Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain
(And he shot me dead)
I don't want to risk our paths crossing someday
We made love on the living room floor
So I'm up at dawn, putting on my shoes
I keep drinking the ink from my pen
And I'm balancing history books up on my head
So you walk that way I'll walk this way
I've grown tired of holding this pose
And the world's got me dizzy again
If you walk away I walk away
Songwriter: Conor M Oberst
I found a liquid cure
You'll be free child once you have died
If we walk away, they’ll walk away
If you love something give it away
But you may be offended and you may be afraid
As I'm leaving she wakes up and says
I'm leaving but I don't know where to
It will pass away like a slow parade
And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss
Forcing everything metal to shine
From the shackles of language and measurable time
I feel more like a stranger each time I come home
And the moon's laying low in the sky
Baby, don't go away, come here"
You'd think after twenty-two years I'd be used to the spin
It's leaving but I don't know how soon
And one's pointing his tree branch at me
Just stay in when it's lookin' this way
For my landlocked blues
But it all boils down to one quotable phrase
If you're still free start runnin' away
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
And there's kids playing guns in the street
Sayin' let me walk away, please
I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to
So I put my hands up I say
But greed is a bottomless pit
Till then walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away
A good woman will pick you apart
With the noise in the background from a televised war
"I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave
So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame
And it moves with each current event
But don't walk away, don't walk away
And Laura's asleep in my bed
First tell me which road you will take
They argue "Walk this way", "No, walk this way"
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
I just want to make a clean escape
So I'm always pacing around or walking away
And the sidewalk holds diamonds like a jewelry store case
A box full of suggestions for your possible heart
'Cause we're comin' for ya
And it only feels worse when I stay in one place
And then we can trade places, play musical graves
And the future hangs over our heads
Publishers: BEDROOMS BEDROOMS AND SPIDERS, SONY/ATV SONGS LLC
"Enough is enough, if you walk away I walk away"