- 1
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
- 2
The Decemberists - Down By The Water
- 3
The Decemberists - Sons & Daughters
- 4
The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song
- 5
The Decemberists - Severed
- 6
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
- 7
The Decemberists - January Hymn
- 8
The Decemberists - A Beginning Song
- 9
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
- 10
The Decemberists - Rox In The Box
- 11
The Decemberists - The Black Maria
- 12
The Decemberists - Traveling On
- 13
The Decemberists - As I Rise
- 14
The Decemberists - Grace Cathedral Hill
- 15
The Decemberists - On The Bus Mall
- 16
The Decemberists - Red Right Ankle
- 17
The Decemberists - Shankill Butchers
- 18
The Decemberists - The Landlord's Daughter
- 19
The Decemberists - The Singer Addresses His Audience
- 20
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
- 21
The Decemberists - Apology Song
- 22
The Decemberists - Billy Liar
- 23
The Decemberists - Calamity Song
- 24
The Decemberists - Cavalry Captain
- 25
The Decemberists - Cocoon
- 26
The Decemberists - Dear Avery
- 27
The Decemberists - Foregone
- 28
The Decemberists - June Hymn
- 29
The Decemberists - Leslie Anne Levine
- 30
The Decemberists - Make You Better
- 31
The Decemberists - Once In My Life
- 32
The Decemberists - One Engine
- 33
The Decemberists - Philomena
- 34
The Decemberists - Rise To Me
- 35
The Decemberists - Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes
- 36
The Decemberists - Song For The Myla Goldberg
- 37
The Decemberists - Summersong
- 38
The Decemberists - The Bachelor And The Bride
- 39
The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit
- 40
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3
- 41
The Decemberists - The Gymnast, High Above The Ground
- 42
The Decemberists - The Island: Come and See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel the Drow
- 43
The Decemberists - The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
- 44
The Decemberists - The Reapers
- 45
The Decemberists - The Soldiering Life
- 46
The Decemberists - The Sporting Life
- 47
The Decemberists - V
- 48
The Decemberists - When the War Came
- 49
The Decemberists - Why Would I Now?
- 50
The Decemberists - 12/17/12
- 51
The Decemberists - 16 By 32
- 52
The Decemberists - A Bower Scene
- 53
The Decemberists - A Cautionary Song
- 54
The Decemberists - All Arise!
- 55
The Decemberists - All I Want Is You
- 56
The Decemberists - America Made Me
- 57
The Decemberists - Angel, Won't You Call Me?
- 58
The Decemberists - Annan Water
- 59
The Decemberists - Anti-Summersong
- 60
The Decemberists - Ben Franklin's Song
- 61
The Decemberists - Better Not Wake The Baby
- 62
The Decemberists - Born to the Morning
- 63
The Decemberists - Bridges And Balloons
- 64
The Decemberists - Burial Ground (feat. James Mercer)
- 65
The Decemberists - California One
- 66
The Decemberists - California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade
- 67
The Decemberists - Carolina Low
- 68
The Decemberists - Clementine
- 69
The Decemberists - Constantinople
- 70
The Decemberists - Cullin of the Fold
- 71
The Decemberists - Don't Go To the Woods
- 72
The Decemberists - Easy Come, Easy Go
- 73
The Decemberists - Eli, The Barrowboy
- 74
The Decemberists - Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right
- 75
The Decemberists - From My Own True Love (lost At Sea)
- 76
The Decemberists - Human Behavior
- 77
The Decemberists - I
- 78
The Decemberists - I Don't Mind
- 79
The Decemberists - I Was Meant For The Stage
- 80
The Decemberists - II
- 81
The Decemberists - III
- 82
The Decemberists - Isn't It A Lovely Night?
- 83
The Decemberists - IV
- 84
The Decemberists - Joan in the Garden
- 85
The Decemberists - Julianne
- 86
The Decemberists - July, July!
- 87
The Decemberists - Lake Song
- 88
The Decemberists - Like A Lion
- 89
The Decemberists - Long White Veil
- 90
The Decemberists - Los Angeles, I'm Yours
- 91
The Decemberists - Margaret In Captivity
- 92
The Decemberists - Mistral
- 93
The Decemberists - My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
- 94
The Decemberists - Never Satisfied
- 95
The Decemberists - O Valencia
- 96
The Decemberists - O Valencia!
- 97
The Decemberists - Oceanside
- 98
The Decemberists - Ocenside
- 99
The Decemberists - Odalisque
- 100
The Decemberists - Of Angels And Angles
- 101
The Decemberists - Oh No!
- 102
The Decemberists - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
- 103
The Decemberists - Record Year
- 104
The Decemberists - Riverswim
- 105
The Decemberists - Row Jimmy
- 106
The Decemberists - Shanty For The Arethusa
- 107
The Decemberists - Shiny
- 108
The Decemberists - Sixteen Military Wives
- 109
The Decemberists - Sleepless
- 110
The Decemberists - Sucker's Prayer
- 111
The Decemberists - Sunshine
- 112
The Decemberists - Tell Me What's on Your Mind
- 113
The Decemberists - The Abduction Of Margaret
- 114
The Decemberists - The Apology Song
- 115
The Decemberists - The Bandit Queen
- 116
The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep
- 117
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 1 and 2
- 118
The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
- 119
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (Revenge!)
- 120
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
- 121
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
- 122
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)
- 123
The Decemberists - The Infanta
- 124
The Decemberists - The Island
- 125
The Decemberists - The Kingdom Of Spain
- 126
The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament
- 127
The Decemberists - The Perfect Crime 2
- 128
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
- 129
The Decemberists - The Tain (Parts I, II, III, IV, V)
- 130
The Decemberists - The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
- 131
The Decemberists - The Wrong Year
- 132
The Decemberists - Till The Water's All Long Gone
- 133
The Decemberists - Valerie Plame
- 134
The Decemberists - VI
- 135
The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
- 136
The Decemberists - William Fitzwilliam
- 137
The Decemberists - Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
- 138
The Decemberists - Wonder
- 139
The Decemberists - Youth and Beauty Brigade
The Sporting Life
The Decemberists
the work of an errant heel
the din of the crowd and the loud commotion
went deafening silence and stopped emotion
the season was almost done
we managed it 12 to 1
so far I had known no humiliation
in front of my friends and close relations
There's my father looking on
and there's my girlfriend arm in arm
with the captain of the other team
and all of this is clear to me
they condescend and fix on me a frown
how they love the sporting life
And father had had such hopes
for a son who would take the ropes
and fulfill all his old athletic aspirations
but apparently now there's some complications
but while I am lying here
trying to fight the tears
I'll prove to the crowd that I come out stronger
though I think I might lie here a little longer
There's my coach he's looking down
the disappointment in his knitted brow
I should've known
he thinks again
I never should have put him in
he turns and loads the lemonade away
and breathes in deep
the sporting life
the sporting life
the sporting life
how he loves...
There's my father looking on
and there's my girlfriend arm in arm
with the captain of the other team
and all of this is clear to me
they condescend and fix on me a frown
how they love the sporting life