The Wrong Year
THE DECEMBERISTS · What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World 2015 · Track 07 of 13
Written by Colin Meloy
Gray Jane was a riverchild Born down by the river wild Said, hey, what I wanna be Nobody's gonna intervene
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 obverse is true Struck down as a summerchild 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 It won't leave you alone
The spirit's willin' Flesh is getting bored Speakers blaring out some long forgotten chord Some misbegotten, long forgotten chord
Sing me some eidolon And I'll sleep all the winter long Till then I can only be Nobody's gonna intervene
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 It won't leave you alone It won't leave you alone