Conor Oberst - Next of kin

^AI saw a crash on the int^C#merstate ^DIt left a feeling I could not s^Ehake ^AJust a name in a data^C#mbase who ^Dmust be notif^Eied ^DIt's not a phone call I wa^Enna make ^C#mA stranger answers, I h^F#mesitate ^C#mGot some bad news that c^F#mouldn't wait ^DAre you sitting do^Ewn?

^AHer bathrobe hangs on the bed^C#mroom door ^DThough she's been dead for ^Ea year or more ^AHe buried her by the s^C#mycamore ^DSo that he could keep h^Eer close ^DIt broke his heart and it ^Emade him old ^C#mTries to rebuild but it^F#m just erodes ^C#mSome people say that's the ^F#mway it goes ^DBut he don't feel that ^Eway

^AGet too drunk and you ca^C#mn't perform ^DSomething dies when a star^E is born ^AI spread my anger like A^C#mgent Orange ^DI was indiscrim^Einate ^DYeah, I met Lou Reed and^E Patty Smith ^C#mIt didn't make me feel d^F#mifferent ^C#mI guess I lost all my in^F#mnocence ^DWay too long a^Ego

^AShe called my bluff and sh^C#me won the fight ^DI ran outside in the hot t^Ewilight ^AI had a lighter that didn^C#m't light ^DWell I know I shouldn't^E smoke ^DI was going, I was free ^Eto leave ^C#mWalking fast down the Bo^F#mwery ^C#mTears in my eyes so I co^F#muldn't see ^DBut I made my way back ^Ehome