The Rake's Song

The Rake's Song Lyrics

Song The Rake's Song
Artist The Decemberists
Album Border Music - Record Store Day 2009: 2009.04.18
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[00:00.78] The Decemberists-the rake's song
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[00:08.91] I had entered into a marriage
[00:13.02] In the summer of my twenty-first year
[00:16.99] And the bells rang for our wedding
[00:21.25] Only now do I remember it clear
[00:24.59] Alright, alright, alright
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[00:33.48] No more a rake and no more a bachelor
[00:38.07] I was wedded and it whetted my thirst
[00:42.02] Until her womb start spilling out babies
[00:46.13] Only then did I reckon my curse
[00:49.46] Alright, alright, alright
[00:57.85] Alright, alright, alright
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[01:11.28] First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers
[01:15.40] Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn
[01:19.23] Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery
[01:23.42] Mercifully taking her mother along
[01:27.06] Alright, alright, alright
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[01:36.21] What can one do when one is widower
[01:40.48] Shamefully saddled with three little pests
[01:44.46] All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life
[01:48.68] So my burden I began to divest
[01:52.08] Alright, alright, alright
[02:00.47] Alright, alright, alright
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[02:13.64] Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove
[02:18.02] Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath
[02:22.05] Isaiah fought but was easily bested
[02:26.19] Burned his body for incurring my wrath
[02:29.52] Alright, alright, alright
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[02:38.50] And that's how I came your humble narrator
[02:43.04] To be living so easy and free
[02:46.81] Expect you think that I should be haunted
[02:51.20] But it never really bothers me
[02:54.58] Alright, alright, alright
[03:02.92] Alright, alright, alright
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