Bright Eyes - Landlocked Blues Lyrics

(feat. Emmylou Harris)

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If you walk away, I'll walk away 
First tell me which road you will take 
I don't want to risk our paths crossing someday 
So you walk that way, I'll walk this way 

And the future hangs over our heads 
And it moves with each current event 
Until it falls all around like a cold, steady rain 
Just stay in when it's looking this way 

And the moon's laying low in the sky 
Forcing everything metal to shine 
And the sidewalk holds diamonds like a jewelry store case 
They argue, walk this way, no, walk this way 

And Laura's asleep in my bed 
As I'm leaving, she wakes up and says 
I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave 
Baby, don't go away, come here 

And there's kids playing guns in the street 
And one's pointing his tree branch at me 
And so I put my hands up, I say enough is enough 
If you walk away, I'll walk away 

And he shot me dead 

I found a liquid cure from my landlocked blues 
It would pass the way like a slow parade 
It's leaving, but I don't know how soon 

And the world's got me dizzy again 
You think after twenty-two years I'd be used to the spin 
And it only feels worse when I stay in one place 
So I'm always pacing around or walking away 

I keep drinking the ink from my pen 
And I'm balancing history books up on my head 
But it all boils down to one quotable phrase 
If you love something, give it away 

A good woman will pick you apart 
A box full of suggestions for your possible heart 
But you may be offended, and you may be afraid 
But don't walk away, don't walk away 

We made love on the living room floor 
With the noise in the background from a televised war 
And in that deafening pleasure, I thought I heard someone say 
If we walk away, they walk away 

But greed is a bottomless pit 
And our freedom's a joke, we're just taking a piss 
And the whole world must watch the sad, comic display 
If you're still free, start running away 

Cause we're coming for you 

I've grown tired of holding this pose 
I feel more like a stranger each time I come home 
So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame
Saying, let me walk away, please 

You'll be free child once you have died 
From the shackles of language and measurable time 
And then we can trade places, play musical graves 
'Til then walk away, walk away, walk away 

So I'm up at dawn 
Putting on my shoes 
I just want to make a clean escape 
I'm leaving, but I dont know where to 
I know I'm leaving, but I dont know where to

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lyrics submitted by moderator, Jaclyn on 04-01-2005
lyrics corrected by xagge on 17-07-2006