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Lake Song
The Decemberists

[Verse:]

Down by the lake we were over turning pebbles and depending

All the animals alive

And I took a drag from your cigarette and I pinched it 'tween my finger and my thumb

To let it die, and the sun burned low, on the radio

Say that you will, say you will or will you won't

Or you whatever you prevaricate, your whole life don't you.

And this much I can say, I would have waited till the oceans

Fell away and all the sunken cities would reveal themselves to you

But you won't, will you... Because you never do

And the sun burned through, sweet as honey dew


[Chorus:]

And I, 17 and terminally vague

I wrote it down and threw it all away

Never gave a thought to what I made

And you sibylline, reclining in your cube

You tattered me and tethered me to you

The things you would, the things you wouldn't do

To tell the truth, I never had a clue


[Verse 2:]

Now we arise, the curse is young suburban villains

In their ill-begotten children from the lawn

Come to me now, and on the station wagon window

Set the ghost of your two footprints

That they might haunt me when you're gone

When the light bow dawn, you were forever gone

But I remember you, you were full

you were full and sweet as honey dew


[Chorus:]

And I, 17 and terminally vague

I wrote it down and threw it all away

Never gave a thought to what I made

And you sibylline, reclining in your cube

You tattered me and tethered me to you,

The things you would, the things you wouldn't do

You noticed how I never had a clue

Never had a clue...

You were full and sweet as honey dew


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