Counting Crows - Rain King Lyrics

When I think of Heaven, deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
In the belly of a black-winged bird, don't try to feed me
'Cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been cryin', I've been thinkin'
And I am the Rain King

I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone
I can't go outside 'cause I'm scared that I might not make it home
But I'm alive, I'm alive but I'm sinkin' in, there's anyone home at your place, darlin'
Why don't you invite me in, don't try to plead me
'Cause I've been there before and I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the Queen
And I belong anywhere but in between
She's been lyin' I've keep sinkin'
And I am the Rain King

And I only want the same as anyone
Mr. Hendersons is waitin' for the sun
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
After all the dreamin', I come home

So when I think of Heaven, deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of dyin', lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Surrender up my body into the burnin' heart of God
And in the belly of a black-winged bird, don't try to plead me
'Cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been dyin' and I've been drinkin'
And I am the Rain King

I said that I am the Rain King
Oh I said, I am the Rain King

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