To All The Lights In The Window

Song To All The Lights In The Window
Artist Conor Oberst
Album Outer South

Lyrics

[00:01.00] Conor Oberst - To All the Lights in the Windows
[00:03.00]
[00:07.92] Moses up on the mountainside
[00:12.04] What a place to meet
[00:15.56] He brought his pad and his pencil
[00:18.49] Poured himself some gypsy tea
[00:22.89]
[00:23.81] And all the world's multiplicity
[00:26.86] They turn his brain and his soul to stone
[00:31.28] He drew his face on a tablet
[00:35.35] And carried it back home
[00:38.80]
[00:40.86] Jesus off in the water
[00:45.50] Standing on his feet
[00:49.32] Yeah, that's the thing about charisma
[00:52.24] It makes everyone believe
[00:56.77]
[00:57.83] But there is nothing impossible
[01:01.50] When I'm with you and when you're with me
[01:05.69] I got a sad sinking feeling
[01:09.91] That that can never be
[01:13.04]
[01:14.90] But I'm going to do what I can for you
[01:19.80] I will make a plea
[01:23.44] To all the lights in the windows
[01:27.54] The puddles in the streets
[01:30.94]
[01:32.51] And all the lovers that you've been teasing
[01:35.88] From your balcony
[01:39.60] May they carry you far from my memory
[01:45.23]
[01:48.64] Solomon heard a protest
[01:52.48] From the lower court
[01:56.22] Reached in his ear for a silver dollar
[02:00.23] Just like he'd done before
[02:03.63]
[02:04.54] He tossed it high
[02:06.59] Said that wisdom's fickle
[02:08.54] And chance is God's retort
[02:12.22] And handed them a sentence
[02:15.60] It was death by Trojan horse
[02:19.53]
[02:22.09] Pharoah woke from a bad dream
[02:25.48] Splashed some water on his face
[02:30.10] When it's a matter of nightmares you had
[02:34.44] Better ask a slave
[02:37.54]
[02:38.54] And he may tell you a famine's coming
[02:42.31] Or he may look away
[02:45.93] If he's kind then return it
[02:49.94] Let him lick your plate
[02:53.26]
[02:55.59] But I'm going to do what I can for you
[03:00.55] I will make a plea
[03:04.06] To all the birds in the chimneys
[03:08.22] The whales up on the beach
[03:11.42]
[03:12.38] And all the footsteps that you've been hearing
[03:16.31] Like a timpani
[03:19.76] May they carry you far from your enemies
[03:25.89]
[03:43.54] But I'm going to do what I can for you
[03:48.24] I will make a plea
[03:51.72] To all the lights in the windows
[03:55.96] The puddles in the streets
[03:59.06]
[04:00.06] And all the hours that you've been sitting
[04:04.20] At your vanity
[04:07.68] May they carry you far from your misery
[04:14.92] May they carry you far
[04:19.21]
[04:20.11] Jesus off in the water
[04:23.27] Standing on his feet
[04:27.56] Yeah, that's the thing about charisma
[04:31.68] It makes everyone believe
[04:35.13]
[04:36.09] That there is nothing impossible
[04:39.60] When I'm with you and when you're with me
[04:43.74] I got a sad sinking feeling
[04:48.55] I got a sad sinking feeling
[04:52.24] I got a sad sinking feeling
[04:54.57] That will never be
[04:57.50]