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My name is Leslie Anne Levine
My mother birthed me down a dry ravine
My mother birthed me far too soon
Born at nine and dead at noon
Fifteen years gone now, I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattled bone
Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the petticoat
Of the girl who died with me
On the roof above the streets
The only love I've known is a chimney sweep
Lost him lodged inside a flue
Back in 1842
Fifteen years gone now, I still wail from these catacombs
And curse my mother's name
Fifteen years gone now, still a wastrel mésallied
Has brought this fate on me
My name is Leslie Anne Levine
I've got no one left to mourn for me
My body lies inside its grave
In a ditch not far away
Fifteen years gone, I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattled bone
Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the petticoat
Of the girl who died with me
Who died with me
Who died with me
Who died with me
| jchrise | Posted: Dec 27, 2010 - 07:25 Oh god, so totally tired of the Decemberists. Will they go away in January? |
| crazy (yew nork, upstate) | Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 03:55 depressing song to wake up to |
| Stes (Krakow - Poland) | Posted: Jan 07, 2009 - 03:54 Boooorring |
| rasta_tiger (Sunnyside of the Street) | Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 14:11 blort182 wrote: C'mon, grab your six string, it's a fun strummer. And the chorus?E C A2 Just kidding. That was fun. Luckily I had my guitar handy to play. |
| holborne (New York) | Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 13:52 Jelani wrote: Whiiiiney, whiiiiiiney, whiiiiiiiiine. Whiney Whine, whine. Claiming that a song is "whiny" or that the singer is "whining" is the surest sign that the critic making the claim has absolutely nothing interesting to say (probably about anything). But then again, I've come to expect no less from Jelani, this community's second-rate Excelsior, who was in turn a third-rate version Physicsgenius. I guess this makes Jelani a fifth-rate version of...something. |
| hippiechick (Weekendland) | Posted: Dec 06, 2008 - 13:49 I like this song! |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jul 01, 2008 - 16:39 blort182 wrote: C'mon, grab your six string, it's a fun strummer.
E C A2 I'm pounding on the piano in my home office right now. |
| blort182 (Batavia, Illinois) | Posted: Apr 29, 2008 - 18:09 C'mon, grab your six string, it's a fun strummer. E C A2 |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Feb 26, 2008 - 17:53 Sounds like Oasis trying to be "deep". Or should I say "substantial"? |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Feb 26, 2008 - 17:51 I don't know why I like his voice so much. It's, uh, distinctive, that's for sure. c. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jan 26, 2008 - 07:07 A bit dour for my tastes |
| MrDill (Lake Distict U.K.) | Posted: Nov 24, 2007 - 11:08 decemberists always tell a complex story , nice tunes too I likes it |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Nov 24, 2007 - 11:07 Whiiiiney, whiiiiiiney, whiiiiiiiiine. Whiney Whine, whine. |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Oct 24, 2007 - 01:28 These guys are just so different from anyone else out there. I really enjoy them.  |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet) | Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 18:41 Not bad...at lest they are singing of something different. |
| hippiechick (In the world but not of it) | Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 08:33 rowdydaisy wrote: Sad, in the old english folk tradition, but good song.
Read the lyrics. Really creepy. This guy writes songs with creepy lyrics. My question is, why does he name them after Jewish girls? Leslie Anne Levine? Myla Goldberg? (an author) |
| MadPercolator | Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 08:32 Usually, I find these guys too twee and clever (although I liked the Rushmore referencing 16 Military Wives vid) - but this song has always lingered in my mind as a wonderful spray of sea-mist and mournful ghosties. |
| jenakle (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 08:31 ziggytrix wrote: i know what mesallied means ;)
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=39571 |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 12:15 accordionista wrote: Ah, the accordion- God's instrument!  |
| accordionista (somewhere on the West Coast...) | Posted: Apr 02, 2007 - 19:33 Ah, the accordion- God's instrument! |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Mar 18, 2007 - 05:37 donpdonp wrote: i used to like their sound but now i find it horribly annoying. it took all my effort to keep the rating from dropping into the sucko-barfo zone.
2 What he said. Except I've always found the lead singer's voice to be annoying. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 14:23 i know what mesallied means ;) |
| donpdonp (Portland, Or) | Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 14:21 i used to like their sound but now i find it horribly annoying. it took all my effort to keep the rating from dropping into the sucko-barfo zone. 2 |
| okobojicat (Dreaming of the Moravian Highlands) | Posted: Mar 02, 2007 - 14:16 rowdydaisy wrote: Sad, in the old english folk tradition, but good song.
Amazing images. Makes you imagine these disquieting scenes.Read the lyrics. Really creepy. |
| Red_Dragon | Posted: Feb 14, 2007 - 21:59 not-a-fish wrote: This is the very first Decemberists song I ever heard. It was love at first listen.
 What the Texan said.  |
| not-a-fish | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 12:00 This is the very first Decemberists song I ever heard. It was love at first listen. |
| winter (at home) | Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:43 It grows on you after a few listens - I give it a solid 7. |
| MtnGoat (Kill your radio!) | Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:38 rowdydaisy wrote: Sad, in the old english folk tradition, but good song.
That'd explain my disconnect with it, I guess. A rare '3'. |
| rowdydaisy (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:37 Sad, in the old english folk tradition, but good song. Read the lyrics. Really creepy. |
| zazelle (Plains o' Fire) | Posted: Jan 16, 2007 - 12:35 One of my favorite by the D's. Glad to hear it. |