Roosevelt Room-Conor Oberst

[00:20.23]Hey there, son of Adam [00:23.64]Hey there, daughter of Eve [00:26.01]Help me sing this tear gas riot song [00:28.81]For some fresh-faced police [00:31.39]They won't even know what hit them [00:33.77]When they lift their Roman shades [00:36.30]And the people's sun comes pouring in [00:38.91]On a brand new day [00:42.42] [00:51.57]You who dammed the river [00:54.49]You changed our mountain's name [00:57.17]First we want Denali back [00:59.77]Then we're taking over Washington state [01:02.20]You get death as a consolation [01:04.67]You know only hate and rage [01:07.20]You paid a dowry for your child bride [01:09.97]And now she's living like a slave [01:14.42] [01:17.73]A prayer came down the wire [01:20.04]It was all in the enemy's code [01:22.93]You couldn't figure out what mercy meant [01:25.29]So you did like you were told [01:27.73]When they finally sent the doctors [01:30.28]Once the fireball went out [01:33.08]There was nothing left but the cockroaches [01:35.74]And a movie with no sound [01:40.30] [01:42.56]What good, what good are you [01:47.93]With your Cherokee trail and your Roosevelt Room? [01:53.53]What good, what good are you [01:58.59]With your cynical plague and your Arlington tomb? [02:04.30] [02:11.55]Go ask Hunter Thompson [02:15.21]Go ask Hemingway's ghost [02:17.59]It all catches up with you [02:19.93]Once you get just a little too old [02:22.58]Take a hard look in the mirror [02:24.88]It's a thing that you cannot see [02:27.58]Your shadow's long but the day is young [02:30.22]It just wasn't meant to be [02:34.49] [02:42.54]There's no blankets for the winter [02:45.95]There's no oil in the lamp [02:48.46]And I'd like to write my congressman [02:50.97]But I can't afford the stamp [02:53.55]You want me to pay my taxes [02:56.16]So you can propagate your lie [02:58.57]While there's barefoot dudes down in New Orleans [03:01.33]Looking like they're going to die [03:05.59] [03:13.53]You who quote the legends [03:16.50]You who poisoned all of my dreams [03:18.97]You who pinned all of the medals on [03:21.55]All those boys from Omaha Beach [03:24.07]Hope you haven't got too lazy [03:26.64]I know you like your apple pie [03:29.26]Because the working poor you've been pissing on [03:31.80]Are doing double shifts tonight [03:35.85] [03:39.50]What good, what good are you [03:44.11]With your cynical plague and your Arlington tomb? [03:49.50]What good, what good are you [03:54.50]With your Cherokee trail and your Roosevelt Room? [04:00.76]