Decemberists Clementine Lyrics

Clementine Lyrics

you slept in your overalls

after the wrecking ball

bereft you of house and home

and left you with sweet "fuck all"



so we got in your car 

with our kick-about arts 

and we hollered out, "sweet clementine"



tell your mom to marry us

a candle to carry us

with cans on our bicycle fenders

so sweet and hilarious



and we'll find us a home 

built of packaging foam

that will be there 'til after we die



and i'll play the clarinet

use clam shells for castanets

we play with our banks on our shoulders

my sweet lady lioness



and i watch as you sleep 

so indelibly deep

and i hum to you, sweet clementine