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Classic Cars

from Cassadaga (Remastered) by Bright Eyes

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She was a real royal lady, true patron of the arts
She said the best country singers die in the back of classic cars
So if I ever got too hungry for a suitcase or guitar
To think of them all alone in the dark
So I laid some nights beside her in a bed made for a queen
She said I kissed her different, that all the men her age were mean
Gave me anything I wanted, Oh the generosity
I took all that I could, it was free
Now the sky is a torn up denim and the clouds are just splattered paint
It’s a room I’m renovating; it’s a name I got to change
If I get out of California I’m going back to my home state
To tell them all that I made a mistake

And I keep looking for that blindfold faith
Lighting candles to a cynical saint
Who wants the last laugh at the fly trapped in the windowsill tape
You can go right out of your mind trying to escape
From the panicked paradox of day to day
If you can’t understand something then it’s best to be afraid

The whole world it loves you if you are a chic chameleon
Intersecting circles she could hang with anyone
But when conducting business she would lie about where she’s from
Saying, life is how it is not how it was
I learned to listen felt like I was back at school
She’d talk forever about the phases of the moon
Saying, everything is a cycle, you’ve got to let it come to you
And when it does you will know what to do
Without even knowing I guess I took up her advice
Painted her front door it seemed a suitable goodbye
It’s not that often but I think of her sometimes
Just something quaint, a couple ships in the night

And they keep moving at a glacial pace
Turning circles in a memory maze
I made a new cast of the death mask that is gonna cover my face
I had to change the combination to the safe
Hide it all behind a wall let people wait
And never trust a heart that is so bent it can’t break

credits

from Cassadaga (Remastered), released November 11, 2016
Conor Oberst - voice, guitar
Mike Mogis - guitar
Nate Walcott - piano, organ
David Rawlings - guitar
Gillian Welch - voice
Jason Boesel - drums
Tim Luntzel - bass

Recorded at Stratosphere Sound (NYC). Additional tracking at The Boat. Mixed at ARC Studios.

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Bright Eyes are the Omaha, Nebraska based band consisting of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott.

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