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Artist: The Decemberists
Track: Down by the Water

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See this ancient riverbed
See where all the follies are led
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

I was just some tow-head teen
Feeling 'round for fingers to get in between
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Sweet descend this rabble round
The pretty little patter of a seaport town
Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag

All dolled up in gabardine
The lash-flashing Leda of Pier nineteen
Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag

The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag

Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
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The Decemberists - Down by the Water Lyrics
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The Decemberists - The Infanta Lyrics
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Genius Meanings
The Decemberists – Down by the Water
See this ancient riverbed / See where all the follies led / Down by the water and / Down by the old main drag / I was just some tow-head teen / Feeling round for fingers to get in
The Decemberists – Rox in the Box
This song memorializes the Granite Mountain disaster of 1917, and references the Butte, Montana mining scene from 1910-1920 in general. In an interview with UK’s The Guardian
The Decemberists – Lake Song
‘Lake Song’ seems to be a meta-Decemberist tune about a young boy who is unhappy about his lover’s/friend’s lack of response to a request. The overly literary word choice and hyper
The Decemberists – Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes
“Rusalka, Rusalka/Wild Rushes” is a song that comprises two parts. Each section features the protagonist being enticed by a siren-like woman. In both parts, the protagonist
The Decemberists – Sons and Daughters
Frontman Colin Meloy picked this as one of The Decemberists' best songs in an interview, saying: It’s another two-chord song. It was the first song I ever wrote on [the Greek folk
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This song is inspired by and about William Shakespeare’s play ‘the Tempest’.
The Decemberists – We Both Go Down Together
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The Decemberists – Calamity Song
Lead singer, Colin Meloy, told NPR’s World Cafe that this was their attempt at a disaster song. The music video is noteworthy for being a dramatisation of scene from David Foster
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Frontman Colin Meloy picked this as one of The Decemberists' best songs in an interview, saying: I think it’s going to be a deep cut; we’ll see how people take to it. It’s another
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[Verse 1] / There is a road that meets the road / That goes to my house / And how it green grows there / And we've got special boots / To beat the path to my house / And it's
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Meaning of "Down by the Water" by The Decemberists
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The King Is Dead by The Decemberists
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