Lyric discussion by Crystal Dishes 

Cover art for Clementine lyrics by Decemberists, The

Second verse is where it's at. That's my favorite part, when he sings about a house built from packaging foam and all. I'm quite certain it's involving poverty and whatnot but I just like to think of it as a sweet little thing that a child would come up with...Riding off after being married on bicycles with cans off the back...It's all so unreasonably sweet to me.