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The Decemberists
The Decemberists


Информация
Откуда Portland, Oregon, United States
Жанры Indie Rock
Folk-Rock
Art Rock
Baroque Pop
Progressive Rock
Годы 2000—н.в.
Лейблы Capitol Records
Kill Rock Stars
Сайт Website
Состав
Colin Meloy
Chris Funk
Jenny Conlee
Nate Query
John Moen
Бывшие участники
Jesse Emerson
Ezra Holbrook
Rachel Blumberg
David Langenes
Petra Haden



Тексты песен The Decemberists

Текст песни "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 there in the half-light
Of the provincial midnight
To a lone concertina
They drank in cantinas
And toasted to Edith Piaf
And the fall of the Reich.

My sister was born in a hovel in Burgundy
And left for the cattle
But later was found by a communist
Who'd deserted his ranks
To follow his dream
To start up a punk rock band in South Carolina.
I get letters sometimes.
They bought a plantation
She weeds the tobacco
He offends the nation
And they write, "Don't be a stranger, y'hear."
"Sincerely, your sister."

So my parents had me
To the disgust of the prostitutes
On a bed in a brothel.
Surprisingly raised with tender care
'Til the money got tight
And they bet me away
To a blind brigadier in a game
Of high stakes canasta.
But he made me a sailor
On his brigadier ship fleet.
I know every yardarm
From main mast to jib sheet.
But sometimes I long to be landlocked

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