Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up lyrics

Dreamgirl
Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)
Stand Up (For It)
American Baby Intro
American Baby
Smooth Rider
Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)
Out Of My Hands
Hello Again
Louisiana Bayou
Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd
You Might Die Trying
Steady As We Go
Hunger For The Great Light

Dreamgirl

I would dig a hole all the way to China
Unless of course I was there
then I’d dig my way home
If by diggin’ I could steal
the wind from the sails
of the greedy men who ruled the world

Still you’re my best friend
And after a good, good drunk
You and me wake up and make love after a deep sleep
Where I was Dreamin’, I was Dreamin’
Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl

I was feelin’ like a creep
As I watched you asleep
Face down in the grass,
in the park, in the middle
of a hot afternoon
Your top was untied
And I thought how nice
It’d be to follow the sweat down your spine

You’re like my best friend
Aww after a good, good drunk
You and me wake up and make love after a deep sleep
Where I was Dreamin’, I was Dreamin’
Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl

Caught by a wave
my back to the ocean
it knocks me off my feet and
just as I find my footing
here you come again
Dreamgirl, aww Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl, Dreamgirl

(Scat….trails off)

*Deep in, Deep in
Deep in, Deep in
Deep in

Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)

Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me, can't catch me

Ride my bike down that old dirt hill (can't catch me)
First time without my trainin' wheels
First time I kissed you I lost my legs (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again

Scream and shout out loud our innocence
Days when all we did would never end

Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me
Bring that beat back to me again
Take me back, take me back, can't catch me can't catch me

Smokin' on the railroad bridge
I used to ride my bike down that old dirt hill
The first time I kissed you I lost my legs
Bring that beat back to me again

Scream and shout out loud our innocence
Days when all we did would never end

Screamin' down that old dirt hill
Bring that beat back to me again

Oh when it gets hard
That's when the days I remember seem so far
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
When I was just a kid that's what I miss
Take me back, Take me back to that beat again

Smokin' on the railroad bridge
Bring that beat back to me again (again)
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
First time all we were was good friends
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again (can't catch me)
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again
Bring that beat back to me again

Stand Up (For It)

it's somewhere between sex and being saved

stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!

I woke up to the angels singing in my head
you look so good naked next to me, the angel in my bed

stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!

I feel like a drug is cooking in my veins
I'm so out of my mind, I'll shoot you up again

stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!

water, water save my soul
stand up!

smells like smoke and fire is burning in us all
you drop me in the water, lift me up, and save my soul

stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!

water, water save my soul
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!
stand up! stand up!

American Baby Intro

She said a hundred times
She said a thousand times
And I hold on to you
She said

American Baby

if these walls came crumbling down
and fell so hard to make us lose our faith
from what’s left you’d figure it out
and still make lemonade taste like a sunny day

stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby

nobody’s laughing now
God's grace lost and the devil is proud
but I’ve been walking for a thousand miles
one last time I could see you smile

I, I, hold, hold on to you
you bring me hope I’ll see you soon,
and if I don’t see you
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way

stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
American baby

(that's the way) I hold on to you,
you lift me up and always will
I see you in light
hope I don’t get left behind

I, I, hold, hold on to you,
you bring me hope I’ll see you soon
and if I don’t see you
I’m afraid we’ve lost the way

stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
I hope you stay beautiful, baby
I hope you stay American, baby
American baby
American baby

Stay American, baby
beautiful

nobody’s laughing now
'cause you could always make me laugh out loud

stay American, baby
American baby
stay American, baby
American baby

Smooth Rider

Last night no way
I was gonna be left hungry
Then your dady caught me sneaking out your bed
It's just a game I play
Its just a roll that way
These things sweet baby,
Are messing with your head

I'm a smooth rider baby
You know I just keep moving on
Don't know why I like to carry on
The way i do
It's just that I'm in love with you

If you see me out there runnin'
And you hear the sheriffs comin'
Your daddy's crazy with that gun in his hand
If you know they're comin for me
And you know they're runnin for me
You KNOW my love won't let them keep me away

I'm a smooth rider baby
You know I just keep movin' on
Don't know why I like to carry on
The way I do
It's just that I'm in love with you

I'm a smooth rider baby

Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)

Everybody wake up
If you're living with your eyes closed
See the man with the bomb in his hand
Everybody wake up

Oh baby its not easy sometimes
But build these walls ever higher and hide behind them
Seems an odd way to try and make things right
Oh I feel like I'm crazy sometimes

(Our Finest hour arrives, see the pig dressed in his finest fine)
Finest Fine
The beleivers stand behind him and smile

Everybody wake up
If you're living with your eyes closed
See the man with the bomb in his hand
Everybody wake up

Oh I remember the words of the misguided fool
Do unto others as you'd have them do
and not an eye for an eye is the golden rule
Just leaves the room full of blind men

Out finest hour arrives
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
The believers stand behind him and smile
As the day lights up with fire

Everybody wake up,
Everybody wake up,
Everybody wake up,
Everybody wake up (Wake up),
Everybody wake up,
If you're living with your eyes closed
See the man with the bomb in his hand
Everybody wake up...

Out Of My Hands

On the window ledge I don't feel safe,
Stay looking down you

It's out of my hands for now
It's out of my hands for now
I can't just walk away
It'd be nice to walk away
But I don't feel safe
Get away, all the way up here

*whispered* I said
It's out of my hands for now
It's out of my hands for now
Oh it is down from here
Down from here

*whispered* I said
Start to feel insane, betrayed
Out on my window ledge

And now our finest hour arrives,
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
And all the believers stand behind him and smile
And the day lights up with fire
Let me in
Let me in
I stopped feeling crazed, betrayed
Out on my window ledge

And now our finest hour arrives,
See the pig dressed in his finest fine
And all the believers stand behind him and smile
Watch the day lights up in fire
Lookin' down from here

It's out of my hands for now
On my window ledge
It's out of my hands for now
So let me in
Let me in

Hello Again

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 &quot;In a way&quot;) 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

(not sure, sounds like &quot;Wish I could not to never dance, man'?)
Over and over, I'm gonna see her face
(not sure, sounds like &quot;It's like beside myself to get away, man&quot;?)
Over and over, I'm gonna see her face
Blown away, on that day

(Dave talks in the background)
I am a waste of the flesh on my bones
I am a waste of the air in my lungs
So go far from me, man, go and be saved
This serpent, not God, that pours through my veins
Here we go

It's like a loach tied to me (not sure)
Over and over I'm gonna see her face
Oh man it's like the devil's skin, man (not sure)
Over and over I'm gonna see her face
Blown away, on that day, yeah, again
Hello, you know, Hello, Hello Again
You know you got what it is I want
Anyway you know, my love, I'm gonna take it from you
Hello, you know, Hello, Hello again

Louisiana Bayou

no, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
see two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
the coins in their eyes represent the money they owed
no judge or jury ever gonna hear their story told

down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou (Louisiana Bayou)
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou

Sweet girl daddy done beat that girl like he's insane
Brother can't watch him beat that girl down again
'til late one night cooking up with a couple of friends
Swears his daddy never gonna see another day

no, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road
shame, shame
oh, it's a shame to lose your way running wild
it's a shame to lose the light that shines (shame, shame)
it's a shame to lose your way as a child
it's a shame to lose your ...

money on the bed, but you ain't got to go
sold your soul just tryin to get overload
no empty pocket gonna keep you from gettin yours
no judge or jury ever gonna hear their story told

No, no, mamma now devil done do-si-do
them, them two young boys lyin' dead by the side of the road

down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
Louisiana Bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine
tryin to play with the 'caine
same old story again
down by the bayou
tryin to play with the 'caine

oh, it's a shame to lose your way running wild
it's a shame to lose the light that shines on you
it's a shame to lose your way as a child
it's a shame to lose your ...

down by the bayou
Louisiana Bayou

(Dave talking in Bayou)

Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd

Hello again
Seem like forever between now and then
You look the same
I mean you look different but you haven't changed

Funny to think how the time gets away
Funny how you take me right back again
Stole me away
First time I saw you, you did me that way
What should I say?
I saw you laughin' and I was afraid that I'd get in the way

I did not think I would see you again
So how have you been?
Do you remember, lose everything

Funny I think how the time gets away
Funny how you take me right back again

Stole me away
First time I saw you, you did me that way
What should I say?
Saw you there dancin' but I was afraid I might get in the way

I did not think I would see you again

Funny to think how the time gets away
Funny how you take me right back again
Funny the feeling (we're falling for this)
Stole me away
First time I saw you, you did me that way
What should I say?
I saw you there dancin', well I was afraid I might get in the way

Never thought I would see you again
How have you been?
(Been) watchin' the years as they trickle away

It's everything, how time gets away
Funny how you take me right back again
Steal me away

It's like the first time I saw you, you do me that way
What should I say?
See you here standin', and I am afraid I might get in the way

I never thought I would see you again
How have you been?
Do you remember I mean everything?

You steal me away
Like the first time I saw you, you do me that way
What can I say?
That's you here standin', well I am afraid I might get in your way.

You Might Die Trying

To change the world, start with one step
However small, the first step is hardest of all
Once you get your gait, you'll be walkin' tall
You said you never did, cuz you might die tryin'
Cuz you might die tryin', cuz you...

If you close your eyes cuz the house is on fire
And think you couldn't move until fire dies
The things you never did, oh, cuz you might die tryin'
Cuz you might die tryin', you'd be as good as dead
Cuz you might die tryin', cuz you might die tryin'

(sax solo) I still remember I woke up and all ran away

If you give, you begin to live
If you give, you begin to live
You begin, you get the world
If you give, you begin to live
You get the world, you get the world
If you give,YOU BEGIN TO LIVE, YOU MIGHT DIE TRYIN'
Oh you might die tryin', you might die tryin'
The things you never did, oh cuz you might die tryin'
You'd be as good as dead
The things you never did

Steady As We Go

I'll walk halfway around the world
Just to sit down by your side
And I would do most anything, girl
To be the apple of your eye
Well troubles, they may come and go
But good times, they're the gold
And if the road gets rocky, girl
Just steady as we go

Any place you wanna go
Know I'll be next to you
If it's treasure, baby, you're looking for
I'll search the whole world through
I know troubles, they may come and go
But good times, they're the gold
So if the road gets rocky, girl
Just steady as we go

When the storm comes down you shelter me
When I don't say a word and you know exactly what i mean
In the darkest times, oh, you shine on me
You set me free and keep me steady as we go

So if your heart wrings dry, my love
I will fill your cup
And if your load gets heavy, girl
I will lift you up
Well troubles, they may come and go
But good times be the gold
So if the road gets rocky, girl
Just steady as we go

-- Dave ad lib --

Shine, shine, shine
shine on me

Hunger For The Great Light

Oh great light of love
Oh great light of love
Oh great light of love
Oh great light of love

Here you go, you dirty girl
Good God, try to love try to, oh
God's love is alive inside you
You know who needs you

I wanna be your hunger
I wanna see you open wide
And then I could go down for you
I wanna blow your mind

It's my aim to kill you
My aim's to love you

You and I are such a pretty thing
Smile, smile, you know you thrill me
Cross your heart and hope to die
You know I'd love to

I wanna be your hunger
I wanna see you open wide
And when I go down for you
I wanna blow your mind

You and I, oh, oh
Shine, shine

Oh great light of love
Oh great light of love
Oh great light of love
Oh great light of love

You come just like an answered prayer
Praise God, try to love try to, oh
I have a little death's delight
Oh, oh, I love you

I wanna be you hungry
I wanna see you open wide
And when I go down for you
I wanna blow your mind

You, you, hey you
You, you, ohh
You, you, ohh

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up lyrics

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