by Conor Oberst on album 2004-04-20: Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, USA

You were born inside of a raindrop And I watched you falling to your death And the sun, well, she could not save you She'd fallen down to, now the streets are wet Body of water, toxic and timeless Atl

by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band on album 2009-07-22: Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC, USA

Hair blowing in the hot wind Time hanging from a clothespin There's no sorrow that the sun's not gonna heal Smell the leather of your new car Drive through the desert after nightfall Sleep on the shou

by Conor Oberst on album Salutations

We started drinking the Kool-Aid We were taking the bait We were talking the big talk Never playing it safe Looking good as Jane Fonda On a Vietnam tank Can't get something for nothing Have to energiz

by Conor Oberst on album A Little Uncanny / Napalm

We started drinking the Kool-Aid We were taking the bait We were talking the big talk Never playing it safe Looking good as Jane Fonda On a Vietnam tank Can't get something for nothing Have to energiz

by Conor Oberst on album Salutations

Tried some bad meditation Sitting up in the dark They say to picture an island Cuz that's one place to start I guess I could count my blessings I don't sleep in the park With all my earthly possession

by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band on album One of My Kind

I was lost for a while in a mirrored hallway of a high-rise hotel Umbrella drink in my hand, sitting down Saw ten thousand me's, numb cocaine teeth in their chattering mouths Thought about home, thoug

by Conor Oberst on album Ruminations

You started drinking the Kool-Aid We were taking the bait We were talking big talk Never playing it safe Looking good as Jane Fonda On a Vietnam tank Can't get something for nothing Have to ene

by Conor Oberst on album Outer South

Ten women Ten women between you and me Ten women Ten women, the nightmare, the fantasy Ten women, the thrill and the shame Ten women, I miss you the same While you're kissing the ring of some good ti

by Conor Oberst on album Outer South

Moses up on the mountainside, what a place to meet He brought his pad and his pencil, poured himself some gypsy tea And all the world's multiplicity, they turn his brain and his soul to stone He drew

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

You can wear your new white shoes In the muddy afternoon Stay-drunk-stoop They whistle with their hands But I could be your catcall, too Anything you want to do Anything you want to do You can take y

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

in Outter South this song is actually performed by Jason Boesel Eagle on a Pole (Jason Boesel) I saw an eagle on a pole I think it was an eagle Now that eagle has flown And I'll never know Cou

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

I wanna sleep on the air mattress with you And let the air leak out. What won't I do? And as we sleep our bodies slowly meet, I can feel it when your heart beats. I do. The air mattress with you

by Conor Oberst on album Outer South

All that blotter gonna twist up your mind You can do it just not all the time Hiding in your room you'll be feeling fine Always manage to have something to sell Talk on the telephone while painting y

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

Well, call me if you want to talk There's a telephone on your wall And the reasons are many And not too far apart If there's some blood left in your heart Well, let our loving finally start

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

Baby got her feelings hurt, hearing that old standard Can't break a rule that ain't been made A starlight chasing ponytails through mushroom clouds and black fields I don't want to feel

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

You know a lot can happen after everybody falls asleep Ask the forest fire, ask the cop walking on the beat And do right by them, work a little in your dreams Don't let time rob you, hold onto yo

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

I?m just trying to stay a human being Sitting in the sun eating ice cream Texting my friend about a bad, bad dream Just trying to find someone who knows me But I don?t got time for your cuckoo clock

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

Moses up on the mountainside What a place to meet He brought his pad and his pencil Poured himself some gypsy tea And all the world's multiplicity They turn his brain and his soul to stone He dre

by Conor Oberst on album Outer South

Potential, you?re a loaded line The veil between the world and the faceless bride There's nothing there but a bunch of white Oh, potential, you?re a loaded line Tomorrow, I?m going to wait for y

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band on album Outer South

I was born on Snake Hill And that's where I'll probably die Because I don't like to kill But I've got poison in my bite Well, I feel safe to say That I should probably stay upon S