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