Cover Up the Sun Counting Crows

Colorado passes by like writing on a wall
Headed Eastward down to New Orleans
Dipping into Texas as the stars are fading out
But there’s still a lot of country in-between
When I left California, I was 29 years old
And the world just spun me ‘round
Now I just watch Louisiana
Scroll across the windowpane
And I face in the direction I am bound
 
Cover up the sun
Let the river run
Make the waters come and wash me away

(Verse)
Me, Clifton, and the King of Cats
Sat down in the road
Pedro said, "Boys, we're three of kind"
He said “I’ve sat with river rats
And I’ve hung my hat with diplomats
I had 4 brothers once upon a time”

He said they toured the country far away from the Rio Grande
But the road just wore them down
So they bought a house beside a lake outside of New Orleans
And they stared in the direction of the escalating sound
 
Cover up the sun
Let the river run
Take this good man’s son and wash him away