Conor Oberst – Barbary Coast (Later) Lyrics

Barbary Coast (Later) by Conor Oberst
Album : Salutations
Released : March, 2017
Genre : Alternative Rock
Label : Nonesuch

There’s a dance hall there
Where the sick folks go
Like the olden days on the Barbary Coast
There’s a barefoot child playing in the rain
You can sell your wares even if they’re hard
In the great bazaar or the parking lot
Cause it takes a while to know who to blame
I might have a taste cause the first one’s free
And the checkout girl’s got a thing for me
And they’re both as sweet as the day is the long

I don’t wanna feel stuck, baby
I just wanna get drunk before noon

I don’t mind my head when there’s room to dream
Feel like Paul Gauguin painting breadfruit trees
In some far off place where I don’t belong
Tried to lose myself in the primitive
In Yosemite like John Muir did
But his eyes were blue and mine are red and raw
‘Cause the modern world is a sight to see
It’s a stimulant, it’s pornography
It takes all my will not to turn it off

I don’t want you to feel sad, baby
I take everything back, I swear I do

Cause once all the friends I had
Have used me up and left
I bet you hang around
I bet you’ll hang around awhile

[Salutations (Album 2017)] :
01 Too Late to Fixate
02 Gossamer Thin
03 Overdue
04 Afterthought
05 Next Of Kin
06 Napalm
07 Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)
08 Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out
09 Barbary Coast (Later)
10 Tachycardia
11 Empty Hotel by the Sea
12 Anytime Soon
13 Counting Sheep
14 The Rain Follows the Plow
15 You All Loved Him Once
16 A Little Uncanny
17 Salutation