Lua 
Gillian Welch and Conor Oberst

Capo 2nd Fret

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
             
I know that it

              
 is freezing b

              
ut I think we 

         
have to walk
             
I just keep wa

              
ving at the ta

              
xis, they keep

              
 turning their

         
 lights off
            
But Julie know

              
s a party at s

              
ome actor's we

         
st side loft
             
Supplies are e

             
ndless in the 

             
evening, by th

           
e morning they

        
'll be gone

[Verse 2]
             
When everythin

              
g is lonely, I

              
 can be my own

       
 best friend
             
I'll get a cof

              
fee and the pa

              
per, have my o

            
wn conversatio

ns
            
With the sidew

              
alk and the pi

              
geons and my w

              
indow reflecti


on
            
The mask I pol

             
ish in the eve

             
ning, by the m

            
orning looks l

    
ike shit

[Chorus]
             
And I know you

              
 have a heavy 

              
heart, I can f


eel it when we

 kiss
             
So many men st

              
ronger than me

              
 have thrown t

             
heir backs out

            
 trying to lif

t it
             
But me I'm not

            
 a gamble, you

             
 can count on 

      
me to split
            
The love I sel

             
l you in the e

              
vening, by the

           
 morning won't

   
 exist

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
              
You're looking

             
 skinny like a

              
 model with yo

              
ur eyes all pa

        
inted black
              
You just keep 

             
going to the b

              
athroom, alway

              
s say you'll b

       
e right back
            
Well, it takes

              
 one to know o

              
ne, kid, I thi

              
nk you've got 

   
it bad
              
But what's so 

           
easy in the ev

              
ening, by the 

           
morning's such

   
 a drag

[Verse 4]
             
I got a flask 

              
inside my pock

              
et, we can sha

              
re it on the t


rain
             
And if you pro

              
mise to stay c

              
onscious, I wi

              
ll try and do 

     
the same
            
We might die f

              
rom medication

              
 but we sure k

              
illed all the 

  
pain
            
What was norma

             
l in the eveni

            
ng, by the mor

            
ning seems ins

ane

[Chorus]
             
And I'm not su

              
re what the tr

              
ouble was that

 
 started all o

f this
             
The reasons al

              
l have run awa

             
y but the feel

             
ing never did
             
It's not somet

              
hing I would r

            
ecommend but i

             
t is one way t

   
o live
              
'Cause what is

            
 simple in the

             
 moonlight, by

            
 the morning n

     
ever is

[Outro]
            
It was so simp

             
le in the moon

              
light, now it'

           
s so complicat

   
ed
            
It was so simp

             
le in the moon

            
light, so simp

          
le in the moon

light
        
It was so simp

             
le in the moon

       
light