Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The Engine Driver



I'm an engine driver
On a long run, on a long run
Would I work beside her
She's a long one, such a long one

And if you don't love me let me go
And if you don't love me let me go

I'm a country lineman
On a high line, on a high line
So will be my grandson
There are powerlines in our bloodlines

And if you don't love me let me go
And if you don't love me let me go

And I am a writer, writer of fictions
I am the heart that you call home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones
My bones
My bones

I'm a money lender
I have fortunes upon fortunes
Take my hand for tender
I am tortured, ever tortured

And if you don't love me let me go
And if you don't love me let me go

And I am a writer, writer of fictions
I am the heart that you call home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones
I am a writer, I am all that you have home
Home
And I've written pages upon pages
Trying to rid you from my bones
My bones
My bones

(And if you don't love me let me go)
And if you don't love me let me go
(And if you don't love me let me go)
And if you don't love me let me go

- The Decemberists

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice song, nicer band name and an even nicer pic.

12:32 PM  
Blogger Sharad Ragas said...

Yes, I really like this band.

3:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i cried

10:45 PM  
Blogger Sharad Ragas said...

lol!

11:48 PM  
Blogger vigbert said...

and we all laughed when heard a cousin sing in the shower : "makkeliraga dhannu rooo"
frm one of those unheard folk classics frm rajendra prasad.

** makkelu - the vikruthi of bokkalu

5:38 AM  
Blogger Sharad Ragas said...

Nuvvu inkoka saari mana Meenakshi/Jagadamba teacher lessons gurthu chesthe.. $%&ยง todu.. addam ga narikestha (Ref 1)!!

Ref 1: Paruchuri brothers et al, Aadi, 2002.

Btw, what happened to that fello?

3:10 PM  

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