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by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band


Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
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Capo 1st fret

                                               
Rolling around a lifetime on a name that spells my past
                                                           
Carried through the mile markers up towards some last laugh
                                                        
And if fools could only prosper, I'm afraid what they might say
                                                   
From a podium built on generations bleeding what they make

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Because here it comes
                
Watch them all jump right in
                                              
Tell me, how could you refuse to float with the rest of them?
                                            
You were born into it, there's no shame if you drift
            
Down the bloodline

Feeling temperamental underneath a broker sun
A certificate of excellence, but no proof on your pay stub
And if money's not a problem, I suggest you best believe
There's ten dollars on the table, and a million up his sleeve

And here they come, watch them all pass us by
Tell me how could you refuse to look one in the eye?
Two sheets to the wind all over again
Down the bloodline
Down the bloodline

               
Yes, it feels scary to be ordinary
                                  
In a world that don't know your name
                  
It would not be weird if I just disappeared
                   
Blowing my back out, trying to hold my weight

Looking for a doctor with a cure for a broke heart
Seems I spent it all on a miracle just to watch it fall apart
Now there's no room for ill-complaining, I know it's all just what it is
Cherry-pick my best believers and send them off with a kiss

Because there they go
Watch them all wave goodbye
Tell me how could you refuse to think it's a wonderful life?
Two sheets to the wind all over again
Down the bloodline
Down the bloodline
Down the bloodline