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Artist: The Decemberists
Canonical path: /the-decemberists/youth-and-beauty-brigade
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Youth and Beauty Brigade
Read Youth and Beauty Brigade lyrics by The Decemberists on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Youth and Beauty Brigade
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We're calling all bed-wetters and ambulance chasers.
Poor pick-pockets, bring 'em in.
Come join the Youth and Beauty Brigade.
We're lining up the light loafer'd, and the bored bench-warmers.
Castaways and cut-outs, fill it up.
Come join the Youth and Beauty Brigade.
Nothing will stand in our way.
I figured I had paid my debt to society
by paying my overdue fines at the Multnomah County Library.
At the library, they said, "Son, go join up.
Go join the Youth and Beauty Brigade."
Nothing will stand in our way.
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