- 1
The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
- 2
The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song
- 3
The Decemberists - Severed
- 4
The Decemberists - Sons & Daughters
- 5
The Decemberists - Sucker's Prayer
- 6
The Decemberists - Once In My Life
- 7
The Decemberists - Apology Song
- 8
The Decemberists - Burial Ground (feat. James Mercer)
- 9
The Decemberists - Calamity Song
- 10
The Decemberists - California One
- 11
The Decemberists - California One / Youth And Beauty Brigade
- 12
The Decemberists - Don't Carry It All
- 13
The Decemberists - Down By The Water
- 14
The Decemberists - Foregone
- 15
The Decemberists - June Hymn
- 16
The Decemberists - Leslie Anne Levine
- 17
The Decemberists - Like A Lion
- 18
The Decemberists - Los Angeles, I'm Yours
- 19
The Decemberists - Oceanside
- 20
The Decemberists - Rise To Me
- 21
The Decemberists - Rox In The Box
- 22
The Decemberists - Rusalka, Rusalka / Wild Rushes
- 23
The Decemberists - The Apology Song
- 24
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 1 and 2
- 25
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
- 26
The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
- 27
The Decemberists - 12/17/12
- 28
The Decemberists - 16 By 32
- 29
The Decemberists - A Beginning Song
- 30
The Decemberists - A Bower Scene
- 31
The Decemberists - A Cautionary Song
- 32
The Decemberists - All Arise!
- 33
The Decemberists - Angel, Won't You Call Me?
- 34
The Decemberists - Annan Water
- 35
The Decemberists - Anti-Summersong
- 36
The Decemberists - As I Rise
- 37
The Decemberists - Ben Franklin's Song
- 38
The Decemberists - Better Not Wake The Baby
- 39
The Decemberists - Billy Liar
- 40
The Decemberists - Bridges And Balloons
- 41
The Decemberists - Carolina Low
- 42
The Decemberists - Cavalry Captain
- 43
The Decemberists - Clementine
- 44
The Decemberists - Cocoon
- 45
The Decemberists - Constantinople
- 46
The Decemberists - Cullin of the Fold
- 47
The Decemberists - Dear Avery
- 48
The Decemberists - Easy Come, Easy Go
- 49
The Decemberists - Eli, The Barrowboy
- 50
The Decemberists - Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right
- 51
The Decemberists - From My Own True Love (lost At Sea)
- 52
The Decemberists - Grace Cathedral Hill
- 53
The Decemberists - Human Behavior
- 54
The Decemberists - I
- 55
The Decemberists - I Don't Mind
- 56
The Decemberists - I Was Meant For The Stage
- 57
The Decemberists - II
- 58
The Decemberists - III
- 59
The Decemberists - Isn't It A Lovely Night?
- 60
The Decemberists - IV
- 61
The Decemberists - January Hymn
- 62
The Decemberists - Julianne
- 63
The Decemberists - July, July!
- 64
The Decemberists - Lake Song
- 65
The Decemberists - Make You Better
- 66
The Decemberists - Margaret In Captivity
- 67
The Decemberists - Mistral
- 68
The Decemberists - My Mother Was a Chinese Trapeze Artist
- 69
The Decemberists - O Valencia
- 70
The Decemberists - O Valencia!
- 71
The Decemberists - Ocenside
- 72
The Decemberists - Odalisque
- 73
The Decemberists - Of Angels And Angles
- 74
The Decemberists - On The Bus Mall
- 75
The Decemberists - One Engine
- 76
The Decemberists - Philomena
- 77
The Decemberists - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)
- 78
The Decemberists - Record Year
- 79
The Decemberists - Red Right Ankle
- 80
The Decemberists - Riverswim
- 81
The Decemberists - Row Jimmy
- 82
The Decemberists - Shankill Butchers
- 83
The Decemberists - Shanty For The Arethusa
- 84
The Decemberists - Shiny
- 85
The Decemberists - Sixteen Military Wives
- 86
The Decemberists - Sleepless
- 87
The Decemberists - Song For The Myla Goldberg
- 88
The Decemberists - Summersong
- 89
The Decemberists - Sunshine
- 90
The Decemberists - The Abduction Of Margaret
- 91
The Decemberists - The Bachelor And The Bride
- 92
The Decemberists - The Bagman's Gambit
- 93
The Decemberists - The Bandit Queen
- 94
The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep
- 95
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 3
- 96
The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
- 97
The Decemberists - The Gymnast, High Above The Ground
- 98
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love (Revenge!)
- 99
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
- 100
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 2 (Wager All)
- 101
The Decemberists - The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned)
- 102
The Decemberists - The Infanta
- 103
The Decemberists - The Island
- 104
The Decemberists - The Island: Come and See, The Landlord's Daughter, You'll Not Feel the Drow
- 105
The Decemberists - The Kingdom Of Spain
- 106
The Decemberists - The Landlord's Daughter
- 107
The Decemberists - The Legionnaire's Lament
- 108
The Decemberists - The Perfect Crime 2
- 109
The Decemberists - The Queen's Rebuke / The Crossing
- 110
The Decemberists - The Singer Addresses His Audience
- 111
The Decemberists - The Soldiering Life
- 112
The Decemberists - The Sporting Life
- 113
The Decemberists - The Tain (Parts I, II, III, IV, V)
- 114
The Decemberists - The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid
- 115
The Decemberists - The Wrong Year
- 116
The Decemberists - Till The Water's All Long Gone
- 117
The Decemberists - Traveling On
- 118
The Decemberists - V
- 119
The Decemberists - Valerie Plame
- 120
The Decemberists - VI
- 121
The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
- 122
The Decemberists - When the War Came
- 123
The Decemberists - Why Would I Now?
- 124
The Decemberists - Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)
- 125
The Decemberists - Wonder
- 126
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
- 127
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