Sailor Song - Lyrics by Counting Crows


Lyrics
Walk out Amanda, our fortunes are clear

These are the last of our days

Left San Francisco with time on my hands

And I got back with you on my brain

So bring me a second or bring me an hour

Bring me the world in a tear

Bring me a little of anything Amanda

And I'll keep it close to me here

Press it among the best years of my heart and my tears

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want

Throw me up on the shore tonight and I'll count the last light

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want...

Come on Amanda, you know what I mean

You won't be happy 'round here
Got on the wagon the tenth of December
I fell off the first of the year

And I know you wish I was better then that
I know you wish I was dry

God knows I wish I was somebody else

Right now I wish I could die

Press it among the best years of my heart and my tears

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want

Maybe among the earphones of my heart and my soul

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want everything

And I want to be a raider, I want anything

And I want to be a man

What's the matter?
Didn't you think we were trying?

Hey, what's the matter?
Didn't you think I was somebody else who
could lie in the wake of you smile?

Spent twenty-six stiffening years down the drain

Women who will spit in your eye
And a drunkard like me gets the worst of your love

Good riddance, good luck and good bye

Press it among the best years of my heart and my tears

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want

Maybe among the hill folds of my heart and my soul

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want
Singing 'till the sky turns and lungs burst and throat burns

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want

Screaming 'till the sun houses my here and my now

And I want, and I want, and I want, and I want everything

And I want to be a sailor, I want anything
And I wanna be a man
I want everything
And I wanna be a sailor, I want anything

And I wanna be a man

And I wanna be a man

And I wanna be a man
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