Тексты песен «Decemberists»


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Decemberists - 12

[Verse:] What a gift, what a gift you can give me Here with my heart so whole, while others may be breathing Think of the grieving, and oh my boy, don't you know that you killed me You are a breath of life and a light...

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Decemberists - 16 By 32

Sixteen military wives Thirty-two softly-focused, brightly-colored eyes Staring at the natural tan Of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands Seventeen company men Out of which only twelve will make it...

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Decemberists - A Beginning Song

[Verse:] Let's commence to coordinate our signs Get them square to lights Get them square to lights Condescend the calmest riot in your mind Find yourself in time Find yourself in time [Chorus:] I am waiting, should I...

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Decemberists - A Bower Scene

Thou unconsolable daughter said the sister When will thou trouble the water in the cistern And what irascible blackguard is the father And when young Margaret's waistline grew wider The fruit of her amorous entwine...

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Decemberists - A Cautionary Song

There's a place your mother goes when everybody else is soundly sleeping Through the lights of beacon street And if you listen you can hear her weeping, She's weeping, cause the gentlemen are calling And the snow is...

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Decemberists - After The Bombs

And after the bombs subside And this long, low campaign Calls it good for the night We meet in the streets Will we meet in the bar's cold light? We grip at our hands We hold just a little tight After the bombs After...

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Decemberists - All Arise

Baby wants a new spin, baby wants a broken heart I hear you've found a lynch-pin to keep it all from falling apart But you keep on rollin' you keep on rollin' Better find a way better kick it from your big brown...

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Decemberists - Angel, Won't You Call Me?

Angel, won't you call me? Could I be the only though I am a lost cause, Angel, won't you call me? Waiting for a sweet breeze, read it in the tea-leaves Saw them crown you May Queen Heard you sing the sweetest...

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Decemberists - Annan Water

you loom so deep and wide I would cross over if you would stem the tide build a boat that I might thwart the other side to reach the farther shore where my true love lies in wait for me in wait for me in wait for me in...

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Decemberists - Anti-Summersong

[Verse:] Here now, long gone, three fix and a belly gone Went to the river, but the river got down Only good people were hangin' around Too little, too late, everybody gotta medicate Through the window and the wind...

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Decemberists - Apology Song

I'm really sorry, Steven But your bicycle's been stolen I was watchin' it for you 'til you came back in the fall I guess I didn't do such a good job after all I was feelin' really sorry Steven And I spent all...

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Decemberists - As I Rise

I have come a few miles I got blisters on my slippered feet As I rise As I rise California's okay But I think I might stay in the shade For a while For a while Ladybird, ladybird You're the prettiest song I...

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Decemberists - Bachelor And The Bride

There's a wrinkle in the water Where we laid our first daughter And I think the wind blows so sweetly there Over there And the windows and the cinders And the willows in the timbers The infernal rattling of the...

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Decemberists - Bagman's Gambit

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

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Decemberists - Better Not Wake The Baby

[Verse:] Giggle hole in the hallway wall Singin' like a painted lady Use your skull like a cannon ball But it better not wake the baby [Chorus:] How long will this go on? How long will it be? Bang your drum till the...

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Decemberists - Billy Liar

Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets Staring over at the neighbors' knickers down He's got his knickers down So the summer is eternity for you? Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down He's shaking...

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Decemberists - California One

Take a long drive with me On California one, California one Take a long drive with me On California one, California one... And the road a-winding goes From golden gate to roaring cliff-side And the light is...

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Decemberists - California One Youth And Beauty Brigade

Take a long drive with me On California one, California one Take a long drive with me On California one, California one... And the road a-winding goes From golden gate to roaring cliff-side And the light is...

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Decemberists - Carolina Low

[Chorus:] I am a boy from the high country And I got a lil love for the offering [Verse:] I come down from the mountains, bow to the sea In Carolina Low I will carry thee Gonna take you up, gonna take you around Where...

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Decemberists - Cautionary Song

There's a place your mother goes When everybody else is soundly sleeping Through the lights of beacon street And if you listen, you can hear her weeping She's weeping, 'cause the gentlemen are calling And the snow...