The Decemberists - The Rake's Song lyrics

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I had entered into a marriage <br>

In the summer of my twenty-first year <br>

And the bells rang for our wedding <br>

Only now do I remember it clear <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

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No more a rake and no more a bachelor <br>

I was wedded and it whetted my thirst <br>

Until her womb start spilling out babies <br>

Only then did I reckon my curse <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

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First came Isaiah with his crinkled little fingers <br>

Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn <br>

Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery <br>

Mercifully taking her mother along <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

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What can one do when one is widower <br>

Shamefully saddled with three little pests <br>

All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life <br>

So my burden I began to divest <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

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Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove <br>

Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath <br>

Isaiah fought but was easily bested <br>

Burned his body for incurring my wrath <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

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And that's how I came your humble narrator <br>

To be living so easy and free <br>

Expect you think that I should be haunted <br>

But it never really bothers me <br>

Alright, alright, alright <br>

Alright, alright, alright<br>

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