The National - BLACKOUT PROBLEMS

I’ve been told

Life’s not a joke you should laugh about

Once you’re old

You’ll know what I’m talking about

But I won’t grow old

I smiled and denied

I guess I’ve earned

The shaking heads I got replied

No — so many stones to throw

No — so many places to go, to go, to go

So many places to go

I quit my job

And worked for six or seven bucks at a bar

I won’t get far

Making chicks drunk so I took off

I got in the van

Take me somewhere I don’t care where

I thought I’d return

And be someone, but no one cared

No — so many stones to throw

No — so many places to go, to go, to go

Come what may I will sing along

To the National on the radio

Come what may I will sing along

To the National on the radio

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

In my fake empire

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

In my fake empire

My fake empire

(My fake)

After the show

We always met on the highest floor

Danny’s home?

The window sill right next to the door

We should have known

Once you fall there’s no way back on

Life’s not a joke

Guess they were right and I was wrong

No — so many places to go, to go, to go

Come what may I will sing along

To the National on the radio

Come what may I will sing along

To the National on the radio

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

In my fake empire

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

Don’t fall asleep

In my fake empire

My fake empire

My fake empire