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The Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen lyrics by The Decemberists. As the sun is sinking low And the evening's tug in tow On the horizon, my true love I see She ain't fancy, she...

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The Bandit Queen

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As the sun is sinking low

And the evening's tug in tow

On the horizon, my true love I see

She ain't fancy, she ain't fine

While her fingers number only nine

She's the belle of the ball of the insurgency

She's my bandit queen, laying beneath the moon

In a bandit cave, a blanket laid for two

If I could find a way to your hideaway by the sea

Oh, bandit queen, steal away to me

Somewhere in the mountains

By a starry water fountain

In an alcove hid by some trees

Amidst a pile of treasure

Reclining at her leisure

My lady love sniffs at the breeze

And sitting up, she adjusts her turban

And takes another swig from a bottle of bourbon

Listening to the whistling of the train in station

Odds are it will never reach it's destination

Cause the bandit queen astride her steed will ride

Oh, let me be the one to lay within your thieving arms tonight

She's my bandit queen, laying beneath the moon

In a bandit cave, there's a blanket laid for two

If I could find a way to your hideaway by the sea

Oh, bandit queen, steal away to me

Oh, bandit queen, steal away to me

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