Counting Crows - Earthquake Driver Lyrics






I was born again a little north of Disneyland
Somewhere under Wonderland in Hollywood, but then I had to go
Skipping and diving and bouncing back to New York City
Straight through the heart of America where all the wild things grow

I wanna be an earthquake driver
I wanna be an aquarium diver
I just don't wanna go home

I live alone, but I am hungry for affection
I just struggle with connection til the water calls me home
Down under the ocean among millions of other lonely people
Drowning among the only people we are ever going to know

I wanna be an earthquake driver
I wanna be an aquarium diver
I just don't wanna go home

I wanna be like the people I see
They want a rover just like me
I wanna stay but what keeps me away
Is I'm tied into the lightning line
I wanna see if the sun is shining
Long night's just a waste of time
I don't wanna see people like me
Just sleeping and waking and hoping and hating and

You look at me like I'm some kind of carnival attraction
You say love is an abstraction, just some ghost that you chase
Well, I am a cypher, I am a blank space
Filled up with words you remember from whenever you saw my face

I wanna be an earthquake driver
I wanna be an aquarium diver
I just don't wanna go home

I wanna be like the people I see
Hey man, they want a rover just like me
I wanna stay but what keeps me away
Is I'm plugged into the lightning line
I wanna be where the sun is shining
All night chasing time
I don't wanna see people like me
Just creeping and waking and hoping and hating and

Now what is the price for all of this fame and self-absorption
We turn ourselves into orphans and then spend our nights alone
Living in fear of some imaginary consequence
Terror, incognito, ob-la-di, li-bi-do

I wanna be an earthquake driver
I don't wanna be an aquarium diver
I just don't wanna go home

Truth is, I don't wanna be an earthquake driver
And I do not want to be an aquarium diver
But hey, I just don't wanna go home
Oh man, I just don't wanna go home
Oh, I do not wanna go home





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  1. J.... P....

    This is easily the best thing Adam has done since August.....WOW!!

  2. D.... T....

    The W-w-words you remember from whenever you saw my face 😁

  3. E.... M....

    Sounds like their influenced by Paul Simon. Awesome music.

  4. p.... e....

    Brilliant

  5. t.... a....

    That Beatles reference tho <3

  6. p.... e....

    Brilliant and I want to be an aquarium diver
    Great stuff indeed

  7. A.... R....

    this is the most annoying and irritating song i have ever heard

    A.... R....

    +LyricYou no one made you listen to it. that being said you clearly do not know what true music is.

    A.... R....

    Do you happen to listen to rap?

  8. 2.... ....

    Oh man! Thats the best sounding music Ive heard in years! Thank you, thank you Adam!!!

  9. D.... o....

    classic counting crows!!
    Love this song!

  10. N.... A....

    Abercrombie Kids playlist

  11. t.... ....

    Forgettable, at best. (That County Crows is for the birds! LOL!)

    Back to the new Gov't Mule Stones/Pink Floyd cover albums, which are the BEST!

  12. B.... W....

    I really like this song.  Good job guys.  Saw you on Jools.  Sounding nice. 

  13. R.... B....

    HE IS AMAZING...

  14. S.... ....

    "I live alone, but I am hungry for affection.  I just struggle with connection 'til the water calls me home.  Down into the ocean among millions of other lonely people, drowning among the only people we are ever gonna know."  Good stuff.  Love the ballads, but love when they rock out, too like here and "Dislocation".  Lyrics are always top notch, poetic, and relateable regardless.  One of the first "90s bands" I got into and still great.

  15. g.... ....

    I've been thinking that this song is about the choice to either live life or to just lose yourself in internet addiction. He's comparing the glass of a computer screen to an aquarium and the diving into it is like becoming absorbed in what you read there. And I guess earthquake driving is like making an impact on the world somehow, and he's debating whether to be happy feeding his addiction or going out and doing something with his life

  16. o.... ....

    this is my favorite song on the new cd. cant stop listening to it! love it!

  17. P.... T....

    Merci à Georges Lang et ses nocturnes pour cette belle découverte musicale !

  18. s.... y....

    I think am not the only one who read '' counting stars'' not '' counting crows''

    s.... y....

    @salvator youcef You are.

  19. C.... R....

    Not sure I like this much, the Chorus is to frequent and just all to formula.
    Maybe its a nice abstract song for the rest of album

  20. n.... ....

    CHARLIE rocks it on this song. 

  21. H.... C....

    I will be listing to this song in 50 years time.

  22. P.... ....

    Love this song live, one of my faves of the new crop.  But I'm not big on this mix they did for the album track.  Something sounds off about it.

    P.... ....

    Really? Mix sounds great. Especially in the bridge part. Love it.

  23. t.... ....

    I would like to petition Adam to add more syllables when he sings this in concert cause it already blows my mind.

  24. I.... ....

    Counting Crows need to go back and make cool lyric videos for RTS and AAEE. The visuals could be stunning.  @Counting Crows 

  25. J.... O....

    God. This new album is fantastic so far. 1000000000/10

  26. K.... ....

    The lyrics are something.  "We turn ourselves into orphans and then spend the nigh alone.  Living in fear of some imaginary consequence, terra incognito..." 
      What's with the jingle-jangle music?  

  27. L.... D....

    But I do.

  28. M.... J....

    This song was great makes me sad I didnt get tickets

  29. D.... ....

    Wow. GREAT song. Adam Duritz still has it! 

  30. S.... K....

    LOVE <3

  31. S.... J....

    If the other songs hadn't already sold me the album, this one definitely would have done it. Roll on September.

    S.... J....

    Agree 110%

  32. I.... S....

    See you in Milan on November 23! I can not wait!

  33. C.... W....

    That voice.