Counting Crows | Lyrics | Rain King

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
'Cos 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' and I've been thinkin'
And I am the rain King

And I said, "Mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone?"
I can't go outside, I'm scared, I might not make it home
Well I'm alive, I'm alive but I'm sinkin' in
If there's anyone at home at your place, darlin'
Why don't you invite me in?

Don't try to bleed me
'Cos I've been there before
And I deserve a little more

I belong in the service of the queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been lyin' and I've been sinkin'
And I am the rain King

Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Henderson is waitin' for the sun
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
After all the dreamin', I come home again

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
Render up my body into the burnin' heart of God
In the belly of a black-winged bird

Don't try to bleed me
'Cos 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

Well I said that I am the rain King
Well I said, "I-I-I am"
Well I am the rain King