The Decemberists - Oh No! (Official Audio)

The Decemberists - Oh No! (Official Audio)

Official audio for "Oh No!" from The Decemberists' upcoming album, 'As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again,' out June 14th

Lyrics:

It was on a wedding night

How they danced by the firelight

And the bride was well arrayed

By her fifteen chambermaids

As her father raised a toast

To the health of all the host

We descended from the apse

To bear witness to the whole collapse

And it’s oh no!

We’re jumped up and ready to go

Where do you think that the money comes from

Do you think it just naturally grows?

And it’s oh no!

We lurk at the end of the row

Listening for whistling, a bang from the drum

And it seems that we’ve caught you in tow

Between the devil and the devil you know

In the back of the bazaar

By the tramps and the muscle cars

We have gathered two by two

Just to figure out what to do

Pretty Saro’s a sotted mess

Gone and spoiled her party dress

All her suitors so entranced

Who will join her in the ambulance?

And it’s oh no!

I’m sure that you’d just love to know

But what will you do when the rumpus is done

And it’s time that we all were gone home?

And it’s oh no!

Kick up your heels in a row

A song that is sung where my people come from

And it’s best when it’s not sung alone

Between the devil and the devil you know

And it’s oh no!

Dash him in one final blow

Stick to the rackets, the heavy’s a hack

And he’s singing pianissimo

For the devil and the devil you know

When the casks have all run dry

And we’ve laid our knuckles by

Standing legless on the pews

Shouting curses to our union dues

Out beyond the city walls

In the grotesque mountain halls

There’s a darkness coming on

So it’s best I think we rambled on

And it’s oh no!

On to the next bloody show

You won’t feel so loose with a noose ‘round your neck

When those cold winter winds start to blow

And it’s oh no!

One more before we go

How can we ever get used to this dreck

‘Cause I’m sick and I want to go home

To the devil and the devil we know

To the devil and the devil we know

To the devil and the devil we know

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