Counting Crows: Spaceman in Tulsa | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Musical guest Counting Crows performs “Spaceman in Tulsa” for The Tonight Show. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Counting Crows: Spaceman in Tulsa | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1.468 -Performing "Spaceman in Tulsa"
from their new album
1.468 "Butter Miracle,
The Complete Sweets!,"
1.468 give it up for Counting Crows!
1.468 [ Cheers and applause ]
1.468 ♪♪
1.468 -♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
1.468 ♪♪
1.468 ♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
1.468 -♪ You're a spaceman in Tulsa ♪
1.468 ♪ So you cover it up
in clown white ♪
1.468 ♪ All these elegant boys
make such delicate toys ♪
1.468 ♪ And they know it ♪
1.468 ♪ He says, "I know you wanna
believe in something ♪
1.468 ♪ But if you could just see
all of the people in me" ♪
1.468 ♪ Then the shadows descend
from his eyes to his hands ♪
1.468 ♪ Down to his
naked all-American knees ♪
1.468 ♪ Doesn't anybody wanna be
a rock and roll queen? ♪
1.468 ♪ Dress yourself up
in a diamond tiara ♪
1.468 ♪ Swishy little rake, he says ♪
1.468 ♪ "Man, I'm gonna
make 'em insane" ♪
1.468 ♪ I'm a painkiller
and I'm a caterpillar ♪
1.468 ♪ They can't break you, man ♪
1.468 -♪ Yeah, they can't break you
apart ♪
1.468 -♪ Another well-nigh butterfly
found on a bus out of town ♪
1.468 ♪ Turning into a —
Oh, Lord, rock and roll star ♪
1.468 -♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
1.468 -♪ Ally says
she's one in a million ♪
1.468 ♪ Other people tend to agree ♪
1.468 ♪ From her fishnet luck
to her platform Chucks ♪
1.468 ♪ She's a fading
Miss American dream ♪
1.468 ♪ But her daddy
couldn't keep his distance ♪
1.468 ♪ She says, "You can't keep him
away if you try" ♪
1.468 ♪ The saddest mistakes
are the ones that we make ♪
1.468 ♪ Wishing away what's right
in front of our eyes ♪
1.468 ♪ Doesn't anybody wanna be
a rock and roll queen? ♪
1.468 ♪ Leave 'em laughing
when you wanna die ♪
1.468 ♪ Crazy little dreamer says ♪
1.468 ♪ "Man, I can't believe
I'm still alive" ♪
1.468 ♪ I'm a painkiller
and I'm a caterpillar ♪
1.468 ♪ They can't break you, man ♪
1.468 -♪ Yeah, they can't break you
apart ♪
1.468 -♪ Another well-nigh butterfly
found on a bus out of town ♪
1.468 ♪ Turning into —
Hey, mama, rock and roll star ♪
1.468 ♪♪
1.468 ♪ Bobby,
he's such a rock and roller ♪
1.468 ♪ Says, "Everybody's
somebody I used to know ♪
1.468 ♪ Man, I was
the toast of the town ♪
1.468 ♪ Back when everyone
knew where to go ♪
1.468 ♪ I was a spaceman in Tulsa ♪
1.468 ♪ But if you could
see behind my eyes ♪
1.468 ♪ I'm just an empty smile ♪
1.468 ♪ And a song I don't even know
that I'm singing" ♪
1.468 ♪ Doesn't anybody wanna be
a rock and roll queen? ♪
1.468 ♪ Light your rocket
and burn right out of town ♪
1.468 ♪ Crazy little sucker says ♪
1.468 ♪ "Man, I guess
I'll see you around" ♪
1.468 ♪ I'm a painkiller,
super fly caterpillar ♪
1.468 ♪ They can't break you, man ♪
1.468 -♪ Yeah, they can't break you
apart ♪
1.468 -♪ Another well-nigh butterfly
found on a bus out of town ♪
1.468 ♪ Turning into a —
Hey, mama, rock and roll star ♪
1.468 -♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo ♪
1.468 -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1.468 ♪ Well, I said, mama,
rock and roll star ♪
1.468 -♪ Doo, doo, doo-doo, doo ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪
1.468 ♪ Said I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm, I'm a rock and roll star ♪
1.468 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1.468 ♪ Well, I said, mama,
I'm rock and roll star ♪
1.468 ♪ I'm a painkiller
and I'm a caterpillar ♪
1.468 ♪ I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,
I'm, I'm a rock and roll star ♪
1.468 [ Cheers and applause ]
1.468 -Counting Crows' "Butter
Miracle, The Complete Sweets!"
1.468 is out May 9th.