Clementine Lyrics

The song Clementine is performed by The Decemberists in the album named Castaways and Cutouts in the year 2003 .



you slept in your overalls
after the wrecking ball
bereft you of house and home
and left you with sweet f**k-all
so we got in your car
with our kickabout hearts
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 clamshells for castinets
we play with our bags on our shoulders
my sweet lady lioness
and i watch as you sleep
so indelibly deep
and i hum to you sweet clementine



The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts

May 2003

  1. Leslie Anne Levine
  2. Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
  3. July, July!
  4. A Cautionary Song
  5. Odalisque
  6. Cocoon
  7. Grace Cathedral Hill
  8. The Legionnaire's Lament
  9. Clementine
  10. California One/Youth And Beauty Brigade

Clementine