Тексты песен «Decemberists»

[Chorus:] I am the cavalry captain, I am the remedy to your heart I am the common collector, I am imprinted upon your skies [Verse:] And when you shine, shine your eyes, looking lost, looking bright We're away on a...

I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep No bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet On a rooftop, in dead of night You'll hear me cry, I'll shake you from your sleep To hear me weep, your day will come indeed For I am a...

You slept in your overalls After the wrecking ball Bereft you of house and home And left you with sweet fuck-all So we got in your car With our kickabout hearts And we hollered out 'sweet clementine' Tell your...

This cocoon, caught in Vesuvius' shadow Only the ashes remain And I waited there for you Why couldn't you? Here we lie waiting for something to startle To shake us from gravity's pull And so the sleeping hours...

There's an island hidden in the sound Lapping currents lay your boat to ground Affix your barb and bayonet The curlews carve their arabesques And sorrow fills the silence all around Come and see There's a harbor...

O the minarets of Constantinople Are plated gold, ivory, and opal Their cupolas all onion domed and light. And the magistrate of Constantinople Has made a match; his family was hopeful Their daughter would be...

Cut him up, boy You've got to cut him up, boy. He's a wicked disgrace, And he said it to your face You better cut him up boy. Take by the teeth, Get him down on his knees, With your hands all shaking, That'll teach...

[Verse 1] Dreamed I had a cutting stone Dreamed I held it all my own It cut through wire, wood, and bone I'll cut you down, my cutting stone [Chorus] Cutting stone oh fear me none Whether wild or whether won Though I...

Dear Avery I think of you only Were you waving? Were you dead on the vine? Oh Avery I think of you lonely If I could just grab you By the nape of your neck There are times life will rattle your bones and will...

Here we come to a turning of the season. Witness to the arc toward the sun. A neighbors blessed burden within reason. Becomes a burden born of all and one. And nobody, nobody knows. Let the oath fall from our...

See the ancient river bed See where all the follies have led Down by the water Down by the old main drag I was just some toe headed teen Feeling round for fingers to get in between Down by the water Down by the old...

[Verse 1] Avery said he's got a cold comin' on Climbed into bed, stayed all summer long If I don't come out too soon Maybe I'll hang on 'til June Down on the knuckle [Verse 2] Sylvia knows a little hideaway Scrawling...

[Verse:] Lumber Jack had landed on his back Was badly on the medic when the riggy went slack Was a moonless night, the stars were leaning right Was leering in the mirror when the road went right [Chorus:] You never...

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 I could afford to buy...

I'm an engine driver On a long run, on a long run Would I work beside her She's a long one, such a long one And if you don't love me Let me go And if you don't love me Let me go I'm a county lineman On a high...

The film was a bust, but we stayed to the ending Hair all a mussed but your clothes didn't look so bad And back on the street, the rain was descending In cold dirty sheets, so under the awning we sat And then you hailed...

The film was a bust But we stayed till the ending Hair all a mussed but your clothes Didn't look so bad And back on the street, the rain was descending In cold dirty sheets, so under the awning we sat And then...

[Chorus] Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing Everything, everything, everything, everything, everything is awful Oh everything, everything, everything, everything, everything, thing...

Four score years Living down in this rain swept town Sea salt tears Swimming round as the rain comes down Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? Mr Postman, do you have a letter for me? A letter for me From my...

Grace Cathedral hill All wrapped in bones of setting sun All dust and stone and moribund I paid twenty-five cents to light A little white candle For a New Year's Day I sat and watched it burn away Then turned and...