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We Both Go Down Together Lyrics — The Decemberists | Dork

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The Decemberists
We Both Go Down Together Lyrics

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The Decemberists

We Both Go Down Together

From Picaresque2005

Written by Colin Meloy

Produced by Chris Walla, The Decemberists

Lyrics

We Both Go Down Together

[Verse 1] Here on these cliffs of Dover So high you can't see over And while your head is spinning Hold tight, it's just beginning You come from parents wanton A childhood rough and rotten I come from wealth and beauty Untouched by work or duty [Chorus] And oh, my love, my love And oh, my love, my love We both go down together [Verse 2] I found you, a tattooed tramp A dirty daughter from the labor camps I laid you down on the grass of a clearing You wept but your soul was willing [Chorus] And oh, my love, my love And oh, my love, my love We both go down together And my parents will never consent to this love But I hold your hand [Verse 3] Meet me on my vast veranda My sweet, untouched Miranda And while the seagulls are crying We fall but our souls are flying [Chorus] And oh, my love, my love And oh, my love, my love And oh, my love, oh my love And oh, my love, my love We both go down together

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About this track

"We Both Go Down Together" is a song by The Decemberists from the album Picaresque, released in 2005. The song was written by Colin Meloy. It was produced by Chris Walla, The Decemberists.

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