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The Decemberists – The Wrong Year (2015) | Track profile | Dork

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The Decemberists
What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
The Wrong Year

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The Decemberists

The Wrong Year

Release date: 20th January 2015

From What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

Track 7

3:53

Alternative Music Pop Pop/Rock

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About This Track

"The Wrong Year" is a track by The Decemberists, from the album What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, released 20th January 2015. The track is 3:53 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Decemberists.

About the Artist

The Decemberists

The Decemberists

Lyrics

The Wrong Year

Gray Jean was a river child
Born down by the river wild
Said hey, what ya wanna be?
Nobody's gonna? Me

And she wants you but you won't do
And it won't leave you alone
And the rain falls on the wrong year
And it won't leave you alone, it won't leave you alone

Could be that he's into you
Could be that the opposite's true
Struck down as a summer child
Ten steps just to run a mile

And he wants you but you won't do
And it won't leave you alone
And the rain falls on the wrong year
And it won't leave you alone, it won't leave you alone
Your spirit's weiling
Flesh is getting old
Speaker's blaring out some long forgotten chord
Some missbegotten long forgotten chord

Sing me some mandolin
And I'll sleep all the winter long
Till then I can only be, nobody's gonna? Me

And she wants you but you won't do
And it won't leave you alone
And the rain falls on the wrong year
And it won't leave you alone, it won't leave you alone

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Track details

From What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

3:532015

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Album

What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World

The Decemberists

20th January 2015

Track number

7

Release year

2015

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