All the Rowboats
Regina Spektor
[Verse 1]
All the rowboats in the paintings
They keep trying to row away
And the captains' worried faces
Stay contorted and staring at the waves

[Hook]
They'll keep hanging in their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day
All the rowboats in oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

[Verse 2]
Hear them whispering French and German
Dutch, Italian, and Latin
When no one's looking, I touch a sculpture
Marble, cold, and soft as satin

[Pre-Hook]
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing
La da da da da, la da da da da, la
[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault for being timeless
There's a price to pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
They're just public mausoleums
The living dead fill every room

[Pre-Hook]
But the most special are the most lonely
God, I pity the violins
In glass coffins they keep coughing
They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing

[Hook]
They will stay there in their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day
All the rowboats in oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away

[Instrumental]
[Verse 4]
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
It's their own fault for being timeless
There's a price to pay and a consequence
All the galleries, the museums
They will stay there forever and a day

[Outro]
All the rowboats in oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away
All the rowboats in oil paintings
They keep trying to row away, row away
Write the lyrics for a rock song made in 2012, titled "All the Rowboats", by artist "Regina Spektor".