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Uploaded by on Dec 1, 2008

Photography and art illustrating Okkervil River "A Girl In Port"
Images come from various of places including Deviant Art and Flicker stock images
~Let fall your soft and swaying skirt
Let fall your shoes
Let fall your shirt
I'm not the ladykilling sort
Enough to hurt
A girl in port

Marie's gone blonde
And lost a stone
She lay on her lawn
Spun and alone
And when the morning sun, it rose
Upon Marie
And her lacy clothes

Well, it lit her up
And she walked around
The winding streets
Camdon town
Well, she don't know who
She wants to be
And if I knew
I'd tell Marie

Let fall your soft and swaying skirt
Let fall your shoes
Let fall your shirt
I'm not the ladykilling sort
Enough to hurt
A girl in port

And Cindy tells me she's had fun
Sitting back stage
Someone's plus one
Up in her room
The records spin
Needle in the grooves
That she's worn thin

Well, she lifts her sleeve
And she sees a name
And she's got a smile on her face
And she's got a story you can't see
Well, that's just between that name and Cindy

And before Holly made her way
Over the sea
And far away
She's telling me
Inside her car
Driving us back
From the Crystal Corner bar

I lost her there
I fell from hell
Cut some fresh pieces from myself
Then for a second
Something in me
Said leave today
It's time, Holly
It's time

Oh, I'm a weak and lonely sort
Though I'm not sailing just for sport
I've come to feel
Out on the sea
These urgent lives
Press against me
I'm just aghast
I'm not a part
My tender head
With my easy heart
These several years out on the sea
Made me empty, cold, and clear
Pour yourself into me

Let fall your soft and swaying skirt
Let fall your shoes
Let fall your shirt
I'm not the ladykilling sort
Enough to hurt
A girl in port

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Uploader Comments (Monarchy16)

  • the only reason one would click on this is for the album version of the song...pretty though

  • That's pretty much the only reason I posted this.

  • Hmmm. Yah I guess its easier to be literal. Don't see anything 'poor' about it. :)

  • Oh I give a damn about what the average recipient thinks, I just don't give a damn about you.

    Listen, its just a picture slide show to a nice song. Only real reason I posted it was to offer an album version of the song- not to display my actual interpretation of it. Plus, even if I did display my interpretation so what! Last thing I would want to do is trash someone's interpretation like some pompous asshole-pretty much someone like you.

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  • The best Okkervil song.

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  • This version and the actual demo version are the best. I listen to this song and it just... it holds so much truth. This is real music.

  • Best concert I've ever been to, I'm still reeling from it weeks later. Amazing

  • These guys are just plain incredible. Too bad for everyone who does not know about them.

  • beautiful track. i'm seeing them tonight at the wiltern.  yahoo!

  • Only just discovered this band, and am loooving them!!

  • Dont let anyone give you trubble bout dis. I thot this wuz excellent and will watch it again. As to those who want more of OR, you're in for a treat.

  • @Jordie0405 you might like "red" and "wastfall", but every song by them is great

  • haha

    WHY should it matter if they used the cover art or not? It's an awesome song. thats all that matters. 

  • i like it!

  • @darkpau 

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