The Hold Steady - Oaks lyrics

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(Verse)

There were days from last week I couldn't quite complete

Skipped ahead to the next afternoon

Swept through the sheets, slept in my shoes

Hung around with a house of balloons

(Chorus)

Keep the speed steady, hold the wheel straight

We scratch and we scrape, we're scared then we're brave.

The kids on the corner making eyes at the cars

If you want to saved, all it takes is a wave

(Verse)

There were kids at the car wash that said they could get it

Gave them half but they never came back

Drove by so slowly, it felt like we're floating

An inflatable raft

(Chorus)

Our bodies are stoplights, our minds are the streets

We scratch and we scrape, we're scared then we're brave

The kids on the corner making eyes at the cars

And if you wanna to saved all it takes is a wave

(Verse)

Sarah, I still think that you are so beautiful

I'm sorry that you don't feel the same way as me

We spent so much time in this town driving slowly

We spent so much money on things that didn't stay

(Verse)

So call for a taxi. Slide into the backseat

It rolls like a glass bottom boat

The kids on the corner when they reach out the window

Their arms look like limbs from an oak

(Chorus)

Keep the speed steady. Hold the wheel straight

I swear I feel each little sway.

Our minds are the windows. Our bodies are screens

We scratch and we scrape and we dream

(Interlude)

Dream of the limbs of the trees

We dream of the views from the boats

Of mountains all covered in oaks

And we hope

As we hang from the limbs of the trees

We cling to the rails of the boats

The mountains all covered in oaks

And we dream

We dream of the limbs of the trees

We dream of the views from the boats

Of mountains all covered in oaks

And we hope

As we hang from the limbs of the trees

We cling to the rails on the boats

The trees as they turn into smoke

The trees they turn slowly to smoke