Bright Eyes

Old Soul Song

Grey light, new day leaks through the window

And some old soul song comes on the alarm clock radio

We walk the forty blocks to the middle

Of the place we heard where everything would be

And there were barracades to keep us off the street

But the crowd kept pushing forward

Until they swallowed the police

Yeah, they went wild

We left before the dust had time to settle

And all the broken glass swept off the avenue

And on the way home I held your camera like a bible

Just wishing so bad that it held some kind of truth

And I stood nervous next to you in the dark room

You dropped the paper in the water

And it all begins to bloom

Yeah, they go wild

And just when I get so lonesome I can't speak

I see some flowers on a hillside

Like a wall of new TVs

Yeah, they go wild