Step out the front door
Like a ghost into a fog
where no one notices
the contrast of white on white
And in between
the moon and you
The angels get
a better view
Of the crumblin' difference
between wrong and right
I walk in the air
Between the rain
Through myself
and back again
Where
I don't know
Maria says she's dyin'
Through the door
I hear her cryin'
Why I don't know
'Round here
we always stand up straight
'Round here
somethin' radiates
Maria came from Nashville
With a suitcase
in her hand
She said she'd like
to meet a boy
who looks like Elvis
And she walks along the edge
of where the ocean
meets the land
Just like she's walkin'
on wire in the circus
She parks her car
outside of my house
And takes her clothes off
Says she's close
to understandin' Jesus
And she knows she's more
than just a little misunderstood
She has trouble actin' normal
when she's nervous
'Round here
we're carvin' out our names
'Round here
we all look the same
'Round here
we talk just like lions
But we sacrifice like lambs
'Round here
she's slippin'
through my hands
Rock on
Sleepin' children
better run like the wind
Out of the lightnin' dream
Mama's little baby
better get herself in
out of the lightnin'
She says
it's only in my head
She says shh
I know it's only in my head
But the girl on the
car in the parkin' lot
Says man you should
try to take a shot
Can't you see my
walls are crumblin'
Then she looks up
at the buildin'
Says she's thinkin' of jumpin'
She says she's tired of life
She must be tired
of somethin'
'round here
She's always on my mind
'Round here
Hey man I got lots of time
'Round here
we're never sent to bed early
And nobody makes us wait
'Round here
we stay up very very
very very late
I I can't see nothin'
Nothin' around here uh
You catch me if I'm fallin'
You catch me if I'm fallin'
And you catch me 'cause
I'm fallin' down on here
I said I'm under the gun
around here
Oh man I said
I'm under the gun
around here
And I can't see nothin'
Nothin' 'round here