Sausalito

Album: Conor Oberst (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • John Norris of MTV News commented to Oberst that he felt this was like a driving song, a little bit of a road song. Oberst responded: "Yeah, it's definitely an escapist song. I think it makes a lot of sense, road trip... [Sausalito] is a very beautiful place. As much as it sounds romantic to live on a boat, I don't think I would like it that much. I'm kind of a solid-ground person."
  • Sausalito is located in the San Francisco Bay area in Northern California. It is one of the largest houseboat communities on the West Coast. Otis Redding's "Dock Of The Bay" was set in Sausalito.

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