Conor Oberst - Governers ball

^EHe came with his friends, in a caravan To ^G#witness the governor's ^Aball ^ESat by himself on a cool patch of grass While the ^Arest stood like bricks in a ^Bwall The ^C#mstage it looked like a ^Avending machine The ^G#singer, a black barbie ^C#mdoll But it was ^Ewell light, and well ^Amanaged So no ^Eproperty, would be d^Aamaged Until his ^Eboredom, took full ^Badva^Antage Of it ^Eall ^ETalked to a girl, with klonopin eyes Who ^G#said she had jewelry to ^Asell ^EFirst he said no thanks, then he realized That ^Ahe wasn't feeling that ^Bwell And the ^C#mturquoise she held looked like ^Apieces of sky And a ^G#garnet like teardrops from ^C#mhell She ^Eoffered, him a ^Anecklace, and he ^Ewanted to acc^Aept it But it would ^Eend up, too ^Bexpen^Asive, he could ^Etell Then she said:^A "^E;Why^A not? What have^E you got^F#m, to lose^A, to^B lose?" E When he ^Enever came back, and the curfew had passed His ^G#friends searched the fair grounds for ^Aclues But the ^Esecurity guard with the maniacal laugh Said its ^Aalways the leader you ^Blose When he ^C#mfinally turned up in the ^Abroad light of day With a ^G#black eye as big as the ^C#mmoon They all ^Easked him, what had ^Ahappened Was it^E real or, all i^Amagined Why on ^Eearth had, he ^Babandoned^A them so ^Esoon And he said: &^Aquot^E;Why ^Anot? I do what ^EI've got^F#m, to do, and so sh^Aould ^Byou, you"