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Untie me, I've said no vows
The train is getting way too loud
I've got to leave here, my girl
And get on with my lonely life
Just lay the ring on the rail
For the wheels to nullify
Until this turn in my head
I let you stay and you paid no rent
I spent twelve long months on the lam
That's enough sitting on the fence
For the fear of breaking dams
I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head
You love a sinking stone
That will never elope
So get used to the lonesome, girl
You must atone some
Don't leave me no phone number there
It took me all of a year
To put that poisoned pill to your ear
But now I stand on honest ground
You want to fight for this love
But honey, you cannot wrestle a dove
So baby, it's clear
You wanted to jump and dance
But you sat on your hands
And lost your only chance
Go back to your hometown
Get your feet on the ground
And stop floating around
I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head
You love a sinking stone
That will never elope
So get used to the lonesome, girl
You must atone some
Don't leave me no phone number there
The train is getting way too loud
I've got to leave here, my girl
And get on with my lonely life
Just lay the ring on the rail
For the wheels to nullify
Until this turn in my head
I let you stay and you paid no rent
I spent twelve long months on the lam
That's enough sitting on the fence
For the fear of breaking dams
I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head
You love a sinking stone
That will never elope
So get used to the lonesome, girl
You must atone some
Don't leave me no phone number there
It took me all of a year
To put that poisoned pill to your ear
But now I stand on honest ground
You want to fight for this love
But honey, you cannot wrestle a dove
So baby, it's clear
You wanted to jump and dance
But you sat on your hands
And lost your only chance
Go back to your hometown
Get your feet on the ground
And stop floating around
I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head
You love a sinking stone
That will never elope
So get used to the lonesome, girl
You must atone some
Don't leave me no phone number there
| WhiteWater (right where you are sitting now) | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 08:34 bill-1956 wrote: This song rubs me the right way. That's not legal in all states. |
| bill-1956 (The Greater Moncure Metro Area, NC) | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 08:02 This song rubs me the right way. |
| dpvest (northern cali) | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 14:08 The Shins will be the musical guest on SNL thiis weekend. Looking forward to seeing what two songs they perform for us... |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 14:07 I'm liking this Shins tune very much thank you!  |
| mcYammer (Beervana) | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 08:54 kdavistcb wrote: As for me - I'm lovin' the steel guitar in the background. Reminds me a little of My Favorite Band. the steel was a nice follow up to the Jangly Jayhawks |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 10:16 okay someone loses a Jules Shear CD boxset in an Albuquerque trailer park about 1985 and a young James Mercer... |
| kdavistcb | Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 06:25 As for me - I'm lovin' the steel guitar in the background. Reminds me a little of My Favorite Band. |
| Stingray (JULIAN - no NWO) | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 15:53 GORGEOUS AGAIN! |
| df1489 (Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx) | Posted: Jun 26, 2011 - 20:17 fredriley wrote: The usual gnomic Shins lyrics...  Here I thought they were protecting my garden, now I find out they've been writing lyrics for The Shins! |
| FrankAnja (the Netherlands) | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 08:31 i simply adore this song! always a treat to hear! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 12:53 marksda wrote: I love this band. This song is cool because it has a country sound to it, but it's better. Agree!! |
| marksda | Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 22:30 I love this band. This song is cool because it has a country sound to it, but it's better. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jun 27, 2010 - 19:25  The Shins by ~Jupifang ©2007-2010 ~Jupifang The Shins - 5th of April 2007- Paradiso Amsterdam |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 14:46 fredriley wrote: Same here, but what a shame about the steel guitar in the background - Shins and C&W don't mix, IMO. Without the gee-tar this would be an easy 7, with it it's nearly mutable. The usual gnomic Shins lyrics, though: "you can't wrestle a dove" - wtf? I LOVE hearing REAL musicians take on the C&W sound. I'm a US midwesterner so I shoudl like that music but the drivel they pass off as country these days is unbearable. I like it when good artists bring a little life back into the mid-american music style. And I actually think the lyrics on this are about as straighforward as you're going to get out of the Shins (maybe that's why it's in a more 'earthly' musical style compared to their other stuff?); it's about how he's been living with/in a relationship with someone but he realizes it's not going anywhere/is codependent/etc., and his forcing them to move out and let go of him, because he's over it, and they need to get their act together. etc. etc... "you wanna fight for this love, but you cannot wrestle a dove" means that "love" and "fight" are diametricall oppossed and have no business being together, if you *have* to fight, it's not really love... Not saying I agree with the viewpoint of the singer here, but I think his message isn't all that gnomic. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 14:41 Love this song. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 06:45 Susan_Ssun wrote: Really like the harmonies. Same here, but what a shame about the steel guitar in the background - Shins and C&W don't mix, IMO. Without the gee-tar this would be an easy 7, with it it's nearly mutable. The usual gnomic Shins lyrics, though: "you can't wrestle a dove" - wtf? |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 22:34 Susan_Ssun wrote: Really like the harmonies. Reminds me of the 80's band The Proclaimers. Yes! I heard recently the Shins will be back. Thank goodness! |
| Susan_Ssun | Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:31 Really like the harmonies. Reminds me of the 80's band The Proclaimers. |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 11:10 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: What ever happened to these guys? They need another album, lest they become a mid-2000s anomaly... http://pitchfork.com/news/36632-the-shins-james-mercer-and-danger-mouse-team-up-for-new-band/ |
| Rick_V (New Orleans) | Posted: Dec 04, 2009 - 15:10 With maybe only a couple of exceptions, no modern band can match The Shins for melody. |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 17:45 alaken wrote: Wow, great song. Love the vocal harmonies!  Very odd harmonies in the chorus, but I like them! Works for me. |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 15:29 What ever happened to these guys? They need another album, lest they become a mid-2000s anomaly... |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 17:35 rdo wrote: I see a lot in common between the Shins and Gomez, taking other, older music genres and making them quite new. Nice observation. I might add this song continues another killer set. Many Thanks! |
| Bone (Divided States of Sanity) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 17:29 Live at Lollapalooza '07, good times. :) |
| sharkey (Toronto - Ontario - Canada) | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 11:37 scott4261 wrote: And again please Agreed on both counts. |
| rdo (Washington, DC) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 06:47 I see a lot in common between the Shins and Gomez, taking other, older music genres and making them quite new. |
| jonahboo | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 06:46 GREAT ALBUM |
| alaken (Missoula, MT) | Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 18:56 Wow, great song. Love the vocal harmonies! |
| thilo (650 miles east of Ushant) | Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 01:22 What a fabulous, understated song. This is why I love the Shins. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Nov 20, 2008 - 14:18 YEE HAW! Good and Y' Alternative!!! Wouldn't this be great on a radio station that won't play it because it's to country. Or a station that won't play it because it's to rock? Wait! It's here on Paradise! Thanks Bill! |
| ndc18 (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 14:02 great song from a great album. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Nov 04, 2008 - 14:01 Yes, catchy. Has me reaching for similar tunes.... Eyes wide open? |
| PanamintMark (East of Eden) | Posted: Nov 02, 2008 - 13:06 Embarrassingly catchy. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 01:42 Did this songwriter listen to Porcupine Tree's Lightbulb Sun release? |
| holborne (New York, NY) | Posted: Sep 18, 2008 - 10:03 scott4261 wrote: This is a fantastic album! I wish RP would play "Kissing the Lipless" every now and then... Agreed on both counts. |
| scott4261 (Little Rock, AR) | Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 19:00 This is a fantastic album! I wish RP would play "Kissing the Lipless" every now and then... |
| flyin_bri (tucson 'c' before 's') | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 17:46 Love the vocal harmony. |
| Dragonfly_Launch (Conway, Ar) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 17:44 I have an abnormal fondness for this band. |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Jun 15, 2008 - 16:34 i'm going to have get all of the shins... quality |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Apr 13, 2008 - 17:38 99 wrote: The transition from the Jayhawks to the Shins deserves a 10. Nice job, Bill.
Don't you love it when a dj makes a connection for you? I honestly thought this was Jayhawks side-project - and I already know this cd! |
| sharkey (Hogtown) | Posted: Apr 13, 2008 - 17:36 meydele wrote: Could not love it more. I'm with you. Best. |
| Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 18:12 Reminds me that I haven't heard enough Jayhawks lately. Pretty good tune. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 10, 2008 - 07:29 A good snort of Afrin ought to clear up that nasal congestion. |
| Wizzuvvoz (Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.) | Posted: Nov 08, 2007 - 12:32 more from this album, I request ~yoda their best, I think it is |
| abrady | Posted: Nov 08, 2007 - 12:31 Man, what great music today! Shins, Pete Yorn, Wilco, Luna...it's like Bill is going through my own music collection. Keep up the great work! |
| thewaxtadpole (Toronto, ON) | Posted: Oct 23, 2007 - 14:34 AlienRelic wrote: I have a pet dove. You can wrestle a dove. In fact, sometimes you have to....
This is my favourite song comment ever. |
| AlienRelic (east of Eden) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 14:11 I have a pet dove. You can wrestle a dove. In fact, sometimes you have to.... |
| underarmor (Austin) | Posted: Aug 21, 2007 - 19:32 I thought it was back-to-back Jayhawks. |
| SomeOldGuy (Indianapolis IN) | Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 06:39 " ...you just can't wrestle a dove..." Lyrical structure: F |
| rKokon (MD) | Posted: Jul 19, 2007 - 06:35 Sounding so much like several others serves to make this group--at least per this song--unmemorable. |