Lyrics Vampire Weekend – Hudson

Verse 1:
Hudson died in Hudson Bay
The water took its victim’s name
Now River’s Rise told Riverside

A stranger walked in through the door
Said all apartments are pre-war
We laughed and asked him for his name
He stayed until the end

We watched the Germans play the Greeks
We marked the 99 year lease
Our fathers signed
Which I declined to try and comprehend

Chorus:
Over and over again, all these never-ending visions
Over and over again like a prize that’s changing hands
The time has come
The clock is such a drag
All you who changed your stripes can wrap me in the flag

The legendary wooden gate
The first established real estate
Is lost to time like all the crimes that won this pleasant land (land, land)

Chorus:
Over and over again, all these never-ending visions
Over and over again like a prize that’s changing hands
The time has come
The clock is such a drag
All you who changed your stripes can wrap me in the flag

Hudson died in Hudson Bay
But I was born on Sutton Place

Chorus:
Over and over again, all these never-ending visions
Over and over again like a prize that’s changing hands
The time has come
The clock is such a drag
All you who changed your stripes can wrap me in the flag

The lines are drawn
The map is such a drag
All you who changed your stripes can wrap me in the flag