Ahead of the Curve
'Nother perfect day
They keep pilin' up
I got happiness
That I can maintain, some beginner's luck
I had shoes to fill
Walkin' barefoot now
Can't tell North from South
But no split hair's gonna get me down
I'm stayin' above the flat-line
I'm ahead of the curve
Take a piece of the sunshine with me
on a red-eye flight to another world
It isn't any trouble
If you wanna come with me
I know it's out of the question, honey,
But I sure could use the company
And a place to be
Now the sky is pink
Rooftop swimming pool
I'm not carefree, no,
I'm free to care, I just never do
All the bags are checked
And the reasons why
Yesterday lingers on
That's the piece you keep when you say goodbye
You can get what you want now
Knock it out of the park
Bury it by the river, easy,
There's a search party but it's getting dark
I won't hold you to nothin'
I want to make that plain
Probably end up a stranger and crazy
But I'm still hoping there's another way
And a place to stay
What a scene that's got you sentimental
When the night comes
When the knot comes loose
All the things you put up on your mantle
What a shame
What a shame
It's old news
I'm stayin' above the flat-line
I'm ahead of the curve
Take a piece of the sunshine with me
on an all-night drive to another world
You can get what you want now
Knock it out of the park
Probably end up a drifter and lonely
But I'm still hoping for a change of heart
And a place to start
~Conor Oberst, et al., "Ahead of the Curve," from Monsters of Folk
