To All The Lights In The Windows Lyrics - Outer South - Conor Oberst

Moses up on the mountainside, what a place to meet 

He brought his pad and his pencil, poured himself some gypsy tea 

And all the world's multiplicity, they turn his brain and his soul to stone 

He drew his face on a tablet and carried it back home 

Jesus off in the water, standing on His feet 

Yeah, that's the thing about charisma it makes everyone believe 

But there is nothing impossible 

When I'm with you and when you're with me 

I got a sad sinking feeling that, that can never be 

But I'm going to do what I can for you, I will make a plea 

To all the lights in the windows, the puddles in the streets 

And all the lovers that you've been teasing from your balcony 

May they carry you far from my memory 

Solomon heard a protest from the lower court 

Reached in his ear for a silver dollar just like he'd done before 

He tossed it high, said that wisdom's fickle and chance is God's retort 

And handed them a sentence, it was death by Trojan horse 

Pharaoh woke from a bad dream splashed some water on his face 

When it's a matter of nightmares you had better ask a slave 

And he may tell you a famine's coming or he may look away 

If he's kind then return it, let him lick your plate 

But I'm gonna do what I can for you, I will make a plea 

To all the birds in the chimneys, the whales up on the beach 

And all the footsteps that you've been hearing like a timpani 

May they carry you far from your enemies 

I'm gonna do what I can for you, I will make a plea 

To all the lights in the windows, the puddles in the streets 

And all the hours that you've been sitting at your vanity 

May they carry you far from your misery, may they carry you far 

Jesus off in the water, standing on His feet 

Yeah, that's the thing about charisma it makes everyone believe 

That there is nothing impossible 

When I'm with you and when you're with me 

I got a sad sinking feeling, I got a sad sinking feeling 

I got a sad sinking feeling that will never be