Beautiful World

Lyrics

Lyrics from live performance [Verse 1] Eastbound going 65 The desert wind is blowing My dog is sitting by my side He don't care where we're going Taking the south route this time Back from California Stopping in the old mine town Bisbee, Arizona [Verse 2] We get in late at night Climbed the stairs up to our room The hotel is a tired old girl You can still smell the perfume Of a hundred years ago She was decked out, painted new And they all wore hats and jackets And said, "How do you do?" [Chorus] It's a fucked-up world Why must evеrything be conquered? But it, it's so bеautiful Let's blow a hole in the center of it [Verse 3] We wake up to the golden dawn Black coffee and a bagel I put some butter on it And follow a Winnebago Down a winding road for hours We lose signal There's no power out here Just the power of a sphere And the wild grass and my desert ass [Verse 4] I notice something in the sky My dog and I pull over It looks like the tip of the moon, but it's definitely closer And it's not moving It's just hovering, still Up above the mountain In that desert heat I feel a chill Then come the border patrol And I ask, "What is that thing?" And he says, "That's a camera and it's tethered to an invisible string" [Chorus] It's a fucked-up world Why must everything be conquered? But it, it's so beautiful Let's build a fence in the center of it [Instrumental Break] [Verse 5] Standing there feeling tripped out And just wanting to cry And that disconnected sharpness where everything is dry I hear the ratchet of the call Two wheels turning in the dirt An old man on his bicycle, out of nowhere Soaking through his shirt He gets down and he comes over and says "I'm on a long journey. I'm riding my bike clear across the country. I'm 85. My name is Bob. I'm gonna make the Guinness book." I said, "It's nice to meet you, Bob." And then I took his hand and shook [Chorus] It's a beautiful world Why must everything be conquered? But it, it's so beautiful And I'm riding to the center of This fucked-up world Why must everything be conquered? But it, it's so beautiful And I'm riding to the center of it