THE DECEMBERISTS LYRICS - The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)

"The Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)"



My true love went riding out

In white and green and gray

Past the pale of office wall

Where she was want to stray

And there she came upon

A white and wounded faun



Singing

Oh, oh

The hazards of love



She, being full of charity,

A credit to her sex

Saught to right the faun's hind legs

When here her plans were vexxed

The tiger shifted strange

The beast began to change



Singing

Oh, oh

The hazards of love

Singing

Oh, oh oh oh

The hazards of love

You'll learn soon enough

The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone

Undone



Fifteen lithsome maidens lay

Along in their bower

Fourteen occupations pay

To pass the idle hour



Margret heaves a sigh

Her hands clasped to her thigh



Singing

Oh, oh

The hazards of love

Singing

Oh, oh oh oh

The hazards of love

You'll learn soon enough

The prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone

Undone

Undone

Undone

Undone