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Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst


Background information
Birth name Conor Mullen Oberst
Born February 15, 1980
Origin Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Genre(s) Indie Folk
Indie Rock
Folk-Rock
Alternative Country
Years active 1992—present
Label(s) Saddle Creek Records
Wichita Recordings
Merge Records
Team Love Records
Associated acts Monsters of Folk
Bright Eyes
Desaparecidos
Commander Venus
The Faint
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
The Magnetas
Website Website



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Conor Oberst Lyrics

"El Cielo" lyrics



Saw an eagle on a pole,
I think it was an eagle.
Watched its' shadow fly 'cross the cement.
And I woke up in the snow,
all the trees, and crowds, and people.
No shirt, no shoes, no idea where they went.

I followed the fenceline thin,
back where the yard begins
My woman, she stood crying like a man.
Said, where have you been?
Where have you been?
I thought you said that all of that was done.
El Cielo es azul,
Just don't go telling anyone.

Thought the kettle was a train.
Thought that Monday was a doorframe.
Tried so hard to finally settle down.
Heard the fire pop and snap.
Like a tack piano rag.

Yeah, I hope the world's exposed.
A cruel and elaborate hoax.
It convinces me to walk without a cane.
But what can you do?
Child, what can you do?
I always heard that what is done is done.
El Cielo es azul,
Just don't go telling anyone.

The past don't ever quit.
There's boxes in the attic.
Baby shoes and taxidermy dream.
While the ashes of the dead, like a dandelion head,
explode and then are scattered by the breeze.
We're such a long way back to all the fun that we had.
When nothing ever seemed to bother me.
But what can you do?
Brother, what can you do?
Sleep with the stars, and toil in the sun.

El Cielo es azul,
Just don't go telling anyone.
El Cielo es azul,
Just don't go telling anyone.


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