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Twenty Songs not by The Decemberists About Kids Meeting Unfortunate Ends

 

Published 1/18/2009 at Paste Magazine

The Decemberists offered up "The Rake's Song," a track from their upcoming Hazards of Love LP, as a free download last week, which means that lots of people were probably struck with the same two thoughts that hit me upon my own first listen. One, this is a song about a dude killing his kids. Two, there are not many songs about that. (link)

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