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

The Singer DeLaurentis

I always had the voice, and now I am a singer. The audience grows silent when I open up my mouth. I sing the words I've written every night before a crowd. As if I were a poet or some legendary mind.

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

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?

Make It All So Real Steve Forbert

Take your seat in the table Watch the cabaret fill Ted came down for the singer He saw the name on the bill How the minutes were draggin' As the audience grew Ted was growing impatient As he swallowed

Priestess Audience

Connor-Gemmel Bathed in moonlight, devil worshippers chanting Throughout the night music grew ever haunting High on her throne, Satan seated beside her Face cold as stone, Prince of Darkness to guide her

The Mariner's Revenge Song The Decemberists

dying cried: Oh Ohhhhh "Find him, bind him Tie him to a pole and break His fingers to splinters Drag him to a hole until he Wakes up naked Clawing at the ceiling Of his grave *sigh*" It took me fifteen

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

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!

Nancy Audience

Connor-Werth-Williams Nancy was a farmer's daughter everything her Daddy taught her honestly, honestly And even though her Pa was poor he always kept within the law and so did she, so did she Because there's

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

The Infanta The Decemberists

Here she comes in her palanquin On the back of an elephant On a bed made of linen and sequins and silk All astride on her father's line With the king and his concubines And her nurse, with her pitchers

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

The Singer Barbra Streisand

In a small caf On a crowded night In a spot of light Stands the singer, And the band begins And the beat is strong And the room belongs To the singer, All the people turn to hear The sad refrain And catch

The Folk Singer Jimmy Justice

He use to sing his songs to his Sara Jane The folk singer His songs filled with love made the mountains ring To the folk singer At first Sara Jane was to be his bride But as his fame grew she was

And The Singer Sings His Song Neil Diamond

And the singer sings his song, And the children dance along, And the singer sings his song, And we dance along. Good it was when it was, We chased the flowers, Warm summer showers.

God's Own Singer The Flying Burrito Brothers

Straight-backed chair and a table Where he sits when he's able To walk over from bedridden misery To record from his thoughts On a worn out table cloth Where he'd been while His mind breaks sleeplessly

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

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

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 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 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 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

The House On The Hill Audience

Connor-Werth-Williams I've been told about the house on the hill So high and old, the house on the hill Say that there's a King Rat who wears a judge's black cap And I wouldn't go near the house on the

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

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?

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

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

Silky Soul Maze

"There was a man I knew Who was smooth as smooth can be His music his smile And his sweet sweet melody Do you recall that mentor And the voice with the velvet touch I'll never forget how he moved us all

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

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