Boxcars – Counting Crows
Nghệ sĩ: Counting Crows
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
BOXCARS
As recorded by Counting Crows
(From the 2025 Album BUTTER MIRACLE: THE COMPLETE SWEETS)
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Intro
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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Lovers cloaked in darkness caught between
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Kisses dipped in sex and Maybelline
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It's more fun than you thought it would be
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Just get it done where nobody can see cuz
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Mom and dad and a couple of kids
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Staring at the screen
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Makes it easier on you
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Makes it easier on me
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Man, we are numb, struck dumb
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Left out in the sun and
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We're sick of everything
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We'd give anything to be
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Almost anyone we see
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
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Cover all the posters with a warning
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Color-code the people for the sorting
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It's less fun than you thought it would be
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But what if that's the last thing you think about?
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Think about mom and dad and a couple of kids
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Staring at the screen
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Makes it easier on you
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Makes it easier on me
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Man, we are dumb, white, left-swipe
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Stare at the sun types
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But we know everything
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We want everyone to be
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Just the same as me and me and me and
Interlude
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Now we are all about God’s love
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Flowers and Vaseline and...
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
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Rubber gloves to cut the cancer from the nation
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Boxcars lined up at Grand Central Station
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Cut it deep if you want it to bleed
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Cut away the boxcars
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And memories until it’s just
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Mom and dad and a couple of kids
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Staring at the screen
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Makes it easier on you
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Makes it easier on me
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Aw man, we could stay in touch
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But I think too much
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And you won’t remember me
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If you knew what was in store
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You’d forget a little more
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Hey hey, can you hear the sirens?
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Mister, have you seen the news?
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By the time you hear the bells
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They may be ringing them for you
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I saw some matte black cat with a Rat-Kings tat,
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Red leather dress, and a Kangol hat
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Running through this alley near Tompkins Square
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Til the Bats closed in and they left him there
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Oh man oh man oh man
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I guess I don’t know what to do
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Try to close your eyes and ears
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If it’s easier for you
Outro