Lyrics The Rake's Song - The Decemberists

The Rake's Song - The Decemberists
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Rake's Song, artist - The Decemberists. Album song The Hazards of Love, in the genre Инди
Date of issue: 22.03.2009
Record label: Rough Trade
Song language: English

The Rake's Song

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
I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
Until her womb start spilling out babies
Only then did I reckon my curse
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
First came Isiah with his crinkled little fingers
Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
Ugly Methanley died on delivery
Mercifully taking her mother along
Alright, alright, alright
What can one do when one is widower
Shamefully saddled with three little pests
All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
So my burden I began to divest
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
Eziah fought but was easily bested
Burned his body for incurring my wrath
Alright, alright, alright
And that’s how I came your humble narrator
To be living so easy and free
Expect you think that I should be haunted
But it never really bothers me Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

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