Smoke Signals - Conor Oberst

Last December Conor Oberst played in the 400 Club in Minneapolis, solo, and this is was one of the songs. It's great one, and one of my favorites.

Here are the Lyrics :

I was lost for a while in the mirrored hallway of a high-rise hotel
Umbrella drink in my hand, sitting down
Saw ten thousand me's with cocaine teeth and the chattering man
Thought about home
Thought about death
Thought about moving south

Rodeo wind blew in out the candles
And now everyone's scared
Call my broker sell everything
I want to be prepared

Heard the cavalry cry
My girl for the night when I entered her
Sounds so fake, always feels fake
Finishes and then it feels worst

But any hallway has a camera
Every hallway has a camera
Don't you know?
They never let you open the window

Smoke signals of thought
White ribbons of loss
High above the tree line
They cry out

I froze up for a second on the pyramid side of the Las Vegas strip
My brother hunched over in the bushes, getting sick
Security knew he took one look and through us out, Life's not fair
Thought I die young with my true love
Thought I'd be a millionaire

In a mechanical world
A loud sound you never heard is always there
Radio's trailing in the desert
Keep driving until you disappear

We made a gentlemen's pact
We're not stopping no looking back,
Lace those shoes
Take the first step, take the next step
"That a boy!" It's never too soon

All that you keep is the journey
All that you keep are the spaces in-between
It's not the first start of the ending
All that you keep is the journey

Smoke rings around your thoughts
Blue ribbons at dawn
High above the tree line
We pass out

Smoke signals of thought
White ribbons of loss
High above the tree line
They cry out

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Conor
• Oberst
• 400
• Club
• Minneapolis
• Folk
• Indie
• Smoke
• Signals
• Bright
• Eyes
• Saddle
• Creek

[sugarshane194]

Could you send this to me too?

[HalighAnAwfulLie]

sure :)

[WondergirlPD]

This isn't on the album is it...? I have a feeling its the reason I was kinda disappointed with his last album. I listened to this SO much when it was on myspace. Where do you download it??

[HalighAnAwfulLie]

Smoke signals = Gentleman's pact and it's on the Gentleman's pact ep, which was limited to 1000 copies which were sold on shows, but ill send you the song in a second.

[LILTRUCKER123]

are you sure this song is called "Smoke signals"? i thought it was called "Gentleman's Pact".

[HalighAnAwfulLie]

Oh I know. But I also uploaded the final recorded verison of the song, so i didnt change the name of this video because many people know the song for this name since it was what poeople called it last year before Conor recorded the solo album and the Gentleman's Pact Ep. This is the live 400 club version.

[rad13noise]

hes so beautiful in every friggin way

[andyroog]

don't snot on it just listen to it

[lcd19777]

he later changed the lyric thought id be a millionaire to ended up a millionaire. just some pointless knowledge but totally changes the feeling.

[Foxxiichick13]

i like your videos!

[Foxxiichick13]

does anyone know how old he might be when he performed this?

[MNskating]

i would do dirty deeds for you if you sent me this song aswell! i know you've had this up for over a year, but just stumbled upon it... and come on, can you really deny this winky face?! ;)

[lcd19777]

@jbwitten im a huge oberst fan but i think you need to listen to more dylan. no filler? you should probally listen a little closer to oberst too.

[xLordOfTheFliesx]

@jbwitten

Id have to agree. 

[MaxFillio]

Conor Oberst, Jeff Tweedy, Osvaldo Paese and Win Butler are the best songwriters of our time. This is a great song.

[DavidHallermusic]

Could you send this file to me too?

I'd like it very much! I love Conor and Bright Eyes!

[shelbithefro]

@magicalwrath

the chords are on ultimate-guitar

[jbwitten]

@Devilslittleimp It would only piss people off for the reason that Conor Oberst is a much better lyricist than Dylan ever was. His themes are much more tightly woven. There's never any filler. With pretty much every line, you can add additional information to the line to make it more complete. He also experiments with impossible thoughts, kind of like an Escher drawing where it's possible to imagine but violates our natural laws. Comparison to Dylan would only be for lack of imagination.