Earthquake Driver

I was born again a little north of Disneyland Somewhere under Wonderland In Hollywood But then I had to go Skipping and diving and bouncing back to New York City Straight through the heart of America Where all the wild things grow I wanna be an earthquake driver I wanna be an aquarium diver I just don't wanna go home I live alone but I am hungry for affection I just struggle with connection Til the water calls me home Down under the ocean Among millions of other lonely people Drowning among the only people We are ever going to know I wanna be an earthquake driver I wanna be an aquarium diver I just don't wanna go home I wanna be like the people I see They want a rover just like me I wanna stay but what keeps me away Is I'm tied into the lightning line I wanna see if the sun is shining Long night's just a waste of time I don't wanna see people like me Just sleeping and waking and hoping and hating and... You look at me like I'm a carnival attraction You say "Love is an abstraction Just some ghost that you chase" Well, I am a cypher I am a blank space Filled up with words you remember From whenever you see my face I wanna be an earthquake driver I don't wanna be an aquarium diver I just don't wanna go home I wanna be like all the people I see They want a rover just like me I wanna stay but what keeps me away Is I'm plugged into the lightning line I wanna be where the sun is shining all night Chasing time I don't wanna be with people like me Just creeping and waking and hoping and hating and... What is the price for all this fame and self-absorption? We turn ourselves into orphans And then spend our nights alone Living in fear of some imaginary consequence Terror incognito O-bla-di Li-bi-do I wanna be an earthquake driver I don't wanna be an aquarium diver I just don't wanna go home --- Earthquake Driver - Counting Crows