The Decemberists - Bridges And Ballons lyrics

[Verse 1] We sailed away on a winter's day With fate as malleable as clay But ships are fallible, I say And the nautical, as all things, fade But I do recall our caravel A little wicker beetle shell With four fine masts and lateen sails Its bearings on Cair Paravel [Chorus] Oh, my love Oh, it was a funny little thing To be the ones to have seen [Verse 2] The sight of bridges and balloons Makes calm canaries irritable And they caw and claw all afternoon Catenaries and dirigibles Brace and boil the living room A womb of metal, a warp, woof, wimble And a thimble's worth of milky moon Can beat hearts larger than a thimble [Chorus] [Outro] Oh, my love Oh, it was a funny little thing It was a funny, funny little thing