Ladies of Cambridge
chestnut park on saturday night
mystical boys feeling alright
raggedy wisdom falls from our hands
ladies of cambridge know who i am
i've had dreams of boston all of my life
chinatown between the sound of the night
but if you leave i just dont think i could take it
graveyard bricks will fall into style
lady as pharaoh, charles as the nile
that’s a museum price you could pay
stones of your father stand there today
cause when you left my room
to go to the kitchen
i imagined
that you were dead
a morbid streak
runs through
the whole
of my family
but for you
i could put it
to rest
but if you leave i just don’t think i could take it
Music by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio / Lyrics by Ezra Koenig / Produced by Rostam Batmanglij
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- Red Rocks Amphitheatre8 October 2019


- Hollywood Bowl2 October 2019



- Life Is Beautiful22 September 2019


- Agganis Arena3 September 2019



- Huntingon Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island16 June 2019


- Webster Hall5 May 2019


- Commune Press4 April 2019


- Libbey Bowl17 June 2018



- Randall’s Island Park8 June 2014


- Le Zénith21 November 2013


- Barclays Center20 September 2013


- Roundhouse15 September 2013


- Universidad Complutense14 September 2013


- Grant Park4 August 2013


- Passeio Marítimo de Algés12 July 2013


- Little John’s Farm30 August 2009


- Orpheum Theatre7 December 2008


- The Glasshouse16 September 2008


- Reading Festival22 August 2008


- MySpace TransmissionsMay 2008



- The Casbah19 March 2008



- Mayday13 February 2008



- Museum of Fine Arts9 February 2008



- Village Studios4 February 2008


- Collisions Art Festival11 May 2006


