We All Die Young
The Decemberists * Track #9 On I’ll Be Your Girl
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We All Die Young by The Decemberists
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The DecemberistsWrited by
Colin MeloyAbout
We often say when someone dies of a cause other than old age that they have “died young.” In this song, Colin argues that whether we die at the young age of the children in the shout chorus, 71 like Bill Tecumseh Sherman, or live to see the end of the world, we will all die before we have had a chan...
We All Die Young Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It was late one night, I was counting out my stitches
Laying by the side of the road
I was a long time gone, slipping off my britches
Feeling like it's time to go home
Yeah, feeling like it's time to go home
And in this dream, Bill Tecumseh Sherman
Glowered at the foot of my bed
He was long and lean, he spoke in perfect German
And I recorded all that he said
Yeah, I recorded all that he said
[Chorus]
And he said:
"We all die young
We all die young
We all die young
We all die young"
[Verse 2]
When I woke next day, layered in the lashings
Feeling for the hole in my head
I was thinking 'bout my dad, thinking 'bout the nashings
Of all the bitter things that he said
Yeah, all the withering things that he had said
[Chorus]
And he said:
"We all die young
We all die young
We all die young
We all die young"
Son, he said:
"We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
[Verse 3]
When he came to pass it everything had ended
The world was just a grubby balloon
And I spoke up, said "sorry if I've offended"
This voice came from the back of the room
Oh, screaming from the back of the room
It said:
"We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
One more time!
"We all die young
Bill Tecumseh Sherman
We all die young!
We all die young
Sorry if I've offended
We all die young!
We all die young
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young"
We all die young!
We all die young!
We all die, we all die young!
We all die young!
We all die young!
We all die, we all die young!
We All Die Young Q&A
Who wrote We All Die Young's ?
We All Die Young was written by Colin Meloy.
Who produced We All Die Young's ?
We All Die Young was produced by The Decemberists & John Congleton.
When did The Decemberists release We All Die Young?
The Decemberists released We All Die Young on Fri Mar 16 2018.
What did The Decemberists say about "We All Die Young"?
I actually wrote this song just on guitar and on drums. I sat at my drum kit with my guitar and did my little one man band bit. And we played it in rehearsal. We had a great recording of it from rehearsal. We played it once and it worked so great. And then we played it on the road. I think the more...