Palisades Park

Somebody screamed and all of Jim Jeffries dreams Explode against a black fist He falls to the floor He stares up at the sky and he may wish he knew why But he can't go back there no more Future sounds so crazy We've all heard that song before Tomorrow's the name we change from yesterday to blame When the train just don't stop here anymore I got starry-eyed on the coaster ride Andy says "Man, I need a break from the world outside These days my life just careens through a pinball machine I could do so much better but I can't get off the TILT" There's a photograph on the TV Black and white and Andy says something to you Jack Johnson straddling Reno, Nevada like She says "I forget myself sometimes too" Out past the doorways where we are sleeping The White Queens creep and the tomcats peep And now I'm not breaking The train's just shaking And I've never made it here before There's a Wild Mouse spinning the girls around Til they can't take it anymore I used to dream in the dark of Palisades Park Up over the cliffs and down among the sparks It's a long life full of long nights But it's not what I was waiting for Everybody's seen the horses diving down the shore It's a miracle they don't make them anymore So..."Make up ladies"...Wake up baby You walked into the bar like some Saturday star Stud-straight on spiked heels and needles and nerves You're a downtown pride fully-amplified Clyde Gin-tight and aging but well-preserved Remember Andy standing outside your bedroom window Saying "Come on, let's drive across to the Palisades Keep going til we hit Reno, Nevada" Don't see Andy all that much these days Still there are pages in back of the Action stacks Where the White Queens creep and the tomcats peep And the train's not braking The track's just shaking And I never made it here before There's a Sky Rocket turning the world around Til I can't take it anymore You can carry that spark from Palisades Park Down over the cliffs and out into the dark It's a long life full of long nights And it's not what I was looking for Everybody dreams of horses flying 'round the shore It's a bad dream we're not having anymore Man, have you seen Andy? Hey man, have you seen her around? Hey man, have you seen my my my Andy? Hey man, have you seen her? Have you seen him? Have you seen her? You seen Andy around? Dressed up in our pirate best All leathers and feathers and pearls Andy said "Look at me man! I am cookin' These hands could finger up this whole world!" He says "Come outside Climb out your bedroom window Shimmy down the fire escape And say goodbye" Come outside Andy says "I'm dressed up just like Edie Changing all the time These leopard spots to polka dots And say goodbye" Come outside Maybe we could move to California Just meet me at the subway And say goodbye Come outside The cops all think we're crazy But if you stay, you'll just get married To a girl who'll never know you And then say goodbye Hey Man, have you seen Andy? I lost her in the sun I was high as a kite on Lovely & White Man, you could lose anyone Hey man, have you seen Andy I don't know where he's gone Real love outlives teenage lust We could get wet and it keeps us warm Love is like Angel Dust Lovely sometimes changes us...sometimes not Have you been aching to trust or just...? Have you been waking yourself with lust...? Have you been making us up or just taking us home? It's a long wait at a long light Cars frozen in flight All the traffic stops to stare At a crosswalk in Reno, Nevada Wearing nothing but air And a pair of grey paper wings Andy thinks "I got nothing to wear" We got nothing new and... We got nothing to wear... We got nothing to wear... We got nothing to wear... --- Palisades Park - Counting Crows