Lady Liberty - Okkervil River

You can wash out your lying eyes

In that bathroom down the hall

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised

I guess I didn’t know you at all

But I can picture you inside some stranger’s house

Inside some stranger’s bed

You’re trying to seem mysterious

The covers pulled over your head

It’s all right, lady liberty

It’s just too bad you couldn’t do the same for me

You say you’ve been used, you’ve been betrayed

Yeah, and that old bed’s been newly made

You just stick around awhile with me

Until you’re strong enough to leave

'Cause I can picture you the first time

You decide to spend the night

You wonder if you should give me a call

And ask me if it’s all right

Yeah, it’s all right, lady liberty

It’s just too bad you couldn’t do the same for me

Don’t call me or send me any more letters, baby

I just can’t stand to see your hand writing things that you don’t mean

I waited, our faded love growing even more faded

The shades were down, I faced the wall, and I could hear you breathing

I tried to bring us back to life

I gave my heart so many times

And was it worth it after all?

There is a bathroom down the hall

There’s a bathroom down the hall

There’s a bathroom down the hall

And I guess I didn’t know you at all

I guess I didn’t know you at all

Lady liberty, liberty, liberty

Maybe it’s time to leave