Anti-Summersong The Decemberists

Here now, long gone Three freaks and a bed are gone Went to the river but the river got dry And all the good people were hanging around Too little, too late Everybody gotta medicate Through the winter

The Infanta The Decemberists

of liquors and milk And we'll all come praise The Infanta And we'll all come praise The Infanta Among five score pachyderm Each canopied and passengered Sit the duke and the duchess' luscious young girls

Down By The Water (Live) The Decemberists

See this ancient riverbed See where all the follies led Down by the water and Down by the old main drag I was just some towhead teen Feeling round for fingers to get in between Down by the water

Down By The Water The Decemberists

See this ancient riverbed See where all the follies led Down by the water and Down by the old main drag I was just some towhead teen Feeling round for fingers to get in between Down by the water

Calamity Song The Decemberists

Had a dream You and me and the war of the end-times And I believe California succumbed to the fault line We heaved relief As scores of innocents died And the Andalusian tribes Setting the lay of

Mistral The Decemberists

So we already wrecked the rental car And I've already lost my way But feet entombed in this cursed bar For a day, anyway So lay me down on the cobblestone And then furrow this aching jet The streets are

June Hymn (Live) The Decemberists

Heres a hymn to welcome in the day Heralding a summers early sway And all the bulbs all comin in To begin The thrushes bleeding battle with the wrens Disrupts my reverie again Pegging clothing on

Eli, The Barrow Boy The Decemberists

Eli, the barrow boy Of the old town Sells coal and marigolds And he cries out All down the day Below the tamaracks He is crying: “Corn cobs and candle wax for the buying” All down the day “Would

June Hymn The Decemberists

Hear the hymn to welcome in the day Heralding a summer's early sway And all the bulbs all coming in, to begin Thrushs' bleeding battle with the wrens Disrupts my reverie again Pegging clothing on

Easy Come, Easy Go The Decemberists

Limber Jack, he landed on his back Was bedding on the netting when the rigging went slack Was a moonless night, the stars all lending light She's leering in the mirror when the rodent rode right Cause

Valerie Plame The Decemberists

Oh, Valerie Plame, if that really is your name I will shout the same to the world Dear Valerie Plame, so they made a wreck of you Well, give me the rest of you, and I'll get the world But you were just

I Was Meant For The Stage The Decemberists

I was meant for the stage I was meant for the curtain I was meant to tread these boards Of this much I am certain I was meant for the crowd I was meant for the shouting I was meant to raise these hands

Cavalry Captain The Decemberists

I am the cavalry captain I am the remedy to your heart I am the carbon collected I am the printing upon your stars And when you sharp shine your eyes Looking lost, looking bright Wheel away on the light

Better Not Wake The Baby The Decemberists

Kick a hole in the hallway While singing like a painted lady Use your skull like a cannonball But it better not wake the baby How long will this go on How long, indeed You can bang a drum 'till the money's

A Bower Scene The Decemberists

Second Voice: “Thou unconsolable daughter,” said the sister “When wilt thou trouble the water in the cistern? And what irascible blackguard is the father?”

The Wrong Year The Decemberists

Gray Jane was a riverchild Born down by the river wild Said hey what I wanna be Nobody's gonna intervene And she wants you but you won't do And it won't leave you alone And the rain falls on the wrong

The Soldiering Life The Decemberists

Ambling madly all over the town The call to arms you likened to a whisper I likened to a radio You were a brickbat, a Bowery tough, so rough They culled you from a cartoon Pulled out of your pantaloons

The Bagman's Gambit The Decemberists

On the lam from the law On the steps of the Capitol You shot a plainclothes cop on the ten o'clock And I saw momentarily They flashed a photograph, it couldn't be you You'd been abused so horribly But

The Rake's Song The Decemberists

The Rake: I had entered into a marriage In the summer of my twenty-first year And the bells rang for our wedding Only now do I remember it clear Alright, alright, alright!

The Crane Wife 1, 2, And 3 The Decemberists

It was a cold night And the snow lay low I pulled my coat tight Against the falling down And the sun was all And the sun was all down And the sun was all And the sun was all down I am a poor man I haven't

Don't Carry It All The Decemberists

Here we come to a turning of the season Witness to the arc towards the sun A neighbor's blessed burden within reason Becomes a burden borne of all and one And nobody, nobody knows Let the yolk fall

The Soldiering Life (Live) The Decemberists

Ambling madly all over the town The call to arms, youre likened to a whisper I liken to a radio You were a brick bag a bowery tough, so rough They called you from a cartoon Pulled out of your pantaloons

The Crane Wife 1, 2, And 3 (Live) The Decemberists

[1] It was a cold night And the snow lay around I pulled my coat tight Against the falling down And the sun was all And the sun was all down And the sun was all And the sun was all down I am a

Carolina Low The Decemberists

I am a boy From the high country And I've got a little love For the offering I come down from the mountain Bow to the sea And Carolina low I will carry thee Gonna take you up Gonna take you 'round Well

Till The Water's All Long Gone The Decemberists

They came down from the mound They exchanged to on from the fountain And all the while All the while they longed for us But I won't betray you I won't betray you I won't betray you I won't No I won't betray

A Beginning Song The Decemberists

Condescend to calm this riot in your mind Find yourself in time Find yourself in time If I am waiting, should I be waiting If I am wanting, should I be wanting And all around me All around me Document the

January Hymn The Decemberists

On a winter Sunday I go To clear away the snow And green the ground below April all an ocean away Is this the better way to spend the day?

The Mariner's Revenge Song The Decemberists

years To swallow all my tears Among the urchins in the street Until a priory Took pity and hired me To keep their vestry nice and neat But never once in the employ Of these holy men Did I ever once turn

Dear Avery The Decemberists

Dear Avery I think of you only Were you waving Were you dead on the vine?

Lake Song The Decemberists

Down by the lake We were overturning pebbles And upending all the animals alight And I took a drag From your cigarette and pinched it 'Tween my finger and my thumb Till it died And the sun burned low on

Billy Liar The Decemberists

Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets Staring over at the neighbor's, knickers down He's got his knickers down So the summer is eternity for you?

O New England The Decemberists

We’d come seven hours down Took the blue line to see where we hopped out And I was only joking, I was only joking And I was only trying to get a laugh You say this was the furthest that we had come We

Leslie Ann Levine (Live) The Decemberists

revine My mother birthed me far too soon Born at nine and dead at noon Fifteen years gone now I still wander this parapet And shake my rattle bone Fifteen years gone now I still cling to the

Leslie Ann Levine The Decemberists

down a dry ravine My mother birthed me far too soon Born at nine and dead at noon Fifteen years gone now, I still wander this parapet And shake my rattled bone Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the

O Valencia！ The Decemberists

agree I'm your brother's sworn enemy But I'll shout out my love to the stars 내 식구들은 반대하지 난 네 오빠의 적 그래도 나는 별들에게 내 사랑을 외치지 So wait for the stone on your window, your window Wait by the car and

Rox In The Box (Live) The Decemberists

Get the rox in the box, get the water right down to your socks This bulkhead's built of fallen brethren bones We all do what we can, we endure our fellow man And we sing our songs to the head frames

Rox In The Box The Decemberists

If the rocks in the box Get the water right down to your socks This bulkhead's built of fallen brother and bones We all do what we can We endure our fellow man And we sing our songs to the headframe's

The Crane Wife 3 The Decemberists

And under the boughs unbowed All clothed in a snowy shroud She had no heart so hardened All under the boughs unbowed Each feather it fell from skin Till threadbare while she grew thin How were

Rise To Me (Live) The Decemberists

Big mountain, wide river, theres an ancient call, these tree trunks these stream beds, leave our bellies full they sing out, I am gonna stand my ground you rise to me and Ill blow you down I am gon...

We Both Go Down Together (Live) The Decemberists

and rotten I come from wealth and beauty Untouched by work or duty And oh, my love, my love And oh, my love, my love We both go down together I found you, a tattooed tramp A dirty daughter from the

The Rake's Song (Live) The Decemberists

I had entered into a marriage In the summer of my twenty-first year And the bells rang for our wedding Only now do I remember it clear Alright, alright, alright No more a rake and no more a bachelor

Oceanside (Live) The Decemberists

Sweet Annabelle As seen reclining on an ocean swell As the waves do lather up to lay her down Until shes fast and sleeping Oh, well I guess Im something of a neer-do-well Who fell asleep at the pealing

This Is Why We Fight (Live) The Decemberists

Come the war Come the avarice Come the war Come hell Come attrition Come the reek of bones Come attrition Come hell This is why Why we fight Why we lie awake And this is why This is why we

Rise To Me The Decemberists

Big mountain, wide river, there's an ancient call, these tree trunks these stream beds, leave our bellies full they sing out, I am gonna stand my ground you rise to me and I'll blow you down I am g...

The Singer Addresses His Audience The Decemberists

We know, we know, we belong to ya We know you built your life around us Would we change, we had to change some We know, we know, we belong to ya We know you grew your arms around us And the hopes we wouldn't

Philomena The Decemberists

if only you'll let me go Down, down down Long sunny days can lead to lazy vices Boys all at idle, left to their own devices Open up your linen lap and let me go Down, down, down All I ever wanted in the

Make You Better The Decemberists

I'll love you in springtime I lost you when summer came And when you pulled backwards I wanted to, I needed to Oh oh, to make me better Oh oh, to make me better But we're not so starry eyed anymore Like the

12/17/12 The Decemberists

what a gift you can give me Here with my heart so whole while others may be grieving Think of their grieving And oh my boy Don't you know you are dear to me You are a breath of life and a light upon the

Sonnet The Decemberists

Guido, I wish that you and Lapo and I Could be taken by magic and placed in a boat Where every rising swell Would sweep us at our will across the sky Then tempest never, or weather dire Could ever make

We Both Go Down Together The Decemberists

rotten I come from wealth and beauty Untouched by work or duty And oh, my love, my love And oh, my love, my love We both go down together I found you, a tattooed tramp A dirty daughter from the