Regina Spektor - All the Rowboats (Live Version, 1/26/2005)

Regina Spektor singing her rarely heard "All the Rowboats."

UPDATE 4/3/2012: Just for clarification, this is a much earlier version of Regina's All the Rowboats. In March 2012, it was studio recorded and released as a new single under her record label, and this single will also appear on her album "What We Saw from the Cheap Seats".

Listen to the 2012 version of All the Rowboats here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZ8os...


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All the rowboats
In the paintings
They keep trying to row away
And the captains'
Worried faces
Stay contorted and staring at the waves
They'll keep hanging
In their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day
All the rowboats
In the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

Hear them whispering
French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one's looking
I catch a sculpture
Marble, gold, and soft as satin
But the most special
Are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins
They keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la
How...

First there's lights out
Then there's lock-up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault
For being timeless
There's a price you pay
And a consequence
All the galleries
The museums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public
Mausoleums
The living dead fill every room
But the most special
Are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins
They keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing

They will hang there
In their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day
All the rowboats
In the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

First there's lights out
Then there's lock-up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault
For being timeless
There's a price you pay
And a consequence
All the galleries
The museums
They will stay there forever and a day
All the rowboats
In the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away
All the rowboats
In the oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

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[shavemangin]

dude supposedly your the reason this song is on the new record. she mentions she forgot about this song until she saw a youtube clip featuring this song. thanks from me and many other regina fans :)

[slicknick1986]

I had also heard that! I know other people have also uploaded earlier recordings of this song, too. I do hope that she continues to record many of her older songs for future albums. (Loveology would be awesome.)

[rad941205]

i love the way she says "here's your ticket welcome to the tombs", i have the sweetest image of the way she says it in my face x

[TheIndieBeatle]

I've always loved hearing her sing this live it's so moving...

[Spook Mouse]

I agree

[Spook Mouse]

I hate to be the person that says "I like her old stuff better", but I've been a fan since 2003 when I saw her live, and her charm was the fact that she was not only gorgeous, but made music with a STOOL and her funny and unique voices. I still love her and her amazing lyrics, but THIS is the Regina I fell in love with. She didn't need fancy producers.

[HonorineMillarCofer]

Sounds like susana vega 20 years later.........if you want me, you can find me left of center.

[Hannah Odekirk]

Better than the album version......-3

[BraveIsntUnafraid]

This is so different from the track on the album. I like the album version better, for sure. Creepier, more Regina-y :D

[assmane999]

man I wish I could write a song this brilliant melodically or lyrically. Best song I 've heard in the past few yeRs.

[marinavdotcom]

she is brilliant

[OverLordReject]

I second that on Loveology.