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All that blotter going to twist up your mind
You can do it, just not all the time
Hiding in your room, you'll be feeling fine
Always manage to have something to sell
Talk on the telephone while painting your nails
Little plastic bags and a digiscale
Aw, this hallway's full of plastic kids
Aw, they jump and make the CD skip
I'm never telling what I find out
I'm going to love you like the New South
You drive me crazy with your foul mouth
Until you meet me down in Cabbage Town
Down in Cabbage Town
The way I see it we got plenty of time
It's going to happen but just not overnight
Bring a pack of cards and a box of wine
Oh, on the day when I flash that badge
Just try to think of the other half
It's hard living
When it's a matter of fact
But this city's full of lazy kids
Sweetie, someone's got to steer this ship
I'm never telling what I find out
I'm going to love you like the New South
You make me crazy with your foul mouth
Come on and meet me down in Cabbage Town
Come down to Cabbage Town
Well it's just like old friends
To play "Remember When . . . ?"
But if you want my help, I'm in
I'm never telling what I found out
I'm going to love you like the New South
You're talking crazy with your loud mouth
Come on and meet me down in Cabbage Town
Oh, come to Cabbage Town
I'm never telling what I find out
I'm going to make it like a new sound
You make me crazy with your foul mouth
Oh, won't you meet me down in Cabbage Town
Come down to Cabbage Town
Oh
Come on to Cabbage Town
Come down to Cabbage Town
Come to Cabbage Town
You can do it, just not all the time
Hiding in your room, you'll be feeling fine
Always manage to have something to sell
Talk on the telephone while painting your nails
Little plastic bags and a digiscale
Aw, this hallway's full of plastic kids
Aw, they jump and make the CD skip
I'm never telling what I find out
I'm going to love you like the New South
You drive me crazy with your foul mouth
Until you meet me down in Cabbage Town
Down in Cabbage Town
The way I see it we got plenty of time
It's going to happen but just not overnight
Bring a pack of cards and a box of wine
Oh, on the day when I flash that badge
Just try to think of the other half
It's hard living
When it's a matter of fact
But this city's full of lazy kids
Sweetie, someone's got to steer this ship
I'm never telling what I find out
I'm going to love you like the New South
You make me crazy with your foul mouth
Come on and meet me down in Cabbage Town
Come down to Cabbage Town
Well it's just like old friends
To play "Remember When . . . ?"
But if you want my help, I'm in
I'm never telling what I found out
I'm going to love you like the New South
You're talking crazy with your loud mouth
Come on and meet me down in Cabbage Town
Oh, come to Cabbage Town
I'm never telling what I find out
I'm going to make it like a new sound
You make me crazy with your foul mouth
Oh, won't you meet me down in Cabbage Town
Come down to Cabbage Town
Oh
Come on to Cabbage Town
Come down to Cabbage Town
Come to Cabbage Town
Lyrics submitted by chlorophyllblood
Track duration: 03:50
"Cabbage Town" as written by Conor Oberst
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Anywho...
My interpretation is that two old friends have kind of divergent life paths... one of them is into (dealing, I think) LSD, the other seems to be a cop? (Flash that badge)... The cop has a history with the dealer/still has romantic feelings for her, and would like to get together with her, both because he likes her, and because he wants to help her out (I think the "love you like the New South" is also a reference to this... given the reformative connotation of "New South").
I really like the part that starts with "Oh, on the day that I flash that badge..." and ending with "someone's got to steer this ship."
any suggestions?
I have heard it in reference to our recent election and the fact that alot of southern states voted democratic, since this song is about east atlanta im guessing he is referencing the recent change in the south.
Kinda slow here:D
could you format the verses and choruses in a consistant manner? the way you've got it now is bugging me.