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Artist: Vampire Weekend
Track: A Punk

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Johanna drove slowly into the city
The Hudson river all filled with snow
She spied the ring on his honor's finger
Oh, oh, oh

A thousand years in one piece of silver
She took it from his lily white hand
Showed no fear she'd seen the thing
In the young men's wing at Sloan Kettering

Look outside at the raincoats coming, say oh
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say oh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey

His honor drove southward seeking exotica
Down to the pueblo huts of New Mexico
Cut his teeth on turquoise harmonicas
Oh, oh, oh

I saw Johanna down in the subway
She took an apartment in Washington Heights
Half of the ring lies here with me
But the other half's at the bottom of the sea

Look outside at the raincoats coming, say oh
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say oh
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say oh
Look outside at the raincoats coming, say oh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
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SongMeanings Interpretations
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Vampire Weekend - Hudson Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend - Finger Back Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend - Cousins Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma Lyrics
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Holiday, oh, a holiday. And the best one of the year. Dozing off underneath my sheets. While I cover both my ears
Vampire Weekend - Worship You Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend - Don't Lie Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend - Ottoman Lyrics
Ottoman couch, how handsome your furniture. Lovelier now, but dressed for a funeral. Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall
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It's gonna take a little time. While you're waiting like a factory line. I'll ride across the park. Backseat on the 79
Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey Lyrics
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Your sword's grown old and rusty, burnt beneath the rising sun. It's locked up like a trophy, forgetting all the things it's done
Vampire Weekend - One (Blake's Got a New Face) Lyrics
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I see a Mansard roof through the trees. I see a salty message written in the eaves. The ground beneath my feet
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Genius Meanings
Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
“A-Punk” clocks in at just over two minutes, but its awkward, reference-filled narrative, guitar, prep, and diversity with instruments like the chamberlain allow it to be
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
“Oxford Comma” is full of anything and everything from slick guitar riffs to Lil Jon references, and appears as the second track on Vampire Weekend’s eponymous debut album. When
Vampire Weekend – Campus
Rostam Batmanglij, the primary writer of the song, based “Campus” on “Cruel Professor,” a short story in Ezra Koenig’s collection Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa from his senior honors
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SongTell Meaning
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