Phil's Song (Learn to Stop Time) Lyrics & Tabs by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Phil's Song (Learn to Stop Time)
guitar chords lyrics
Well there's a lady I know down in Acapulco,
Has a house up high on a hill.
Don't bother bringing medicine,
Her smile is your pill.
There's a beach down the street just 100 feet,
Gonna stick my toes in the sand.
There's a couple so old, they're taking a stroll,
But they're still holding hands.
If there's a secret they have, well I'd like to know
They could whisper it right in my ear
They said open your eyes cause you're living blind,
And know love is greater than fear.
Cause I've been up, and I've been down,
No, I've been around and around.
Well there's a girl I see when I go back out East,
Cause I've been up, and I've been down,
No, I've been around and around.
Well there's a girl I see when I go back out East,
She lets me sleep in her bed.
In the morning we talk about everything,
What she learned from the books she's read.
There's a store on the corner that sells anything,
A simple man might need.
Cigarettes and coffee,
Lotto tickets just to dream.
There's a park on the way where I like to go,
Just to sit and watch the folks.
Kids playing ball,
Their mamas on the phone.
Cause I've been here, and I've been there.
With you, I feel safe and I feel scared.
But if I could learn to stop time,
Don't you know I would?
How sweet it would be,
Only if I could.
There's a friend I have, she upped and packed her bag
And headed way up North.
Turned her back on everything she knew,
To brainwash some new foolish fool.
If I had to guess, he ain't much different than me,
Pretty smart but fairly dumb.
Fall in line behind a pretty smile,
And a phoney selfish charm.
But the past is the past and I don't look back,
But sometimes she'll call my phone.
Open the wound just to rub some salt,
She's a miserable person but it ain't her fault.
Cause I've been here and I've been there.
But with you, I feel safe and I feel scared.
I've been up, and I've been down.
No, I've been around and around.
But if I could learn to stop time
Don't you know I would?
How sweet it would be,
Only if I could.
