[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 ta...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
[Chorus:]
I am the cavalry captain, I am the remedy to your heart
I am the common collector, I am imprinted upon your stars
[Verse:]
And when you shine, shine your eyes, looking l...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
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 hollared out...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
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 p...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
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 yo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
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 ho...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
[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 ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
Here we come to a turning of the season.
Witness to the arc towards the sun.
The neighbor's blessed burden within reason.
Becomes a burden borne of all in one.
And nobody, nobody k...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
[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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists
The year old painted 'pallid' grey, the storm was coming in. Folks were
Lining out in all directions. Me and 'Hord' and Henry Short were pitching
On the skiff, trying to make it ho...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Decemberists