{"id":28617,"date":"2019-01-27T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=28617"},"modified":"2019-01-27T15:26:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T23:26:09","slug":"watch-better-oblivion-community-center-perform-on-cbs-this-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2019-01\/watch-better-oblivion-community-center-perform-on-cbs-this-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Better Oblivion Community Center Perform on CBS This Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOCCCBS-650x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOCCCBS-650x341.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOCCCBS-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOCCCBS-450x236.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOCCCBS-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/BOCCCBS.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After being completely ambushed by their performance on on\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2019-01\/check-out-bombshell-album-release-by-super-duo-conor-oberst-and-phoebe-bridgers-better-oblivion-community-center\/\">Colbert<\/a><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2019-01\/check-out-bombshell-album-release-by-super-duo-conor-oberst-and-phoebe-bridgers-better-oblivion-community-center\/\">\u00a0Wednesday night<\/a> and the fanfare-less release of their bombshell debut album,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betteroblivioncommunitycenter.org\/\">Better Oblivion Community Center<\/a><\/strong> (<strong>Conor Oberst<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Phoebe Bridgers<\/strong>)\u00a0was back at it on Saturday on <strong>CBS This Morning<\/strong> to perform <strong><em>Dylan Thomas<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Didn&#8217;t Know What I was In For<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>My City<\/em><\/strong> (<strong>Oberst&#8217;s <\/strong>adopted Los Angeles) off the prodigious new album. Check out the superb performances below (in reverse order).  And go listen to the album (on <strong>Dead Oceans<\/strong>) <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/betteroblivioncommunitycenter\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>.  Lyrics to these songs at bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HGWpliHis7k\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZhix3dZMR4\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTrpv3CGRls\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>My City<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Looking out on the river bend<br \/> Looking out on a thing that isn&#8217;t<br \/> Looking out on the freeway&#8217;s push and pull<br \/> Looking out for the current<br \/> Little spells of forgetfulness<br \/> Little sounds that are shrill and urgent<br \/> Little insects that sting as they come and go<br \/> Little moments of purpose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved you<br \/>\nI wore you out<br \/>\nI miss you&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhere are you now?<br \/>\nThis town is a monolith<br \/>\nThis town is a crowded movie<br \/>\nThis town depot, I come and go<br \/>\nThis town is my city<br \/>\nI hate you<br \/>\nI tore you down<br \/>\nI miss you<br \/>\nWhere are you know?<br \/>\nLooking bad like those Vegas odds<br \/>\nWear a smile like its camouflage<br \/>\nToday was a smoking sky<br \/>\nToday was a civic menace<br \/>\nToday I went walking while things explode<br \/>\nSome sad independence<br \/>\nI want to be just as loud<br \/>\nAll this freedom just freaks me out<br \/>\nRisk it all on a game of chance<br \/>\nChasing love like an ambulance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Didn&#8217;t Know What I Was In For<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> My telephone it doesn&#8217;t have a camera<br \/> If it did I&#8217;d take a picture of myself<br \/> If it did I&#8217;d take a picture of the water<br \/> And the man on the off ramp\u00a0<br \/> Holding up the sign that&#8217;s asking me for help<br \/> I got a job and I work here for the summer<br \/> I fold the towels and set them by the pool<br \/> Everyone looks happy with each other<br \/> Until they step aside and say the thing they really meant<br \/> It always sounds so cruel<br \/> I didn&#8217;t know what I was in for<br \/> When I signed up for that run<br \/> There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m curing cancer<br \/> But I&#8217;ll sweat it out<br \/> I feel so proud now for all the good I&#8217;ve done<br \/> I know a girl who owns an boutique in the city<br \/> Selling clothes to the fashionably late<br \/> She says she cries at the news but doesn&#8217;t really<br \/> Cause it&#8217;s too much fun, there&#8217;s to much time<br \/> And too much plastic money to be made<br \/> I didn&#8217;t know what I was in for<br \/> When they took my belt and strings<br \/> They told me I&#8217;d gone crazy<br \/> My arms were strapped in a straight-jacket<br \/> So I couldn&#8217;t save those T.V. refugees<br \/> When they&#8217;re on their backs<br \/> In a bloody bath<br \/> Full of\u00a0sarin\u00a0gas<br \/> On a screen<br \/> I didn&#8217;t know what I was in for<br \/> When I laid out in the sun<br \/> You get burned for being honest<br \/> I&#8217;ve really never done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anything for anyone<br \/> To fall asleep I need white noise to distract me<br \/> Otherwise I have to listen to me think<br \/> Otherwise I pace around<br \/> Hold my breathe and let it out<br \/> Sit on the couch and think about<br \/> How\u00a0living&#8217;s\u00a0just a promise that I made<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Dylan Thomas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> It was quite early one morning<br \/> It hit me without warning<br \/> I went to see the general speak<br \/> I was standing for the anthem<br \/> Banners all around him<br \/> Confetti mad it hard to see<br \/> Put my footsteps on the pavement<br \/> Starved for entertainment<br \/> Four seasons, a revolving door<br \/> So sick of being honest<br \/> I&#8217;ll die like Dylan Thomas<br \/> A seizure on the barroom floor<br \/> I&#8217;m greedy with this private hell<br \/> I&#8217;ll go it alone but that&#8217;s just as well<br \/> These cats are scared and feral<br \/> With flag pins on their lapels<br \/> The truth is\u00a0anybody&#8217;s\u00a0guess<br \/> These talking heads keep saying<br \/> The king is only playing<br \/> A game of four dimensional chess<br \/> There&#8217;s flowers in the rubble<br \/> These weeds are gonna tumble<br \/> I&#8217;m lucid but I still can&#8217;t think<br \/> I&#8217;m strapped into a\u00a0corset\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Climbed in to your Corvette<br \/>\nI&#8217;m thirsty for another drink<br \/>\nIf it&#8217;s advertised I&#8217;ll try it<br \/>\nAnd buy some peace and quiet<br \/>\nAnd shut up at the silent retreat<br \/>\nThey say you got to fake it<br \/>\nAt least until you make it<br \/>\nThat ghost is just a kid in sheet<br \/>\nI&#8217;m getting used to these dizzy spells<br \/>\nI&#8217;m taking a shower at the Bates Motel<br \/>\nI&#8217;m getting greedy with this private hell<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll go it alone but that&#8217;s just as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being completely ambushed by their performance on on\u00a0Colbert\u00a0Wednesday night and the fanfare-less release of their bombshell debut album,\u00a0Better Oblivion Community Center (Conor Oberst\u00a0and\u00a0Phoebe Bridgers)\u00a0was back at it on Saturday on CBS This Morning to perform Dylan Thomas, Didn&#8217;t Know What I was In For and My City (Oberst&#8217;s adopted Los Angeles) off the prodigious 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