xBand : Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
Song : Eagle On A Pole
Album : Conor Oberst
www.ConorOberst.com
F Dm
Saw an eagle on a pole,
F Dm
I think it was an eagle.
F Am D# Dm
Watched its' shadow fly 'cross the cement.
F Dm
And I woke up in the snow,
F Dm
all the trees, and crowds, and people.
F Am D# C
No shirt, no shoes, no idea where they went.
F Dm
I followed the fenceline thin,
F Dm
back where the yard begins
F Am D# C
My woman, she stood crying like a man.
Am# C
Said, where have you been?
Am# C
Where have you been?
F Am D# Dm
I thought you said that all of that was done.
F Am D#
El Cielo es azul,
Am# F
Just don't go telling everyone
F Dm
Thought the kettle was a train.
F Dm
Thought that Monday was a doorframe.
F Am D# Dm
Tried so hard to finally settle down.
F Dm
Heard the fire pop and snap.
F Dm
Like a tack piano rag.
F Am D# C
I never could get used to happy sounds.
F Dm
Yeah, I hope the world's exposed.
F Dm
A cruel and elaborate hoax.
F Am D# C
It convinces me to walk without a cane.
Am# C
But what can you do?
Am# C
Child, what can you do?
F Am D# Dm
I always heard that what is done is done.
F Am D#
El Cielo es azul,
Am# F
Just don't go telling everyone
F Dm
The past don't ever quit.
F Dm
There's boxes in the attic.
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Baby shoes and taxidermy dream.
F Dm
While the ashes of the dead,
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like a dandelion head,
F Am D# C
explode and then are scattered by the breeze.
F Dm
We're such a long way back,
F Dm
to all the fun that we had.
F Am D# C
When nothing ever seemed to bother me.
Am# C
But what can you do?
Am# C
Brother, what can you do?
F Am D# Dm
Sleep with the stars, and toil in the sun.
F Am D#
El Cielo es azul,
Am# F
Just don't go telling everyone
F Am D#
El Cielo es azul,
Am# F
Just don't go telling everyone
