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The Decemberists - Leslie Anne Levine Lyrics

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TitleLeslie Anne Levine
ArtistThe Decemberists
AlbumCastaways and Cutouts [2002], Track 1
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Duration04:15
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Song lyrics
My name is Leslie Ann Levine
My mother birthed me down a dry ravine
My mother birthed me far too soon
Born at nine and dead at noon

Fifteen years gone now
I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattle bone
Fifteen years gone now
I still cling to the petticoats
Of the girl who died with me

On the roofs above the streets
The only love I've known's a chimney sweep
Lost and lodged inside a flue
Back in 1842

Fifteen years gone now
I still wail from these catacombs
And curse my mother's name
Fifteen years gone now
Still a wastrel mesallied
Has brought this fate on me

My name is Leslie Ann Levine
I've got no one left to mourn for me
My body lies inside its grave
In a ditch not far away

Fifteen years gone now
I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattle bone
Fifteen years gone now
I still cling to the petticoats
Of the girl who died with me
submitted by farbehind
corrected by Catherine on 28-01-2012


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  30-01-2007 02:35 AxMojo 
AxMojo
 
21 posts
i still cling to the petticoats of the girl who died with me

gorgeous...brilliance indeed
  07-12-2006 02:50 euromegamouth 
euromegamouth
 
64 posts
i love this song.
it's so sad, so wonderful, so beautiful.
brilliant and haunting, i definitely recommend it to fans of artists of this type.


~x, psychoxkiller~
  19-06-2006 16:59 KoleSoutou 
KoleSoutou
 
5 posts
Maybe my favorite song of the Decemberists. Very catchy melody and rhythm. Sad song aswell. Very, Very good.


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