Counting Crows - Babies Lyrics






After you're gone, babies
ride the soft machine
threading the warm children
down the space between
into a slow heaven
hanging by a thread
leaving the still living
for the walking dead
It took so long
to find my way out of here
out of the warm night, to the hard light
shivering with fear
After you're gone, babies
crawling on the world
touching the souls of all the lonely
carefree boys and girls
daddy needs you
mamma feeds you
and they come until they go
but if I'm lonely, I'm the only one who knows
It took so long
to find my way out of here
out of the warm night, to the hard light
shivering with fear
after the slow lonely waiting
I'm all alone, alone and free
If you see me, please believe me
I wannna be
After you're gone, babies
screaming at the rain
hanging a slow heaven
in the wind again
She's been waiting
270 days
sick of waiting
when you see me
please believe me
I'm the only one who cares at all
[chorus]
After the slow lonely heaven
I'm all alone, alone and free
if you see me
please believe me
I wanna be
After you're gone...





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  1. b.... ....

    One of the greatest songs ever recorded. And you can’t get it anywhere...not for love nor money. It makes no sense at all. Thanks for posting. Incredible tune!!

  2. D.... M....

    One of my favorite songs of all time

  3. E.... B....

    I cant find this on Spotify. Is it on anything else I can look up? Anyone?

    E.... B....

    @Chioni Ramsey that is really strange. On "search" every other album they do comes up except this one the song is on, OR even as a single I cant get it in the search.. Maybe b/c I dont pay? This is a great song Id love to tell you that you have great taste in music......ha ha

    E.... B....

    HAVE SOMEONE LOOK IT UP ON YOU TUBE AND TEXT IT TO YOU. IT PLAYS JUST LIKE ITS ON ITUNES. WORKS LIKE A CHARM! MERRY CHRISTMAS!

  4. R.... C....

    I heard that the reason no one can find this as a recording to purchase is bc CC made this song for MAtt Damon and Rounders exclusively so I heard. Too bad, their best in my O

  5. e.... ....

    It's like I think I'm sick of cocaine

  6. S.... G....

    So insanely great.

  7. S.... R....

    Their best song ever. Not that they’ve had a lot. They’re mostly gay.

  8. N.... H....

    Gonna get out on the road tonight
    Cause, I got a hollow in my head
    Checking it up
    Baby, one more time for you
    Checking it up
    Until the pot hits the sky
    It's like I think
    I'm sick of cocaine
    Got a feeling like
    It's running in my veins
    Checking it up
    Baby, one more time for you
    Checking it up
    Until the pot hits the sky
    Even the best years
    Leave a lot to be desired
    When they pass you by
    All these seasons
    All this time
    Spinning round
    Until they leave you
    Far behind
    Lay me down in the circle
    Where the spotlight shines
    All this pleasure gets me high
    Some people will cut you
    Until you're bleeding
    But not me
    I just want to do it to myself
    Checking it up
    Baby, one more time for you
    Checking it up
    Until the pot hits the sky
    Even the best years
    Are a waste of time
    But, Baby, I'm a big star now
    All these seasons
    All this time
    Spinning round
    Until they leave you
    Far behind
    Lay me down in the circle
    Where the spotlight shines
    All this pleasure gets me high
    All these seasons
    All this time
    Spinning round
    Until they leave you
    Far behind
    Lay me down in the circle
    Where the spotlight shines
    Turn your back back on the people
    Who draw the line
    Put your faith in the answers
    That you can find
    Hit the Ground hard running down
    That highway line
    Say a prayer for the ones
    You have left behind
    All this pleasure gets them high
    I don't want to give it back...

  9. k.... W....

    I wasn't really a Counting Crows fan until I heard this song. Why don't they do this live? I it is easily their best song ever! Like one other post here, I too listened to the end of Rounders over and over.

  10. k.... w....

    Love that nasty old school organ sound. Now im gonna be listening for another hour.

  11. D.... W....

    What a fantastic song! Hard to understand why this is not appreciated more as one of their greatest.

  12. J.... L....

    Great song. I always felt that Rounders had the same gritty underworld vibe that the original Rocky had.

  13. A.... A....

    Gonna get out on the road tonight
    'Cause I got a hollow in my head
    I'm just checking it up
    Baby, one more time for you
    Checking it up
    Until the pot hits the sky

    It's like I think I'm sick of cocaine
    But I, I've got a feeling like it's running in my brains
    Just checking it up
    Baby,one more time for you
    Checking it up
    Until the pot hits the sky

    Even the best best years
    Leave a lot to be desired
    And then they pass you by

    All these seasons
    All this time spining past you
    They leave you all behind
    Lay me down in the circle
    Where the spotlight shines
    All this pleasure gets me high

    Doo doo doo doo
    Doo doo doo doo
    Doo doo doo doo, yeah
    Doo doo doo doo

    Some people will cut you until you're bleeding
    But not me, 'cause I just want to do it to myself
    I'm just checking it up
    Baby, one more time for you
    Checking it up
    Until the pot hits the sky

    Well, even the best years
    Are a waste of time
    But baby, I'm a big star now

    All, all, all these seasons
    All this time spining past
    Til they leave you all behind
    Lay me down in a circle
    Where the spotlight shines
    All this pleasure gets me high

    All these seasons
    All this time spinning past
    Till they leave you all behind
    Lay me down in the circle where the spotlight shines
    Turn your back on the people who draw the line

    Put your faith in the answers that you can find
    Hit the ground hard running down that highway line
    Say a prayer for the ones you have left behind
    All this pleasure gets me high

    Doo doo doo doo
    Doo doo doo doo
    Doo doo doo doo, yeah
    Doo

    Well I don't want to give it back, no
    And I don't want to give it back, no
    Said I don't want to give it back, oh
    I don't want to give it back, oh oh

    Well I don't want to give it back, come on
    And I don't want to give it back, come on
    Said I don't want to give it back, oh
    Said I don't want to, I don't want to
    I don't want to, I don't want to
    I don't want to give it back

    I don't want to give it back, come on
    Yeah I don't want to give it back, come on
    Said I don't want to, I don't want to
    I don't want to, I don't want to
    I don't want to give it back, come on

    I don't want to give it back, come on
    Said I don't want to give it back, come on
    Said I don't want to, no no
    I don't want to give it back, come on

  14. M.... C....

    Great find. The guitar solo sounds very different to me than any other crows song, right?

  15. D.... Z....

    I first noticed this song on the movie Rounders and have loved it ever since. I have seen CC's several times and they have never played this live. What a waste.

  16. A.... ....

    Crazy how to this day they can’t get this song on iTunes! This song took me back to rounders when I watched it in the early 2000’s and recently in 2014 when I remembered this song was on the movie. Good times!

  17. r.... g....

    Such a brilliant song - astounded it was never properly released ....

  18. H.... I....

    ROUNDERS

  19. H.... I....

    ROUNDERS

  20. N.... S....

    Why is this record impossible to find anywhere else?

  21. s.... ....

    Some of their best stuff never made an album: Baby, I'm a big star now, Einstein on the beach...

  22. L.... C....

    just lost someone I love needed some good music to heal me thru...

    L.... C....

    Lucia Carosella Sorry about your friend. Maybe that person directed you to this song or blew the song your way for that healing- feeling they know you needed.

  23. A.... J....

    Truly love this song. Some people will cut you til you're bleeding, I just want to do it to myself. Adam and co soar once more.

  24. s.... ....

    very aggriejsive.

  25. B.... M....

    I was playing a LOT of poker when Rounders was released and fell in love with this song then. "Hit the ground hard running down the highway line" while driving to the casino.

    B.... M....

    Poker is like a drug. On top of the world one moment, in Hell the next. I hope you only play for fun, though.

  26. D.... E....

    Best lyrics written in the 90s

    D.... E....

    For a soundtrack song.

  27. C.... ....

    Strange enough their best song is a b side.

  28. M.... ....

    The only concert I was able to take my Daughter too. Counting Crows in Phila, one of the best times of my life.

    M.... ....

    & they played this song? I have never seen them but wonder if they will play my favorites if I go see them the next time they are around...

  29. J.... ....

    UK-only bonus track! Heard it on a promotional CD I found at a used record store in 1999 that contained tunes from Geffen records and several other labels. This
    definitely will show up on a future "best of" package. It's a banger. I really think this is their very best song.

  30. N.... S....

    Great record! Superb.

  31. C.... K....

    "even the best years leave a lot to be desired and then they pass you by..." <3 <3 <3 <3 thank you adam.

  32. S.... R....

    One of their best songs!

  33. R.... C....

    Yes in UK definitely on release here. Try find UK version on eBay?

  34. S.... R....

    Kathleenlights brought me here

    S.... R....

    +Stef Rosas Same

    S.... R....

    sameeee)))

  35. R.... C....

    It's on the album Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings

    R.... C....

    +Russell Catley Are you in another country? I have SNASM here in the US and it does not have this song.

    R.... C....

    Russell Catley on the UK release not on the US release.

    R.... C....

    Are you sure? This came out in 1999, Saturday nights came out in 2008. That's quite awhile to throw on a random song. If it is on there, what track number is it ?

  36. C.... O....

    Oh my god, this song is amazing!!!!

  37. E.... V....

    This band is so good, they have great songs they distance themselves from...any a generic band this would be their signature song

    E.... V....

    Eddie Vedder so true, a luxury they have. Awesome songwriting.

  38. T.... ....

    Counting Crows-Baby, I'm A Big Star Now

  39. B.... J....

    Is there anywhere to download this single?...damn! :((
    Amazon and i-tunes doesn't even have the song on any of CC's albums.

    B.... J....

    It is on the Desert Life Record!

    B.... J....

    search vid to mp3.... you can turn this youtube video into an mp3 music file and download it

  40. a.... ....

    Love this song!! Look up crows covering good year for the roses and ghost in you too. Phenomenal! Exquisite! ♥♥

    a.... ....

    Yes, Ghost in You,was on the Clueless soundtrack. Love it.

  41. s.... ....

    My favorite B-side, maybe of all time (though I'm a huge fan of Radiohead's Faithless the Wonder Boy).  Lyrics really hit home.  Some people WILL cut you til you're bleeding, but likely I don't like doing it to myself.

  42. c.... ....

    like I've always said, the greatest song Counting Crows pretended never existed.

    c.... ....

    Have you never seen the movie Rounders? This was the perfect finale to that movie. Great movie.

    c.... ....

    ^ This.

    c.... ....

    @Sammy Berg Stayed behind in theater as credits rolled just to listen to this song, 21 years ago!

    c.... ....

    Majestic Sanctuary Just did the same on Hulu

    c.... ....

    I own it. It was a bonus track on a UK album. I had to buy the cd from a London record store and have it shipped over.

  43. J.... R....

    best way to download for free is youtube to mp3 downloader...

  44. b.... ....

    Rounders !!!!

  45. d.... ....

    I need the B-side on an album ala August, though I'm a huge fan

  46. P.... B....

    Shots fired

  47. B.... P....

    omg. just listened to this for the 4th time in a row. i'm just gettin' started.

    B.... P....

    Hi i love the crows

  48. J.... N....

    FANTASTIC tune !!!

  49. J.... V....

    ROUNDERS

  50. C.... S....

    Was an important time in my life!! Happy times!! Bought it lost it and now have found it again. YEAH!!!! SMILES! !!!

  51. j.... m....

    Not familiar with the CC but after hearing this song at the end of the movie rounders', I am a fan now.  This song is amazing and it actually gave me Goosebumps, now if I can only find it to download it!!!!

    j.... m....

    It's a hidden track on the UK version of the Counting Crows album Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings. Good luck.

    j.... m....

    Simply use Youtube MP3 converter, paste link of the song/ video here: http://www.youtube-mp3.org/ Then use Download and you can add the song to your collection. Works great!

    j.... m....

    jess medrano you are gonna LOVE this band!

    j.... m....

    I've been looking for this song for years. So glad to see it show up on YouTube as a recommended song for me. All these seasons all this time ..... even the best years leave a lot to be desired for then they pass you by. So very true as I lost my poker buddy at 47 years old. Heart Attack. We saw CC 4 times in Michigan. Love Adam and his great ability to write some very deep lyrics.

  52. j.... ....

    One of my absolute favorite CC songs ever, and arguably better than anything on the This Desert Life album itself. I also bought the (import?) Hanginaround single back in the day, just to get this song. Such a fantastic record.

    j.... ....

    So is that import still available b/c besides this song being on YT, I can't find this song anywhere. I want to download it legally but I can't even find anywhere to download this song illegally. this is a great song and I would love to have it on my iPod.

    j.... ....

    @Jarrad Williams I downloaded this song on mp3skull.com, I believe.

    j.... ....

    @Jarrad Williams Looks like it's for sale on the Amazon UK site: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-Im-Big-Star-Now/dp/B001KTTNLM

    j.... ....

    @Mike Wood sorry for the late response. I think I'll have to buy the physical copy because since I stay in the U.S., for some reason it won't allow you to download songs from the U.K. which sucks b/c I want it on my phone or iTouch. 

  53. s.... ....

    mediahuman makes a decent YT to mp3 app.

  54. T.... S....

    Give me 3 stacks of high society.

  55. c.... ....

    Top of of the crows catalog IMHO FANTASTIC tune

  56. D.... ....

    Hey. u can use JDownloader to download what u wish from YT. Cheers

  57. D.... .....

    Great song. Wish I could find a mp3 download of it.

    D.... .....

    search vid to mp3.... you can turn this youtube video into an mp3 sound file and download it

  58. j.... ....

    me too, and it was expensive to get off of ebay ;D

  59. T.... ....

    Fucking love this song... nearly crapped myself when it came on in the credits of Rounders!

  60. B.... L....

    I've got a lot of nostalgia attached to this song. Hugely underrated

  61. b.... ....

    me too.. although it was also on the Japanese version of This Desert Life, and the american vinyl version ;D i'm not a superfan.. sweear!

  62. c.... ....

    it is also on the UK version of "Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings" as a bonus track!

  63. F.... S....

    Rounders

  64. b.... ....

    it's on one of the hanginaround singles.. or look at imported copies of this desert life.. i think it's on the japanese version

  65. b.... ....

    i believe it's also on my vinyl copy of This Desert Life

  66. S.... H....

    Yet to find a CC song i dislike.. Thanks Adam!

  67. B.... B....

    After years of searching for this song here it is, now only to find a way to purchase. Thanks for posting up!

  68. P.... H....

    This is a hidden gem. keep up the good vibes boys.

  69. a.... ....

    keep doing it.

  70. C.... K....

    remember buying this single cd of hanginaround just for this song.