God Of Ocean Tides Lyrics - Somewhere Under Wonderland - Counting Crows

Close the door on a short night 

Lift the lid on the daylight 

6:09 West Tennessee time 

And I buy all my days 

At the same place where the girl sells her nights 

To a God of ocean tides. 

All night long, 

Writing poems to California 

Melodies of failure 

And the people I have thrown away 

Meanwhile, somewhere west of Carolina 

In a congregation of strangers 

We are digging holes to China 

Then we pray to our reflections 

In the water when it rises. 

I said headlights pin the highway down 

Jesus spins the world around 

And I'll spend all my tomorrows coming down 

Goodbye all my days. 

I know I said I never loved you 

But I might just try again tonight. 

Truck stops and river Gods 

Gas stations of the Cross 

Following a ghost, 

Following a ghost, 

I pray the water wash away 

The memories and the cost. 

Cary me south, to the sea 

Along with your memories of me 

We are born in the water 

Now we return to Thee. 

Colored lights 

And birthday cakes 

Candle wax 

On paper plates. 

Breathe the water 

Hush-a-bye, hush-a-bye. 

You can see through water 

All the way up to the sky. 

Gods of water, Gods of rain 

Cover up the sun again 

We are crossing it at the Mississippi line 

And I tried all my days 

To love you just the way you hoped I might, 

But I'm leaving here tonight. 

I can't remember yesterday 

I tried, if I said I could I lied.