they put eyes on your front for a reason
taped a mouth on your voice for the song
tied those boots on your feet for a rhythm
lest that heart leave you waiting too long
it don't matter at all where you came from
no one cares where you go when you die
if you're lonesome, keep watch for the lantern
one ear out for the old lullaby

it goes no oh no..
we get even with enemies, in debt to our friends
and that's where this lullaby ends

put your two aching feet in the ocean
bury rusted love, ten times as deep
now give thanks for the things we don't mention
and we'll sing our poor tired souls to sleep
it don't matter at all where you came from
i don't care where you go when you die
if you're lonesome, keep watch for my lantern
and i'll sing us one last lullaby

it goes no oh no..
we're in debt to our enemies, in love with our friends
and that's where this lullaby ends

a lullaby (extended version)

cape cod girls don't wear no frills - heave away, haul away
they tie their hair with codfish gills - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, my bully bully boys - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, and don't make a noise - we're bound away for australia

cape cod boys don't have no sleds - heave away, haul away
they slide down dunes on codfish heads - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, my bully bully boys - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, and don't make a noise - we're bound away for australia

cape cod mommas don't bake no pies - heave away, haul away
they feed their babies codfish eyes - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, my bully bully boys - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, and don't make a noise - we're bound away for australia

cape cod cats ain't got no tails - heave away, haul away
they lost them in those cape cod gales - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, my bully bully boys - heave away, haul away
heave 'er up, and don't make a noise - we're bound away for australia

cape cod folks ain't got no souls - heave away, haul away
inside their hearts' just codfish bones - heave away, haul away

cape cod girls (traditional)

clean earth and caterpillars after the rain
a rusted old portal safe hidden by thorns
the voices outside of your sane secret lair
a time comes for knowing the place you were born
...
boots on cracked pavement along the wire fence
alone on the static snow, nothing above
the view from a tower not raised up by men
stars in the scissored sky, falling to love
...

vvreckweather's hymn

you should've seen the look on your face.

trailer trash by modest mouse (cover)

half of us are dead and the rest of us are as well.  well, was it worth it?  hell yes it was.

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the gauntlet w/melodicas - leighton/devlin/buckham/valkyrie 2011

all my friends have the split upper lip. =^..^=

the last of our forces