Jim James
Map of the World
[Verse 1]
There's a map of the world on the wall in your room
Green pins where you wanna go
White pins where you've been, there isn't even ten
And you're already feeling old

Pretty faces stare back from the magazine stack
That you read when you're feeling bored
Look through a telescope lens, it doesn't make sense
You think you've been there before

[Chorus]
Some far off feeling, some up close kind of ache
A wide screen reason to look the other way

[Verse 2]
There's a place by the lake that you go when it's late
In the summer when the crowds are gone
And you sit all alone with your thoughts getting stoned
Just waiting for some peace to come

Like the thing that you tried that you thought that you liked
For a minute then it all felt wrong
So you change it again, all your clothes, all your friends
It's the same as it ever was
[Chorus]
That far off feeling, that up close kind of ache
Some wide screen reason to look the other way

[Verse 3]
It's the road that you paved over Indian graves
And you wonder why your dreams are crazed
So you cling to your wife, your kids, your life
There's nothing that you're gonna save

Put the razor to your face, hot water for a shave
Kill the shadow of yesterday
Clean shirt, clean pants, clean slate, second chance
You're going by another name

[Chorus]
Some far off feeling, an up-close kind of ache
That instant karma always comes too late