O New England
The Decemberists * Track #2 On Always the Bridesmaid: A Singles Series
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O New England by The Decemberists
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The DecemberistsWrited by
Colin MeloyAbout
This song describes a “failed attempt” at coming down to New York from New England (likely Maine given the “7 hour” trip) for the new year. The singer and his companion take the “blue line” subway for fun and get off at a random stop, only then realizing he had “lost his token” to board the subway a...
O New England Lyrics
We’d come seven hours down
Took the blue line to see where we hopped out
And I was only joking, I was only joking
And I was only trying to get a laugh
You say this was the furthest that we had come
We traveled so far to watch it fall undone
And I had lost my token, you were looking bent and broken
Staring sideways with the rain coming down
But I am so enthralled
O New England
La da dum dum
O New England
La da dum dum
This here is the fable of a failed attempt (fabled failed attempt, oh-oh)
To find new life in a love in the seat of its origin (failed attempt, oh-oh)
From Long to Coney Island, from Mid to West to Upper Highland
And all I got is this ill-gotten full color souvenir
The new millennium in New York
And all of New England
La da dum dum
O New England
La da dum dum
O New England
In the face of your empire
I think I’d rather just wait in the car
And return to the turnpike
Watching New England’s skyline sinking below
Sinking below
Sinking below
We’d come seven hours down
We’d come seven hours down, down
We’d come seven hours down
We’d come seven hours down, down
O New England Q&A
Who wrote O New England's ?
O New England was written by Colin Meloy.
Who produced O New England's ?
O New England was produced by Tucker Martine & The Decemberists.
When did The Decemberists release O New England?
The Decemberists released O New England on Tue Oct 14 2008.