The Rockaways - Conor Oberst

Scared of everything

Everything’s on blast

Never travel light

I carry the past

In an armored car

That’s my skeleton

Worship one idea

Like a superfan

In a gallery

With a slanted view

There’s a book signing

Dystopian haikus

As they’re read out loud

Under Edison lights

Makes me scratch my head

And think of simpler times

Borrowed a car for the day

We drove it out to The Rockaways

And you went swimming

I watched you swimming

I’m made of money now

There’s nothing I want

Except expensive wine

To watch the rocket launch

We’ll climb up on the roof

And sit in plastic chairs

Watch it accelerate

Until it disappears

Just like your goodbye voice

Trailing off down the hall

I love you, baby

I’ll be back in one hour

You’ll try and smile then

Sometimes it doesn’t stick

I’ll help you tune it out

I’ll help you reminisce

Borrowed a car for the day

Filled it up with some friends I’d made

And they went dancing

I watched them dancing

Don’t feel badly

I’m barely angry

It’s not too much to contain

Always knew that

It’d probably happen

We’d put these memories to shame

Borrowed a car for the day

Gassed it up for our getaway

Said you’d be waiting

I left you waiting