Conor Oberst - Salutations

^GSalutations! ^BTo whom it may concern ^EmThe litter box has overflowed ^CThe frozen dinner bu^Drned ^GOh we're running low on wine, my man ^BCould you please swing by the store ^EmMy TV's just reality, ^Cand I can't watch no m^Dore ^GThere's a shining diamond somewhere ^BWhere a kid is striking out ^EmHis dad is in the dugout ^CHe's foaming at the mo^Duth ^GA stomach's turning sour inside ^BOf a disappointed scout ^EmYeah he thought he'd found the real deal ^CBut now he's got his dou^Dbts

^AmSo it's over before it b^Began ^EmBut I could nurse you in the triage ^CI could stick you with some ^Dpins ^AmBut it's hopeless, these rules make no ^Bsense ^EmFirst they say we ^Dcan't be lo^Avers ^CAnd now they say we can't be fr^Diends

^GRuminations ^BThis medicine don't work ^EmHad that same thought ten thousand times ^CIt's only getting wor^Dse ^GSwore off temptation ^BBut what if it's what I really wanna do ^EmBut how could I apologize ^CFor telling you the tr^Duth ^GThere's a burnt out light bulb above my head ^BIt's stolen my ideas ^EmThere's a yearbook on the book shelf ^CThat can't explain the ye^Dars ^GWell I never should have signed it ^BBut you know summer's coming soon ^EmWhen I almost drowned you gave me mouth to mouth ^CBeside your neighbor's p^Dool

^AmIt was over before it be^Bgan ^EmYou could've left me in the water ^CBut you made me live ag^Dain ^AmAnd I'm sorry, I can't pay you b^Back ^EmI wanna hold you '^Dtil the world dis^Asolves ^CBut we just can't get atta^Dched