Barbary Coast (later) Lyrics - Conor Oberst

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 girls 

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