In December, drinking horchata
I’d look psychotic in a balaclava
Winter’s cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals
In December, drinking horchata
Look down your glasses at that Aranciata
With lips and teeth to ask how my day went
Boots and fists to pound on the pavement
Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
You’d remember drinking horchata
You’d still enjoy it with your foot on Masada
Winter’s cold is too much to handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals
Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
Oh you had it but oh no you lost it
Looking back you shouldn't have fought it
In December, drinking horchata
I’d look psychotic in a balaclava
But winter’s cold is 2 much 2 handle
Pincher crabs that pinch at your sandals
Years go by and hearts start to harden
Those palms and firs that grew in your garden
Are falling down and nearing the rosebeds
The roots are shooting up through the tool shed
Those lips and teeth that asked how my day went
Are shouting up through cracks in the pavement
Here comes a feeling you thought you’d forgotten
Chairs to sit and sidewalks to walk on
Oh you had it but oh no you lost it
You understood so you shouldn’t have fought it
Music by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio / Lyrics by Ezra Koenig / Produced by Rostam Batmanglij
Other versions
Horchata → New Dorp
Horchata → New Dorp (Evil Parks)
Horchata/Shots/Everlasting Arms
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Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival7 March 2020
Enmore Theatre9 January 2020
La Riviera25 November 2019
AFAS Live19 November 2019
Le Zénith16 November 2019
Victoria Warehouse8 November 2019
Teatro Metropolitan22 October 2019
Red Rocks Amphitheatre9 October 2019
Piedmont Park15 September 2019
Mann Center for the Performing Arts4 September 2019
Merriweather Post Pavilion29 August 2019
Open’er Festival3 July 2019
Pyramid Stage30 June 2019
Firefly Festival23 June 2019
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre22 June 2019
Huntingon Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island16 June 2019
The Armory9 June 2019
Webster Hall5 May 2019
Earth21 March 2019
Grant Park4 August 2018
Naeba Ski Resort29 July 2018
North Byron Parklands21 July 2018
Great Stage Park13 June 2014
Randall’s Island Park8 June 2014
Hipódromo de San Isidro2 April 2014
Parque O’Higgins30 March 2014
General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York10 December 2013