
I bent down to collect them
And then she was gone

Oh I sleep just to dream her
I beg the night just to see her
That my only love should be her
Just to lie in her arms

Oh I came there to find out
Find out she made up her mind ohhhh
My arms are all tied up
To me she was blind

Mmmm this space between us
Where wingless dreams fall earless
Will you not bear me witness
With your back to me now
It seems so unnerving
Yet still somehow deserving
That she could hold my heart so tightly
And still not see me here

Oh I sleep just to dream her
Beg the night just to see her
That my only love should be her
Just to lie in her arms

I know I’ll miss her later
I wish I could bend my love to hate her
Wish I could be her creator
To be the light in her eyes

So right

Roll uptown to midnight
Then roll on downtown till its light
Because tomorrow we may die
Oh but tonight we’re dancing in the fate light
Don’t you
Rob yourself of what you’re feeling
Don’t rob yourself of all that you could be
Roll hard ‘til midnight
Roll ‘til its light
Come on now

Stay up and make some memories here
With us now
To roll red carpet out with friends
To love and roll on
Our love is so right
I won’t waste a minute here tonight
Our love is so right
And tonight my dance is all about you

To midnight love you
Roll on and run the red lights
Game now is keep it tight
How I love her pretty rock and roll kisses
Come on and stay with me
Roll on and run the red lights
Come this love is so right

Stay up and make some memories here
With us now
To roll the red carpet out with friends
To love and roll on
Our love is so right
I can taste we’re in it here tonight
Our love is so right
And tonight my dance is all about you

I’m going crazy and it’s all cause of you
It’s all cause of you
I’m going under over you
Over you

This time now is so alive
Everybody’s trance dancing tonight
So beautiful and so strange
It was empty till you came

The best of what's around

hey my freind
it seems your eyes are troubled
care to share your time with me
would you say you're feeling low and so
a good idea would be to get it off your mind
see, you and me
have a better time than most can dream
have it better than the best
so can pull on through
whatever tears at us
whatever holds us down
and if nothing can be done
we'll make the best of what's around
turns out not where but who you're with
that really matters
and hurts not much when you're around
and if you hold on tight
to what you think is your thing
you may find you're missing all the rest
well she run up into the light suprised
her arms are open
her mind's eye is
seeing things from a
better side than most can dream
on a clearer road i feel
oh you could say she's safe
whatever tears at her
whatever holds her down
and if nothing can be done
she'll make the best of what's around

The space between

You cannot quit me so quickly
Is no hope in you for me
No corner you could squeeze me
But I’ve got all the time for you love

The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter that keeps
us coming back for more
The space between
The wicked lies we tell to keep us safe from
the pain

Will I hold you again

These fickle fuddled words confuse me
Like will it rain today
We waste the hours with talking talking
These twisted games we’re playing

We’re strange allies
With warring hearts
What a wild eyed beast you be

The space between
The wicked lies we tell that hope to keep us
safe from the pain

Look at us spinning out in the madness of a
rollercoaster
You know you went off like the devil in the
church
In the middle of a crowded room
All we can do my love
Is hope we don’t take this ship down

The space between
Where you smile and hide
That’s where you’ll find me if I get to go

The space between
The bullets in our fire fight
Is where I’ll be hiding waiting for you
The rain that falls
Splashed in your heart
Ran like sadness down the window into your
room

The space between
Our wicked lies is
The hope to keep safe from pain

Take my hand
Cause we’re walking out of here
Right out of here
Is all we need dear

The space between
What’s wrong and right
Is where you’ll find me hiding
Waiting for you

The space between
Your heart and mind
Is the space we’ll fill with time

The space between
The tears we cry is the laughter keeps us
coming back for more
The space between
Our wicked lies where we hope to keep safe
from pain

The space between
The space between

Typical Situation

ten fingers we have each
nine planets around the sun repeat
eight ball is the last if you triumphant be
seven oceans pummel the shores of the sea
it's a typical situation
in the typical times
too many choices
everybody's happy
everybody's free
we'l keep the big door open
everyone'll come around
why are you different
why are you that way
if you don't get in line
we'll lock you away
it all comes down to nothing
six senses feeling
five around a sense of self
four season turn on and turn off
i can see
three corners from this corner
two is a perfect number
but one
everybody's happy
everybody's free
we'll keep the big door open
and everyone'll come around
why are you different
why areyou that way
if you don't step in line
we'll lock you away
it's a typical situation
in these typical times
we can't do thing about it

Warehouse

see i'm leaving
this warehouse frightens me
has me tied up in knots
can't rest for a moment
soom i'm going i'm slippin' slow away
hoping to find something better than
i've got inside of here
the warehouse slips away
hey reckless mind
don't throw away your playful beginning
you and i will fumble around in the touches
and be sure to
leave all the lights on
so we can see the black cat changing colors
and we can walk under the ladders
and swim as the tide turns you around and around
hey we have found
becoming one in a million
slip into the crowd
this question if found in a gap in the sidewalk
keep al lyour sights on
he the black cat changing colors
and you can walk under ladders
and swim as the tide choose to turn you
and here is it
life goes on, end of tunnel, tv set
spot in the middle
state fade, statistical bit
and soon i'll fade away, i'll fade away
this i admit
taste so good, hard to believe an end to it
smell touch feel
how could this rhythm ever quit
bags packed on a plane
hopefully to heaven
shut up i'm thinking
i had a clue now it's gone forever
sitting over these bones
you can read in whatever you're needing to
keep all your sights on
yeah man, the black cat
changing colors
when it's not the colors that matter
but that they'll all fade away
this i admit
seems so good
hard to believe an end to it
warehouse is bare
nothing at all inside of it
walls and halls have disappeared
my love i love to stay here
my love i love to stay here
in a corner was wondering
if a change could be better than this
and then i worry
maybe things won't be better than they have been
here in the warehouse
at the warehouse
how i love to stay here
at the warehouse
every man and woman
get alive
that's our blood down there
seems poured from the hands of angels
but trickle into the ground
leaves the warehouse bare and empty
my heart's numbered beat
still echoe in this empty room
fear wells in me
but nothing seems enough to defend
so i am going away

What you are

I walk into this room
All eyes on me now
But I do not know the people inside
Look straight through me these eyes
Seeking more wisdom
Than I have to give away
Realize realize
What you are

What you’ve become
Just as I have
Are you and I so unalike
Huddled here
You just as I am
Afraid if we dance
We will die
Mock the world
Live safe say why
Don’t you know
When you give life
Then you become
What you are

The sea is unsparing
We’re all drifting away
Away from you
But I pray for you now
Hoping to god on high
Is like clinging to straws
While drowning oh

What you’ve become
Just as I have
Are you and I so unalike
Huddled here
You just as I am
Afraid if we dance
We will die
Mock the world
Live safe say why
Don’t you know
When you live life
Then you become
What you are

What you are
Is a best in a lover’s arms
What you are
Is the devil in a sweet sweet kiss
What you are
Is a puzzle to me

What you’ve become
Just as I have
Are you and I so unalike
Huddled here
You just as I am
Afraid if we dance
We will die
Mock the world
Live safe say why
Don’t you know
When you live life
Then you become
What you are

What would you say

up and down the puppies' hair
fleas and ticks jump everywhere
'cause of original sin
down the hill fell jack and jill
and you came tumbling after
'cause of original sin
rip away the tears
drink a hope to happy years
and you may find
a lifetime's passed you by
what would you say
don't drop the big one
if you a monkey on a string
don't cut my lifeline
if you a doggie on a chain
don't bite the mailman
what would you say
i was there when the bear
ate his head, thought it was a candy
everyone goes in the end
knock knock on the door
who's it for, there's nobody in here
look in the mirror my freind
i don't understand at best
and connot speak for all the rest
the morning rise a lifetime's passed me by
every dog has its day every day has its way
of being forgotten
mom it's my birthday
what would you say

When the world ends

Oh when the world ends
Collect your things
You’re coming with me
When the world ends
You tuckle up yourself with me
Watch it as the stars disappear to nothing
The day the world is over
We’ll be lying in bed

I’m gonna rock you like a baby when the
cities fall
We will rise as the building’s crumble
Midst the burning we’ll be churning
Love will be our wings
Passion rises from the ashes
When the world ends

When the world ends
You’re gonna come with me
We’re gonna be crazy like a river bends
We’re gonna float through the criss cross of
the mountains
Watch them fade to nothin
When the world ends
You know that’s what’s happenin now
I’m gonna be there with you somehow
Ah ha

I’, gonna tie you up like a baby in the
carriage car
Your legs don’t work cause you want me so
You just lie spread to the wall
Love you got is surely all the love I would
ever need
I’m gonna take you by my side and love you
tall till the world ends

Ohhhhhhhhh
But don’t you worry about a thing
No cause I got you here with me
Mmmmmmm
Don’t you worry about a
Just you and me
Floating through the empty empty
Just you and me
Oh graces
Oh grace

Oh when the world ends
We’ll be burning one Ah
When the world ends
We’ll be sweet makin love
Oh you know when the world ends
I’m gonna take you aside and say
Let’s watch it fade away fade away

The worlds done
Ours just begun
Ours just begun

We’re gonna dive into the emptiness
We be swimming
I’m gonna walk you through the pathless
roads
I’m gonna take you to the top of the
mountain that’s no longer there
I’m gonna take you to bed and love you I
swear like the end is here

I’m gonna take you up to
I’m gonna take you down on you
I’m gonna hold you like an angel

I’m gonna love you
I’m gonna love you
When the world ends
I’m gonna hold you
When the world is over
We’ll just be beg...