Cover art for Milk Thistle by Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
Aug. 4, 20081 viewer5K views

Milk Thistle Lyrics

[Verse 4]
Lazarus, Lazarus, why all the tears?
Did your faithful chauffeur just disappear?

What a lonesome feeling to be waiting around
Like some washed-up actress in a tinsel town
But for the record, I'd come pick you up
We'll head for the ocean, just say when you've had enough


[Chorus]
All the light and sound, this little world's too fragile now
And there's only one way out
But if you let me slide, I'll do my best to make things right
And I'm nowhere bound
Just going up and down
Up and down

[Verse 5]
Milk thistle, milk thistle, let me down slow
Just help me go slow, I've been hurrying on
I was poised for greatness, I was down and out
I keep death at my heels like a basset hound
If I go to heaven, I'll be bored as hell
Like a crying baby at the bottom of a well

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