MP3: Colin Meloy Sings Live!

Photo by Autumn DeWilde

Meet me on my vast veranda/My sweet, untouched Miranda-a-ah!

Ah, he’s got those romantic couplets down, that Meloy. In fact, that one line contains just about all you need to know about the man’s lyric style. Never mind the next line: And while the seagulls are crying/We fall but our souls are flying/And oh, my love…. You’ve got the veranda, you’ve got the babe with the hundred-year-old name. Drink it onto your iPod via the futuristic methodology of the download, Helena, then meet me at my ornate wainscotting, where I’ll give you a joyous frotting.

MP3: Colin Meloy, “We Both Go Down Together,” from Colin Meloy Sings Live! (Kill Rock Stars)

Read our interview with the Decemberistic front-man-gone-solo here.

Colin plays this Friday night, April 25, at Liberty Hall with opener Laura Gibson. Look for a review of the show right here next Monday.