Counterclockwise

Album: Americano! (2004)
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  • Bought a pancho and sandals
    I threw away my shoes
    Brought a toothbrush and a razor
    I probably won't use
    Hit the track, turned my back
    On the Headline News
    On my way to meet the moon on the bay
    Where she's risin' big and full and blue
    Where the gringo boys got their dark sunglasses
    And the girls on the beach
    Are all shakin' their fingers
    Cause no matter how dark the lenses
    They can see that the eyes
    And the minds of the boys
    Are somewhere they ain't supposed to beâ?¦.

    The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
    It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
    And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    No one recalls when the clock on the wall
    Stopped wavin' its hands all day
    Maybe it died of loneliness or boredom
    Rest in peace, you know it's better this way

    The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
    It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
    And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
    Boom! Boom! Boom!
    And all my friends are laughin'
    At each other's lies
    And the sea is singin' lullabies
    And everything's slowin' down
    Flowin' counterclockwise
    Some of the Americans are ugly Americans
    But we know we ain't all that way
    So we nod and we smile
    And we wait a little while
    Because they never stay anywhere
    Very long, anyway

    The breeze is blowin' me a new perfume
    It's givin' my heart a little elbow room
    And the kids are lightin' firecrackers
    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    And all my friends are laughin'
    At each other's lies
    And the sea is singin' lullabies
    And everything's slowin' down
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