Dave Matthews Band was formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991 by South African native singer and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moore, who plays a wide variety of instruments from the saxophone to the flute, violin player Boyd Tinsley, drummer Carter Beauford, and keyboardist Peter Griesar (who left the band in 1993), all of whom Dave met in Charlottesville. Since 1998 the band has performed most of their shows with keyboardist Butch Taylor, although he is not officially a member of the band. Early 1990s In the early 1990s, the band established a cult following through relentless touring with weekly stops at Virginia clubs known as Trax and Floodzone, an active taping community, and an independent LP, Remember Two Things. (Keyboardist Griesar left the band in 1993, shortly before the release of "Remember Two Things".) After signing to RCA Records, Dave Matthews Band, under the direction of producer Steve Lillywhite, released Under the Table and Dreaming in 1994, a critical and popular smash that firmly established the band's style of pop-rock with improvisational leanings. Under the Table and Dreaming would be the first of three albums released under Lillywhite's direction.
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Dave Matthews Band
Crazy as I may,
Make my way through this world,
Oh, its for no one but me to say,
What direction I should turn in now.
Cause I am the captain of this ship,
Wanting eyes and kissing lips.
The same as it was,
And will remain until Im done and gone.
Strange, but it seems,
Theres mutiny brewing inside of me now.
I dont want your pity,
Just the promise that Ill be alright.
Cause I am the captain of this ship,
Curious hands and fingertips.
The same as it was,
And will be until Im gone.
Oh, I know Im a dreamer,
Still think its strange?
I wont be here for long.
Oh, I know that I feel,
Oh, wait and go again, again.
Oh, look, Im buried,
Like a cancer eating away inside of me.
I dont want your pity,
Only the promise that Ill be okay now.
But I am the captain of this ship,
Curious hands and fingertips.
The same as it was before here,
Here, back after all.
Why should I be hypnotized,
By the promise of a long life?
Why should I hold hope,
In tiny, tiny dribbles that glide by?
Why should I lean on everything... upon
I wont be here long....
Oh, I know Im a dreamer,
Still seems a truth.
I wont be long for here.
Oh, its so, but I think I lay this,
On now your lips.
Im drowning.
I am the captain of... oh... but, Ill be okay after all