Тексты песен «Decemberists»


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Decemberists - Lost At Sea

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 own...

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Decemberists - Make You Better

I want you, thin fingers I wanted you, thin fingernails And when you bend backwards I wanted you, I needed you Oh-oh, to make me better I'll love you in springtime I lost you when summer came And when you pulled...

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Decemberists - Margaret In Captivity

I have snipped your wingspan My precious captive swan Here all clipped of kickstand Your spirit won't last long Don't you lift a finger Don't you snap and jaw Limber limbs, akimbo Rest till rubbing raw Oh, my own true...

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Decemberists - Mariner's Revenge Song

We are two mariners Our ship's sole survivors In this belly of a whale It's ribs our ceiling beams It's guts our carpeting I guess we have some time to kill You may not remember me I was a child of three And...

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Decemberists - Midlist Author

Came upon a Tuesday when I had just got down to work And everything went grey So I took a bus Wednesday, thought a vacation well-deserved And all my senses frayed And all my rears sing Midlist author, you're never the...

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Decemberists - Mistral

[Verse:] So we already wrecked through the reservoir And I've already lost my way But feel entoombed in this cursed bar For a day, anyway So lay me out in the cover storm And infer this aching jib The streets are built...

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Decemberists - My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist

My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist In pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father At a fete in Aix-en-Provence. He was disguised as a Russian cadet in the employ of the Axis. And...

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Decemberists - Myla Goldberg

Myla Goldberg sets a steady hand upon her brow Myla Goldberg hangs a crooked foot all upside down It comes around it comes around it comes around it comes around (x2) Pretty hands do pretty things when pretty times...

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Decemberists - O Valencia

You belong to the gang And you say you can't break away But I'm here with my hands on my heart Our families can't agree I'm your brother's sworn enemy But I'll shout out my love to the stars So wait for the stone on...

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Decemberists - Oceanside

Sweet Anabelle, as seen reclining on an ocean swell As the waves do lather up to lay her down 'Til she's fast and sleeping Oh, well, I guess I'm something of a ne'er-do-well Who fell asleep at the pealing of the...

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Decemberists - Odalisque

They've come to find you, Odalisque As the light dies horribly On a fire escape you walk All rare and resolved to drop And when they find you, Odalisque They will rend you, terribly Stitch from stitch 'til all Your...

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Decemberists - Of Angels And Angles

There are angels in your angles There's a low moon caught in your tangles There's a ticking at the sill There's a purr of a pigeon to break the still of day As on we go drowning Down we go away And darling, we go...

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Decemberists - On The Bus Mall

In matching blue raincoats, Our shoes were our show boats We kicked around. From stairway to station We made a sensation With the gadabout crowd. And oh, what a bargain, We're two easy targets For the old men at...

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Decemberists - Once In My Life

Oh, for once in my Oh, for once in my life Could just something go Could just something go right? Oh, for once in my Oh, for once in my life Could just something go Could just something go right? I've been waiting all...

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Decemberists - One Engine

One engine barely makes it away, One engine barely makes it away. Hold on, they're breaking their bonds, Hold on, they're breaking their bonds, One engine barely makes it away. And the martyr line, It's a bitter...

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Decemberists - Philomena

[Verse:] Oh, Philomena, are you in a? Gown Lean to your window, lets slip a ribbon down If you're do your? If only you'll let me go Down, down down Long sunny days can lead to lazy vices Boys are behind, will laugh to...

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Decemberists - Red Right Ankle

This is the story of your red right ankle And how it came to meet your leg And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled And how the skin was softly shed And how it whispered, "Oh, adhere to me For we are bound by...

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Decemberists - Rise To Me

Big mountain Wide river. There's an ancient pull. 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 gonna...

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Decemberists - Rox In The Box

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 creaks and moans And...

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Decemberists - Severed

[Verse 1] I alight like a whisper I alight with the lights out And it won't take me long just to find you And it won't take me long just to find you [Chorus] I'm allied to the winter But don't you get clever Don't you...