Philomena

Album: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (2015)
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  • Oh, Philomena, are you in a tawdry gown
    Lean to your window, let's slip a ribbon down
    If you're to devoid
    If only you'll let me go
    Down, down down

    Long sunny days can lead to lazy vices
    Boys all that I know, left to their own devices
    Open up your linen lap
    And let me go
    Down, down down

    All I ever wanted in the world
    Was just to live to see a naked girl
    But I found I quickly bored,
    I wanted more, I wanted more

    So I'll be your candle and I'll be your statuette
    And I'll be your lash and loop of leather
    And dark Philomena, if only you'd let me go
    Down, down down

    All I ever wanted in the world
    Was just to live to see a naked girl
    But I found I quickly bored,
    I wanted more, oh, so much more

    So I'll be your candle and I'll be your statuette
    And I'll be your lash and loop of leather
    And dark Philomena, if only you'd let me go
    Down, down down
    Go down, down down
    Go down, go down Writer/s: COLIN MELOY
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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