Afterthought-Conor Oberst

[00:01.06]I woke up this mornin' still wearin' that tie [00:05.52]The one with the hammer and sickle design [00:09.61]Threw up all the pills my doctor prescribed [00:13.54]And went out to fetch me some air [00:18.01]The streets were so crowded with billboards and signs [00:22.09]Food trucks double parked in their parallel lines [00:26.12]I thought about breakfast but settled on wine [00:30.26]Always choose hunger over despair [00:34.30]And what's possible over what's there [00:38.42]But it isn't as though we get what we want [00:42.78]No matter how hard or long we have fought [00:46.82]Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought [00:50.94]When I'm with her I keep it in mind [00:54.95]Then she leaves and I've run out of time [01:05.79]I sat down today in a high barber's chair [01:09.94]To hear the town gossip and clean up my hair [01:13.97]He said she was seen on the bus station stairs [01:18.06]With her suitcase threatenin' to walk [01:21.95]Not sure how true it was but I'll hazard a guess [01:26.67]It's probably not more and it's probably not less [01:30.57]If that college kid bookie was accepting bets [01:34.87]The brackets would mostly be chalk [01:38.90]Yeah it's safe to assume that she's lost [01:42.69]But it isn't as though we get what we want [01:47.06]No matter how hard or long we have fought [01:51.00]Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought [01:55.11]When I'm with her I keep it in mind [01:59.22]Then she's gone and I've run out of time [02:12.27]I can't be concerned with the state that I'm in [02:16.31]At the height of the scandal with vertigo spins [02:20.24]Take every audition til I'm Errol Flynn [02:24.51]And bring it to life off the page [02:28.84]And I'll get up tomorrow still wearin' that tie [02:33.11]The one with the skull and the crossbone designs [02:37.08]If I'm asked if i miss her it's easy to lie [02:41.34]In this world that's called more of the same [02:45.41]Yeah I wouldn't feel proud or ashamed [02:49.56]Cuz it isn't as though we get what we want [02:53.90]No matter how hard or long we have fought [02:57.78]Oh my happiness is a mere afterthought [03:02.06]When I'm with her I keep it in mind [03:06.25]Then she leaves and I've run out of time [03:14.63]