The Decemberists - On The Bus Mall
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In
mat
ching
blue
rain
coats
34
Our
shoes
where
our
snow
boats
67
We
kicked
a
round
90
From
stair
way
to
sta
tion
168
We
made
a
sen
sa
tion
200
With
the
ga
da
bout
cro
~
~wd
242
And
oh,
what
a
bar
gain
300
We’re
two
ea
sy
tar
gets
334
For
the
old
men
at
the
off-
tracks
378
Who’ve
paid
in
pa
la
ver
436
And
crum
pled
old
dol
lars
467
Which
we
squirreled
a
way
495
In
our
rat
trap
ho
tel
by
the
free
way
556
And
we
slept-
in
Sun
days
644
Your
pa
rents
were
an
xious
768
Your
cool
was
con
ta
gious
802
At
the
old
school
830
You
left
with
out
lea
ving
902
A
note
for
your
grie
ving
934
Sweet
mo
ther,
while
953
Your
bro
ther
was
so
cruel
992
And
here
in
the
al
leys
1036
Your
spi
rits
were
ral
lied
1070
As
you
learned
quick
to
make
a
fast
buck
1116
In
bath
rooms
and
bar
rooms
1170
On
dump
sters
and
heir
looms
1203
We
bit
our
tongues
1226
Sucked
our
lips
in
to
our
lungs
1260
’til
we
were
fal
ling
1286
Such
was
our
cal
ling
1372
And
here
in
our
hol
low
we
fuse
like
a
fa
mi
ly
1510
But
I
will
not
mo
~
~rn
for
you
1618
So
take
up
your
make
up
1726
And
po
cket
your
pills
a
way
1780
We’re
kings
a
mong
run
a
ways
1838
On
the
bus
mall
1888
We’re
do
~
~
~
~wn
1976
On
the
bus
mall
2024
A
mong
all
the
ur
chins
2372
And
old
Chi
nese
mer
chants
2406
Of
the
old
town
2434
We
reigned
at
the
pool
hall
2506
With
one
i
ron
cue
ball
2538
And
we
ne
ver
let
2558
The
bas
tards
get
us
down
2596
And
we
laughed
off
the
quick
tricks
2640
The
old
men
with
limp
dicks
2674
On
the
co
lon
nades
of
the
wa
ter
front
park
2718
As
four
in
the
mor
ning
2772
Came
on,
cold
and
bo
ring
2805
We
hud
dled
close
2828
In
the
bus
stop
en
clo
sure
en
fol
ding
2892
Our
hands
tight
ly
hol
ding
2976
But
here
in
our
hol
low
3070
We
fuse
like
a
fa
mi
ly
3114
But
I
will
not
mo
~
~rn
for
you
3220
So
take
up
your
make
up
3334
And
po
cket
your
pills
a
way
3386
We’re
kings
a
mong
run
a
ways
3442
On
the
bus
mall
3492
We’re
do
~
~
~
~wn
3578
On
the
bus
mall
3630
We’re
do
~
~
~
~wn
3714
On
the
bus
ma
~
~ll
3782
Do
~
~
~
~wn
on
the
bus
mall
3898
Oh
o
oh
oh