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Artist: Conor Oberst
Canonical path: /conor-oberst/nicorette
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Nicorette
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Nicorette
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i'm just trying to stay a human being
sitting in the sun, eating ice cream
texting my friend about a bad, bad dream
just trying to find someone who knows me
but i don’t got time for your cuckoo clock
and i don’t want to go to your mason lodge
there’s nothing more sad than a lynching mob
full of rational men who believe in god
but nothing makes sense when the wave rolls through
nothing makes sense when the wave comes through
well, if there’s something in me, well, i know it’s in you
if there’s something in me, well, i bet it’s in you
my neighbor dreams big ‘cause his house is small
says all he needs now is some capital
it’s a pirate world, it’s a free-for-all
they take your bright ideas and they make them dull
but everyone i see i think i've known before
from the opera house to the grocery store
my love for them i cannot ignore
like a human voice in a quiet morgue
but i don’t want to wear no dead man’s suit
i don’t want to wear no dead man’s suit
i don’t want to wait 'til the moon gets blue
i don’t want to wait 'til the moon turns blue
it’s all just a fix, just one little hit, you’re holding in
sitting on a plane, chewing nicorette
paradise lost, haven’t found it yet
will you talk me down if i get upset,
be a cool washcloth to my fevered head?
‘cause i don’t want to dream if it won’t come true
i don’t want to dream if it don’t come true
if there’s something in me, well, i guess it’s in you
if there’s somewhere in me, then i know it’s in you
it’s all just a fix, just one little hit, you’re holding in
you’re holding in, you’re holding in, you’re holding in
and i don’t want to dream if it won’t come true
i don’t want to dream if it don’t come true
if there’s something in me, well, i guess it’s in you
if there’s somewhere in me, then i know it’s in you
if it happens to me, it’s gonna happen to you
whatever happens to me, it’s gonna happen to you
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