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Bridges and Balloons (Joanna Newsom cover) Lyrics
We sailed away on a winter's day
With fate as malleable as clay
But ships are fallible, I say
And the nautical, as all things, fades
And I do recall our caravel
A little wicker beetle shell
With four fine maste and lateen sails
It's bearings on Cair Paravel
Oh, my love
Oh, it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to see
The sight of bridges and balloons
Makes calm canaries irritable
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Catenaries and dirigibles
Brace and buoy the living room
A loom of metals warp woof wimble
And a thimble's worth of milky moon
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble
Oh, my love
Oh, it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to see
Oh, my love
Oh, it was a funny little thing
It was a funny, funny little thing
With fate as malleable as clay
But ships are fallible, I say
And the nautical, as all things, fades
And I do recall our caravel
A little wicker beetle shell
With four fine maste and lateen sails
It's bearings on Cair Paravel
Oh, it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to see
Makes calm canaries irritable
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Catenaries and dirigibles
Brace and buoy the living room
A loom of metals warp woof wimble
And a thimble's worth of milky moon
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble
Oh, it was a funny little thing
To be the ones to see
Oh, it was a funny little thing
It was a funny, funny little thing
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mellow_harsher On Sep 03, 2005
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nice cover.
they do this song great, i love it
I like the original better, but still nice.
when did they cover this?!?! it's my favorite Joanna Newsom song, covered by my favorite band?!?! how do I get a hold of it?!?!
Haven't heard this yet, but wow, talk about a perfect match lyrics-wise. This sounds just like the sort of thing Colin Meloy would write
evanreyes, it's on the Picaresqueties EP (five outtakes from the album), which is only available on the double LP vinyl or on the iTunes music store...
i agree with cherub rock, they adopt joanna's sound very well as it's quite similar. pretty cover.
BAM! to all you who need to discover and enjoy the succulent acoustic morsels of Mr. Meloy.
errrr... look here's the url: http://circuitous.org/bec/more/the_decemberists-bridges_and_balloons.mp3
i agree with all in that this cover is perfect for colin meloy...however, i wish he could get the lyrics right...he clearly says "cabenaries" insteaed of "catenaries" and "womb" instead of "loom."
i absolutely love this song (perhaps even more the decemberists' cover) but i do think these lyrics errors are non-intentional.
did colin fuck up?
RE: emanfena It's quite possible he fucked up the lyrics, if you youtube the song you can see the actual video of the take that's on Picaresqueities, it's just Colin and it's live, so it might have been just a preliminary take before they decided to axe it from the full length. Just a thought.