"We gotta stand a little closer."

The Monsters of Folk know all about some social capital. The group in its self is a collaboration of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), M. Ward (She & Him), and Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes). Not only do they increase their social capital by collaborating with each other but they also are making beautiful music as well. This song, “Baby Boomer” talks about how we need to stand closer to one another and love our neighbors which are two things we all can do to increase our personal social capital.

We gotta stand a little closer 
To what it is we’re leanin’ on 
Who was it that first said it? 
Could it be he could be wrong 
About the pilgrims and the natives 
Having dinner on the lawn? 

I think if I was ever king 
I would buy a censorship 
Where the only books upon the shelves 
Were the ones that I had written 
Oh, and put them up in borders, set my photo down the spine 
To tell the story of the livin’ without forgettin’ those who’d died 

And I would die a happy man 
‘Cause I did the best that I could do 
To find a better way of leading, 
Should we leave that up to you? 

Who was the one that said it, 
Yeah the one who said it best? 
You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones who are still left 

And we gotta stand a little closer 
To the lessons that we’ve learned 
Is it just a premonition? 
Could we really get ourselves both burned? 
I’ve been sent here on a mission to find what we agree upon 
We don’t agree about September, 
Could we agree on Vietnam? 

I think if I was ever publisher I’d buy a pirate ship 
Where the mission at each position is to shoot and to click 
Clean the photos up a little, censor the ship out of it 
So when we put it up in borders, turn a profit on the trip 
Charge the public for the overhead of 1492 
And if they need a better reason tell them we got livin’ proof 

And I would die a happy man 
‘Cause I did the best that I could do 
To find a better way of leading, 
Should we leave that up to you 

Who was it that said it? 
Yeah that’s what I’m trying to say 
You got to L-O-V-E your neighbors, at least the ones that live today 
Hey, hey