Lyrics Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst

You Should Be In Sweden

I saw you at the subway the other day

You were drinking hot chocolate

I thought about asking you for a sip

But on second thought I didn't want to burn my tongue

I chased you up the stairs and outside

I got into a taxi cab

I didn't want to see you, you were looking good

I wanted to cool off, take some time out of the busy day

I heard a knock on my door, my door

Who was there?

What are you doing here?

I'm really not sure you should be here right now

Because I'm going. It's getting a little pricey

That you should be in Sweden my friend

Because it's the only place for you

I hear they have really nice gear of sorts there

You should be in Sweden my friend

Yeah, you should be in Sweden

Get yourself to Sweden

Take a photo on the plane I don't care

You should be in Sweden

I'll tell you what we can do

I'll tell you what we can do

I'll tell you what we can do

You're not bent on calling me

And we'll do lunch, I'm sure

Your fax machine can fax my bags

And it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary

Your hair doesn't shine like it used to

You're not using that conditioner I gave you last year for your birthday

It was salon selected, I thought you would like it

And now I'm so scared, I'm pale as white

I would invite you to sit but I didn't want you to ruin my new sofa

I've felt this too many times

I just get myself back up the nerve to say, the nerve

That you should be in Sweden my friend

What are you doing here?

You should be in Sweden

You can ski when you're there there

That you should be in Sweden my friend

Yeah, get yourself Sweden

I don't care how you do it

Just go to Sweden, go to Sweden

I'll tell you what we can do

I'll tell you what we can do

I'll tell you what we can do

You're not bent on calling me

But we'll do lunch, I'm sure

Your fax machine can fax me back

And get in touch with my cappuccino maker

You're not bent on calling me

And we'll take for awhile I'm sure

You can get back my postcard machine

And it'll get in touch with your answering machine's secretary