Down By the Water - The Decemberists

Waking in odd spaces, knowing now That I'm not alone and you are around And I have 49 places all lined up While I'm stumbling 'round with a spilling cup, singing Facing another way, where I am, knowing that the love can stay And we're out, down by the water singing our songs My darling, the loving sun's going down Cuffed up in my ways and I know you But I know myself like I know you too And I see a lot of faces, just like ours And they're going fast in their speeding cars, rollin' Facing another way, where I am, knowing that the love can stay And we're out, down by the water singing our songs My darling, the loving sun's going down Ohh-ohh, on we go Ohh-ohh, fast and slow-woah Facing another way, where I am, knowing that the love can stay And we're out, down by the water singing our songs My darling, the loving sun's coming Take my hand, I don't need any fear All I need's this love and to have you here and tonight Down by the water, emptying cups My darling, the loving sun's coming up

River run And brother row And the ease between us, The calm below The rings, these twisted things cast off in the arms of those long low aways The lights, the river's striped, and will we not belong to those long low and lazy Surround us Oh, drown us A wailing whine, a Wendigo A waltzing night, oh bending road Me, I couldn't sleep, caught in some long that would seem to all but all the song But here, we river swim to wash away the light that seems to all but all be found Surround me Oh, drown me

O Philomena You in a tawdry gown Lean to your window Let slip a ribbon down A cure to your boredom If only you'd let me go down Down down Long summer days Can lead to lazy vices Boys all at idle Left to their own devices Open up your linen lap And let me go down Down down All that I wanted in the world Was just to live to see a naked girl But I found I quickly bored I wanted more I wanted more So I'll be your candle I'll be your statuette. I'll be your lashing Loop of leatherette O Philomena if only You'd let me go down. Down down All that I wanted in the world Was just to live to see a naked girl But I found I quickly bored I wanted more Oh so much more So I'll be your candle I'll be your statuette. I'll be your lashing Loop of leatherette O Philomena if only You'd let me go down. Down down Go down down down Go down Go down

So we already wrecked the rental car And I've already lost my way But feet entombed in this tourist bar For today, anyway So lay me down on the cobblestone And unfurl this aching [?] The streets are built on ancient bones And the crib of the rest Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow So it's me and you and the baby boy And a ford to share the weight Breaking out a little joy Blown aways, back to space Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away? Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't it blow, won't it blow, won't it blow Won't the mistral Blow it all away? Won't the mistral Blow away?