Cape Canaveral Lyrics - Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

Oh, oh, oh brother totem pole 

I saw your legends lined up 

And I never felt more natural 

Apart, I just came apart 

Please, please, please sister Socrates 

You always answer with a question 

Show some kindness to a petty thief 

Forgive, you did forgive 

Watch the migrants smoke in the old orange grove 

And the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral 

You've been a father to me 

In 1960's speak 

In the comatose joy that we're on TV 

While the mountain's side was shining 

Wild colors of my destiny 

I watched your face age backwards 

Changing shape in my memory 

You told me victory's sweet 

Even deep in the cheap seats 

Hey, hey, hey mother interstate 

Can you deliver me from evil 

Make me honest make me wedding cake 

Atone, I will atone 

Wait, wait, wait mighty outer-space 

All that flying saucer terror 

Made me lazy drinking lemonade 

A waste, it just went to waste 

Like the Freon cold out the hotel door 

Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral 

You've been a daughter to me 

Your buried shoe-box grief 

I felt your poltergeist love like Savannah heat 

While the waterfall was pouring 

Crazy symbols of my destiny 

I watched your face die backwards 

Little baby in my memory 

You told me victory's sweet 

Even deep in the cheap seats 

And you don't judge me 

That's not your style 

But I won't see you for a little while 

And there's no worries 

Whose got time 

All these changes are going to fill your mind 

Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove 

Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral 

It's been a nightmare to me 

Some 1980's grief 

Gives me parachute dreams 

Like old war movies 

While the universe was drawn 

Perfect circles form infinity 

I watched the stars get smaller 

Tiny diamonds in my memory 

I know that victory is sweet 

Even deep in the cheap seats