Leslie Anne Levine

Colin Meloy

My name is Leslie Anne Levine
My mother birthed me down a dry ravine
My mother birthed me far too soon
Born at nine and dead at noon

Fifteen years gone now
I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattle bone
Fifteen years gone now
I still cling to the petticoat
Of the girl who died with me

On the roofs above the streets
The only love I've known's a chimney sweep
Lost and lodged inside a flue
Back in 1842

Fifteen years gone now
I still wail from these catacombs
And curse my mother's name
Fifteen years gone now
Still a wastrel mesallied
Has brought this fate on me

My name is Leslie Anne Levine
I've got no one left to mourn for me
My body lies inside its grave
In a ditch not far away

Fifteen years gone now
I still wander this parapet
And shake my rattle bone
Fifteen years gone now
I still cling to the petticoat
Of the girl who died with me

Trivia about the song Leslie Anne Levine by The Decemberists

When was the song “Leslie Anne Levine” released by The Decemberists?
The song Leslie Anne Levine was released in 2002, on the album “Castaways And Cutouts”.
Who composed the song “Leslie Anne Levine” by The Decemberists?
The song “Leslie Anne Levine” by The Decemberists was composed by Colin Meloy.

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