The Dreaming Tree (Live at Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, VA 06.28.08) - Dave Matthews Band

(...Go Mossy, come on Mossy...) When the war is over got to get away Pack my bags to no place in no time no day You and I we used each other's shoulder Still so young but somehow so much older How can I go home and not get blown away You and I had our sights set on something Hope this doesn't mean our days are numbered 'Cause I've got plans for more than a wanted man All around this chaos and madness Can't help feeling nothing more than sadness Only choice to face it the best I can When the war is over got to start again Try to hold a trace of what it was back then You and I we used each other's story Just a page I'm lost in all it's glory And how can I go home and not get blown away Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (no no no no) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (oh, this heart away) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (nobody gonna steal) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away (no no no) Ain't nobody gonna steal this heart away Thank you

Listen now to the wind babe And listen now to the rain You know I feel that water, lickin' at my feet again And I don't wanna see this town no more Wasting my days on a factory floor The first thing you know, I'll be back in Bow River The first thing you know, I will be back in Bow River The first thing you know I'll be back in Bow River, oh The first thing you know I'll be back in Bow River again So anytime you want babe, you can come around But only six days separates me from the great top end I been working hard, twelve hours a day The money I save won't buy my youth again I'm going for the heat babe, and the tropical rain In a place where no man's puttin' on the dog for me I'm waitin' on the weekend, set o' brand new tyres, yeah I'm back in Bow River, just where I want to be Oh, listen now to the wind babe Listen now to the rain I feel that water licking at my feet again I don't wanna see this town no more Too many years made up my mind to go or stay Right to my dying day I don't wanna see another engine line Too many years and I owe my mind First set o' wheels headin' back to Bow River again The first thing you know I'll be back in Bow River again, hey, hey Come on David I got the motor running, I got the rest of my days I sold everything I owned for just a song So anytime you want babe, you can come around But don't leave it too late you just might find me gone Oh listen now to the wind babe Listen now to the rain I feel that water licking at my feet again I don't wanna see this town no more Too many years made up my mind to go or stay Right to my dying day I don't wanna see another engine line Too many years and I owe my mind First set o' wheels headin' back to Bow River again I don't need the score I'm walking out the door I'm gonna tell the man I don't want no more Pick up a fast car, burn my name in the road One week, two week, maybe even more Piss all my money up against the damn wall The first thing you know I'll be back in Bow River again The first thing you know I'll be back in Bow River again First thing you know I'll be, back in Bow River, again Oh yeah Thank you

Crazy as I may Make my way through this world Oh, it's for no one but me to say What direction I should turn in now 'Cause I am the captain of this ship Wanting eyes and kissing lips The same as it was And will remain until I'm done and gone Strange, but it seems There's mutiny brewing inside of me now I don't want your pity Just the promise that I'll be alright 'Cause I am the captain of this ship Curious hands and fingertips The same as it was And will be until I'm gone Oh, I know I'm a dreamer Still think it's strange? I won't be here for long Oh, I know that I feel Oh, wait and go again, again Oh, look, I'm buried Like a cancer eating away inside of me I don't want your pity Only the promise that I'll be okay now But I am the captain of this ship Curious hands and fingertips The same as it was before here Here, back after all Why should I be hypnotized By the promise of a long life? Why should I hold hope In tiny, tiny dribbles that glide by? Why should I lean on everything upon? I won't be here long Oh, I know I'm a dreamer Still seems a truth I won't be long for here Oh, it's so, but I think I lay this On now your lips I'm drowning I am the captain of, oh, but, I'll be okay after all

Sitting out on my share of this Still hope the lord forgive me my sins Ten years ago down by the lake I saw my sweet love, her watery grave I close my eyes, still see her face I'd give my soul to take back that day Hello again, it's been too long Too long, too long, hello again You know you got what it is I want Anyway (could be "In a way") I'm gonna take it from you Hello you know you got what it is I want Any way I know I'm gonna take it from you Hello, hello, you know, hello again Wish I could not to never dance, man? Over and over, I'm gonna see her face It's like beside myself to gather around under me Over and over, I'm gonna see her face Blown away, on that day I am I am a waste of the flesh on my bones I am a waste of the air in my lung So go far from me, man, go and be saved This serpent, not God, pours through my veins Here we go Hello again, it's been too long Too long, too long, hello again You know you got what it is I want Anyway I'm gonna take it from you Hello you know you got what it is I want Any way I know I'm gonna take it from you Hello, hello, you know, hello again It's like a loach tied to me Over and over I'm gonna see her face Oh man it's like the devil's skin, man Over and over I'm gonna see her face Blown away, on that day, yeah, again Hello, hello, you know, hello again You know you got what it is I want Anyway you know, my love, I'm gonna take it from you Hello, hello, you know, hello again

Oh, we were above You were standing underneath us We were not yet lovers Dragons were smokes Bumblebees were stinging us I was soon to be crazy Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die 'Cause we're tripping Billies And we're wearing nothing Nothing but our shadows Shadows falling down on the beach sand Remembering once, out on the beaches We wore pineapple grass bracelets So why would you care To get out of this place? You and me and all our friends Such a happy human race 'Cause we're tripping Billies We are all sitting Legs crossed around a fire My yellow flame, she dances Oh, tequila drinking Oh, our minds will wander To wondrous places So why would you care To get out of this place? You and me and all our friends Such a happy human race Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die Sing 'em out, folks Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die Eat, drink, and be merry For tomorrow we'll die, yeah