Shiny
The Decemberists * Track #2 On 5 Songs
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Shiny by The Decemberists
Performed by
The DecemberistsWrited by
Colin MeloyAbout
This song appears to be about a visitor to a gypsy fair who falls for one of their girls.
She keeps swindling him, but he doesn’t care because he’s so taken by her features, especially her dark eyes.
The Romani people have historically been nomadic, and rarely intermarried with the local populatio...
Shiny Lyrics
[Verse 1]
By the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light
I may have gone too far
I may have gone too much, too long
I'm a dull and witless boy
[Verse 2]
At the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream
In the killing jar
You and me at war, at arms
All falling in embrace
[Chorus]
Tell me why you lied
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
[Verse 3]
A tawny gypsy girl, sleeping blanketed by stars
Beneath the tilt-a-whirl
Where we were coyly caught alone
All fumbling with your blouse
[Chorus]
Tell me why you lied
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
[Bridge 1]
And in the rollercoaster din
By the parachutes in saddle shoes, you break your shins
But I have never seen two eyes so shiny
[Bridge 2]
And the sullen, beery swine
Who try to tangle you in sullen, beery balls of twine
Have they ever seen two eyes so shiny?
[Verse 4]
Boys in denim vests smoking cigarettes between
The bootblack fingertips
Sweetly tipsy by the half light
The light and the half light
[Chorus]
Tell me why you lied
And what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
Shiny Q&A
Who wrote Shiny's ?
Shiny was written by Colin Meloy.
Who produced Shiny's ?
Shiny was produced by The Decemberists & Jason Powers (Producer).