Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) - The Crane Wife, 3/10
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Uploaded by DrNikui on Jul 23, 2010
Track: Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
Album: The Crane Wife
Artist: The Decemberists
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Lyrics
Soldier: Heart carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet
A sweetheart left behind
Girl: Far from the hills and the sea-swaled Carolinas
That.s where my true love lies
Soldier: Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Sings upon the birch bow high
Girl: But you are in the ground with the wolves and the weevils
All a-chew on your bones so dry
Chorus:
But when the sun breaks to no more bullets in Battlecreek
Then will you make a grave? For I will be home then
I will be home then.
Girl: When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee
Made a seam to hem me in
Soldier: And there at the fair when our eyes caught, careless,
Got my heart right pierced by a pin
Soldier: But O did you see all the dead of Manassas
All the bellies and the bones and the bile?
Girl: No, I lingered here with the blankets barren
And my own belly big with child
Chorus:
Soldier: And stems and bones and stone walls too
Could keep me from you
This skein of skin is all too few
To keep me from you
Soldier and Girl: But O my love though our bodies may be parted
Though our skin may not touch skin
Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow
I will come on the breath of the wind
Top Comments
All Comments (49)
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a-chew?
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@YoYoChickiYoYo I also love her voice - she is Laura Veirs.
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heartcarved tree trunk yankee bayonet a sweetheart left behing. Far from the hills and the sea-swelled carolinas thats where my true love lies..... I memorized the entire song i <3 it
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The lady is the beste woman-singer at the world!
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This is really the best song of The Decemberists
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LOVE THIS SONG
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all their songs make me sad. but i still love them.
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Is this song from anywhere?
I remember hearing it... But I don't know where ><
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@pineal2012 Such a happy moment when you first discover them. Magical...
3 months ago 4
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I bet that the one person who pressed dislike meant to press like and just didn't realize that they pressed the wrong button.
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The lyrics are spectacular :]
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