The Decemberists
21 besedil pesmi
The bagman's gambit
And from my ten floor tenement Where once our bodies lay How I long to hear you say No, they'll never catch me now No, they'll never catch me ...
The infanta
Among five score pachyderm Each canopied and passengered Sit the duke and the duchess' luscious young girls Within sight of the baronness Seet...
The legionnaire's lament
And I wrote my girl Told her I would not return Terribly taken a turn For the worse now I fear It's been a year or more Since they shipped...
The tain (parts i, ii, iii, iv, v)
here upon this pillow made of reed and willow you're a fickle little twister are you sweet on your sister? your fallow won't leave you alone. ...
The gymnast, high above the ground
Lazy, your long sister lays Waiting out this long light brigade. Prayed for snow a long time. And lazy, it long has arrived. Through the tar...
The bachelor and the bride
'But I' said the bachelor to the bride 'Am not waiting for tonight. No, I will box your ears and leave you here stripped bare.' Hear the cor...
The apology song
I was feeling really sorry Steven And I spent all morning grieving And everybody's saying That you'll take the news gracefully Somehow I don't...
On the bus mall
Your parents were anxious, Your cool was contagious At the old school. You left without leaving A note for your grieving Sweet mother, while...
Shanty for the arethusa
To tell the tale of the jewess and the mandarin chinese boy He led her down from her gilded canopy of cloth. And through her blindfold she could m...
Shiny
At the after bars Think I was sullied by a dream In the killing jar You and me at war, at arms All falling in embrace Tell me why you lied...
Sixteen military wives
Cheer them on to their rivals Cause America can, and America can't say no And America does, if America says it's so It's so And the anchorpe...
My mother was a chinese trapeze artist
My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy And left for the cattle But later was found by a communist Who'd deserted his ranks To follow his dr...
Odalisque
And when they find you, Odalisque They will rend you, terribly Stitch from stitch 'til all Your linen limbs will fall Lazy lady had a baby g...
Leslie anne levine
Fifteen years gone now I still wander this parapet And shake my rattle bone Fifteen years gone now I still cling to the petticoats Of the gi...
Grace cathedral hill
Down to Hyde Street Pier The light was slight and disappeared The air it stunk of fish and beer We heard a Superman trumpet Play the national ...
I was meant for the stage
I was meant for the crowd, I was meant for the shouting. I was meant to raise these hands With quiet all about me. oh, oh. Mother, please, b...
July, july!
And I say your uncle was a crooked french canadian And he was gut-shot running gin And how his guts were all suspended in his fingers and how he...
Here i dreamt i was an architect
And try one, and try two Guess it always comes down to Alright, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this way And I am nothing of a builder ...
Song for myla goldberg
It comes around it comes around It comes around it comes around Pretty hands do pretty things when pretty times arise Seraphim and seaweed swi...
From my own true love (lost at sea)
Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? A letter for me From my own true love Lost at sea Lost at ...
A cautionary song
With dirty hands and trousers torn they grapple 'til she's safe within their keeping A gag is placed between her lips to keep her sorry tongue from ...