Big Yellow Taxi (feat. Vanessa Carlton) - Counting Crows

Cold chills, prison cells Locked in, bars of steel Leave my woman tonight Just ain't feeling right Oh my Lord, praise him be (Cold chills, prison cells) Set your poor people free (Locked in, bars of steel) Be merciful to our abusers (Leave my woman tonight) They don't know what they do (Just ain't feeling right) Thinking you lost your senses (Oh my Lord, praise him be) What can you do when they...? (Set your poor people free) Ooh, you better collect your pieces (Be merciful to our abusers) Freedom, it waits out here (They don't know what they do) Don't have to go to prison (Oh my Lord, praise him be) But will it accomplish you? (Set your poor people free) Ku Klux Klan, they're laughing (Be merciful to our abusers) Damning the thought of you (They don't know what they do) Condemning you to your suffering (Oh my Lord, praise him be) Is that what you really want? (Set your poor people free) Prison, it's all a prison (Be merciful to our abusers) Marking your time on walls (They don't know what they do) Think you better change your motto (Oh my Lord, praise him be) Wiping away the mourn (Set your poor people free) There in the bars, let's follow (Be merciful to our abusers) Tell me your days aren't done (They don't know what they do) "Vengeance is mine", said the Lord

It was raining hard in 'Frisco I needed one more fare to make my night A lady up ahead waved to flag me down She got in at the light Oh, where you going to, my lady blue It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain She just looked out the window She said, "16 Parkside Lane" Something about her was familiar I could swear I'd seen her face before But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken" And she didn't say anything more It took a while, but she looked in the mirror And she glanced at the license for my name A smile seemed to come to her slowly It was a sad smile, just the same And she said, "How are you, Harry?" I said, "How are you, Sue? Through the too many miles and the too little smiles I still remember you" It was somewhere in a fairy tale I used to take her home in my car We learned about love in the back of the Dodge The lesson hadn't gone too far You see she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly She took off to find the footlights And I took off to find the sky Oh, I've got something inside me To drive a princess blind There's a wild man, wizard He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind Oh, I've got something inside me Not what my life's about 'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me Over 'til my time runs out Baby's so high that she's skying Yes, she's flying, afraid to fall I'll tell you why baby's crying 'Cause she's dying, aren't we all? There was not much more for us to talk about Whatever we had once was gone So I turned my cab into the driveway Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns And she said, "We must get together" But I knew it'd never be arranged And she handed me 20 dollars for a 250 fare She said, "Harry, keep the change" Well, another man might have been angry And another man might have been hurt But another man never would have let her go I stashed the bill in my shirt And she walked away in silence It's strange how you never know But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for Such a long, long time ago You see she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly She took off to find the footlights And I took off for the sky And here, she's acting happy Inside her handsome home And me, I'm flying in my taxi Taking tips and getting stoned I go flying so high, when I'm stoned

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَا قَمَرْ، يَا قَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا، يَا رُوحِي حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَا، يا قَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا، يَا رُوحِي حِلِفِ الْقَمَرْ لُونِ الْوُرُودْ لُونِ الزّهِرْ فُوقِ الْخُدُودْ زَاد الْحَلا جَدايِلْ سُودْ جَدايِلْ سُودْ حِلِي الْكَرَزْ فَوْقْ شْفافِكْ آه يَا قَمَرْ حِلِفِ الْقَمَرْ لُونِ الْوُرُودْ لُونِ الزّهِرْ فُوقِ الْخُدُودْ زَاد الْحَلا جَدايِلْ سُودْ جَدايِلْ سُودْ حِلِي الْكَرَزْ فَوْقْ شْفافِكْ آه يَا قَمَرْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا يَا رُوحِي طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّوا بِينِ الْجُفُونْ طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّوا بِينِ الْجُفُونْ السّحْرِ هامْ بِألْفِ لُونْ والشّعْرِ غافِي عاكْتافِكْ عِينِي، عِينِي، عِينِي عَالهَوى السّحْرِ هامْ بِألْفِ لُونْ والشّعْرِ غافِي عاكْتافِكْ عِينِي، عِينِي، عِينِي عَالهَوى طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّواء بِينِ الْجُفُونْ طَلّ الْهَوَى بْأحْلَى عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ، عُيُونْ قَالِّي الدّواء بِينِ الْجُفُونْ السّحْرِ هامْ بِألْفِ لُونْ والشّعْرِ غافِي عاكْتافِكْ عِينِي، عِينِي، عِينِي عَالهَوى فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ، يَا، يَا رُوحِي حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ حِلِف الْقَمَرْ يَا قَمَرْ، يَا قَمَرْ يَمِينْ وقَالّي يَا حِلْوِ ساعِةْ ما شافِكْ فِي الْحُسْنِ لا بَعْدِكْ ولا قَبْلِكْ يا رُوحِي يا رُوحِي كِمْلِتْ أوْصافِكْ يا، يَا رُوحِي