Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
[Verse 1]
It's a quixotic quest on a hot summer's night
I got a fistful of fireworks, I'm gonna try and set things right
I lost my inhibition, I think I may have lost my wallet, too
In this dying land of plenty, there's a whole lot of nothing to do
[Verse 2]
Oh I, I'm Billy Pilgrim, you're a Dresden doll
They carpet bombed the city, thank God they spared the mall
Let's hold a vigil for the kinda, sorta innocent
I guess I should defend your virtue but the truth is I'm still on the fence
[Verse 3]
And old Heinrich Himmler, he never broke the law
Well, technically speaking, ask Sam Peckinpah
Sometimes you need a vigilante if you wanna get a just thing done
And I don't wanna kill nobody whose only crime is worshiping the sun
[Chorus]
Breakfast of napalm
Burnt down the place where I belong
Arch-rivals make love
And they gotta keep it secret
They still do it with the lights on
(Woo)
[Verse 4]
And I got bad nostalgia for what came before
Sad reenactments of our civil war
My heartache is obsessive, I just wish that I could let it go
But there's a mountain down in Georgia with a kickass laser light show
[Verse 5]
And I can always convince you, you're just like Patty Hearst
Oh, you're sympathetic, baby, when I'm at my worst
I don't wanna brainwash you, I just wish that you would change your tune
'Cause I've been gunning for redemption and I think I hit the bullseye soon
(Yeah)
[Chorus]
Chartreuse and menthols
Burnt down the town that we were from
I lost my true love to a three-alarm fire
They tried to put out with a squirt gun
(Órale)
(Let's go to D chord)
[Verse 6]
Sing little child like a nightingale
Sing little child, send me anthrax through the mail
I wanna know you, I wanna know if you are true
'Cause the closer I get to you is the further that I feel from you
[Chorus]
Breakfast of napalm
Burnt down the place where we belong
Arch-rivals make love
And they gotta keep it secret
Yeah, they gotta keep it secret
Yeah, they gotta keep it secret
They still do it with the lights on
Napalm was written by Conor Oberst.
Napalm was produced by Conor Oberst & Jim Keltner.
Conor Oberst released Napalm on Wed Jan 18 2017.