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Lyrics by The Decemberists

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  1. Sucker's Prayer
  2. Don't Carry It All
  3. This Is Why We Fight
  4. 12/17/12
  5. 16 By 32
  6. A Beginning Song
  7. A Bower Scene
  8. A Cautionary Song
  9. All Arise!
  10. Angel, Won't You Call Me?
  11. Annan Water
  12. Anti-Summersong
  13. Apology Song
  14. As I Rise
  15. Ben Franklin's Song
  16. Better Not Wake The Baby
  17. Billy Liar
  18. Bridges And Balloons
  19. Calamity Song
  20. California One
  21. California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade
  22. Carolina Low
  23. Cavalry Captain
  24. Clementine
  25. Cocoon
  26. Constantinople
  27. Cullin of the Fold
  28. Dear Avery
  29. Down By The Water
  30. Easy Come, Easy Go
  31. Eli, The Barrowboy
  32. Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right
  33. Foregone
  34. From My Own True Love (lost At Sea)
  35. Grace Cathedral Hill
  36. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
  37. Human Behavior
  38. I
  39. I Don't Mind
  40. I Was Meant For The Stage
  41. II
  42. III
  43. Isn't It A Lovely Night?
  44. IV
  45. January Hymn
  46. Julianne
  47. July, July!
  48. June Hymn
  49. Lake Song
  50. Leslie Anne Levine
  51. Like A Lion
  52. Los Angeles, I'm Yours
  53. Make You Better
  54. Margaret In Captivity
  55. Mistral
  56. My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
  57. O Valencia
  58. O Valencia!
  59. Oceanside
  60. Ocenside
  61. Odalisque
  62. Of Angels And Angles
  63. On The Bus Mall
  64. Once In My Life
  65. One Engine
  66. Philomena
  67. Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
  68. Record Year
  69. Red Right Ankle
  70. Rise To Me
  71. Riverswim
  72. Row Jimmy
  73. Rox In The Box
  74. Severed
  75. Shankill Butchers
  76. Shanty For The Arethusa
  77. Shiny
  78. Sixteen Military Wives
  79. Sleepless
  80. Song For The Myla Goldberg
  81. Sons & Daughters
  82. Summersong
  83. Sunshine
  84. The Abduction Of Margaret
  85. The Apology Song
  86. The Bachelor And The Bride
  87. The Bagman's Gambit
  88. The Bandit Queen
  89. The Chimbley Sweep
  90. The Crane Wife 1 and 2
  91. The Crane Wife 3
  92. The Engine Driver
  93. The Gymnast, High Above The Ground
  94. The Hazards Of Love (Revenge!)
  95. The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
  96. The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
  97. The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)
  98. The Infanta
  99. The Island
  100. The Island: Come and See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel the Drow
  101. The Kingdom Of Spain
  102. The Landlord's Daughter
  103. The Legionnaire's Lament
  104. The Mariner's Revenge Song
  105. The Perfect Crime 2
  106. The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
  107. The Rake's Song
  108. The Singer Addresses His Audience
  109. The Soldiering Life
  110. The Sporting Life
  111. The Tain (Parts I, II, III, IV, V)
  112. The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
  113. The Wrong Year
  114. Till The Water's All Long Gone
  115. Traveling On
  116. V
  117. Valerie Plame
  118. VI
  119. We Both Go Down Together
  120. When the War Came
  121. Why Would I Now?
  122. Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
  123. Wonder
  124. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
  125. Youth and Beauty Brigade

The Decemberists are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2000. The band consists of Colin Meloy (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (piano, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals), Nate Query (bass), and John Moen (drums). As of 2024, the band has released nine studio albums with their lyrics often focusing on historical incidents and folklore. Audience participation is a part of their live performances, typically during encores. The band stages whimsical reenactments of sea battles and other centuries-old events, typically of regional interest, or acts out songs with members of the crowd. In 2011, the track "Down by the Water" from their album The King Is Dead was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 54th Grammy Awards.

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