Palmcorder Yajna Mountain Goats

Holt Boulevard Between Gary and White Hooked up with some friends at the Travelodge Set ourselves up for the night Carpenter ants in the dresser Flies in the screen It will be too late by the time ...

Palmcorder Yajna The Mountain Goats

Holt Boulevard, between Gary and WhiteHooked up with some friends at the Travelodge, set ourselves up for the nightCarpenter ants in the dresser, flies in the screenIt will be too late by the time ...

Slow West Vultures Mountain Goats

Breaking the signal So it's totally unreadable Drinking the dregs Eating the utterly inedible We do what we do All for you All dressed up Black hat and white cane Slowly the circling the drain Read...

Linda Blair Was Born Innocent Mountain Goats

Gentle hum of the old machines Here we come scrubbed and scoured Patches on our jeans When the drone sounds In the cool night wind We pick up the call Kick all the traces in Hungry for love Ready t...

Letter From Belgium Mountain Goats

the beams we used to build our house are breaking at last. the building will not hold together very much longer. my arms are young, and they can do the work if called upon to do so. but the house i...

The Young Thousands Mountain Goats

Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargo And the sunlight on the water Sets a switch off in your brain The things that you've got coming will consume you There's someone waiting out...

Your Belgian Things Mountain Goats

The men were here to get your Belgian things They'll store them for you in an airplane hangar There's guys in biohazard suits Mud kicking on their rubber boots They've come to keep your pretty thin...

Mole Mountain Goats

I came to see you up there in intensive care They had handcuffed you to your bed There were tubes going into you and out from you Bright white gauze bandages at your head I am a mole Sticking his h...

Home Again Garden Grove Mountain Goats

Wipe down the windshields and roll down the windows Lets go where the jackals are breeding Wrap this bandanna around your head Dont let anyone see that youre bleeding Fire up the scanner and keep y...

All Up The Seething Coast Mountain Goats

I eat a couple Milky Ways for breakfast I take my coffee light and sweet Show up for dinner when you tell me to I heap the sugar high and white on everything I eat Carry an apple in my pocket I wri...

Quito Mountain Goats

When I receive the blessing Ive got coming Im going to raise an ice-cold glass of water And toast the living and the dead whove gone before me And my head will throb like an old wound reopening Whe...

Cotton Mountain Goats

This song is for the rats Who hurled themselves in to the ocean When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold Were just about to blow This song is for the soil That's toxic clear down to the ...

Against Pollution Mountain Goats

When I worked down at the liquor store Guy with a shotgun came raging through the place Muscled his way behind the counter I shot him in the face This morning I went down to the Catholic Church 'Ca...

Pigs That Run Straightaway Into The Water, Triumph Of Mountain Goats

[spoken:] The story of the pigs who ran straightaway into the water and their great triumph Youre gonna send me back to where I came from Please dont send me back to where I came from Let me go whe...

Up the Wolves The Mountain Goats

There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet No matter where you live There'll always be a few things, maybe several things That you're gonna find really difficult to forgive There's goi...

Alibi The Mountain Goats

이러지 마요 Baby 그대는 몰라요 내 맘을 아직도 그대는 몰라요 멈추지 마요 이젠 시간이 없어요 자꾸만 커지는 내 마음을 그댄 모르죠 하루에도 수백 번 니 생각해 모를 껄 어쩜 이렇게도 내 맘 모르니 하는 수 없지 뭐 내가 고백해 한발 다가가면 두발 멀어지지만 조금 더 가까이 옆에 꼭 붙어 서서 안 놔 줄래 오늘은 내 맘 모두 보여줄래 어쩜 그...

Tallahassee The Mountain Goats

Window facing an ill kept front yardPlums on the tree heavy with nectarPrayers to summon the destroying angelMoon stuttering in the sky like a film stuck in a projectorAnd youYouTwin prop airplanes...

First Few Desperate Hours The Mountain Goats

Bad luck comes in from TampaBad luck comes in from TampaOn the back of a truckDoing ninety up the interstateWe have bad dreams the night he rolls inWe have bad dreams the night he rolls inAnd we tr...

Southwood Plantation Road The Mountain Goats

I got youYou've got whatever's left in me to getOur conversations are like minefieldsNo one's found a safe way through one yetI spent a lot of moneyI buy you white goldWe raise up a little roofAgai...

Game Shows Touch Our Lives The Mountain Goats

Dug up a fifth of Hood River ginThat stuff tastes like medicineBut I'll take itIt'll doOn the couch in the living room all day longMusic on the television playing our songAnd I'm in the moodThe moo...

The House That Dripped Blood The Mountain Goats

Look beyond the broken bottlesPast the rotting wooden stairsRoot out the wine dark honeyed centerNot everyone can live like millionairesLook through the air thin wallsTear up the floorboards, strip...

Idylls of the King The Mountain Goats

This place with its old plantationsThese roads leading out to the seaThis day full of promise and potentialMore clay pigeons for you and meAll of them, all of themAll of them, all of themAll of the...

No Children The Mountain Goats

I hope that our few remaining friendsGive up on trying to save usI hope we come up with a fail safe plotTo piss off the dumb few that forgave usI hope the fences we mendedFall down beneath their ow...

Peacocks The Mountain Goats

I hear them squealI see them preenFans all spread outNeat and cleanGrab hold of the morningHead out to the porchFeel the wind stoppingFeel the sun scorchI fear for my safetyYou can see it in my eye...

International Small Arms Traffic Blues The Mountain Goats

My love is like a powder kegMy love is like a powder keg in the corner of an empty warehouseSomewhere just outside of townAbout to burn downMy love is like a Cuban planeMy love is like a Cuban plan...

Have to Explode The Mountain Goats

Tile floor of the bathroom, scrubbed clean and brightCheckerboard white and grayTowels from the Ritz Carlton hotel in Kingston, JamaicaI can still see the rust colored stains todayThe stage is set,...

Old College Try The Mountain Goats

From the housetops to the guttersFrom the ocean to the shoreThe warning signs have all been bright and garishFar too great in number to ignoreFrom the cities to the swamplandsFrom the highways to t...

Oceanographer's Choice The Mountain Goats

Well, guy in a skeleton costume comes up to the guy in the Superman suitRuns through him with a broadswordI flip the television off, bring all the bright lights upTurn the radio up loudI don't know...

Alpha Rats Nest The Mountain Goats

Ah, the lengthening hours in the refineryBelching fire into the skyWe do our best vampire routinesAs we suck the dying hours dryThe night is lovely as a roseIf I see sunlight hit youI am sure that ...

Wild Sage The Mountain Goats

I leave as soon as itgets light outsideLike a prisonerbreaking out of jailAnd I steal down tobusiness 15-501Like I had a bounty hunteron my tailAnd somebody stopsto pick me upBut he drops me offjus...

Slow West Vultures The Mountain Goats

Breaking the signal so it's totally unreadableDrinking the dregs, eating the utterly inedibleWe do what we doAll for youAll dressed up, black hat and white caneSlowly circling the drainReady for th...

Linda Blair Was Born Innocent The Mountain Goats

Gentle hum of the old machinesHere we come, scrubbed and scoured, patches on our jeansWhen the drone sounds in the cool night windWe pick up the call, kick all the traces inHungry for loveReady to ...

Letter from Belgium The Mountain Goats

Martin calls to say he's sending old electrical equipmentThat's goodWe can always use some more electrical equipmentIn the cold clear light of day down here, everyone's a monsterThat's cool with al...

The Young Thousands The Mountain Goats

Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargoAnd the sunlight on the water sets a switch off in your brainThe things that you've got coming will consume youThere's someone waiting out th...

Your Belgian Things The Mountain Goats

The men were here to get your Belgian thingsThey'll store them for you in an airplane hangarThere's guys in biohazard suits, mud caking on their rubber bootsThey've come to keep your pretty things ...

Mole The Mountain Goats

I came to see you up there in intensive careThey had handcuffed you to your bedThere were tubes threading into you, coming out from youBright white gauze bandages at your headI am a moleSticking hi...

Home Again Garden Grove The Mountain Goats

Wipe down the windshields and roll down the windowsLet's go where the jackals are breedingWrap this bandanna around your headDon't let anyone see that you're bleedingFire up the scanner and keep yo...

All Up the Seething Coast The Mountain Goats

I eat a couple Milky Ways for breakfastI take my coffee light and sweetShow up for dinner when you tell me toI heap the sugar high and white on everything I eatCarry an apple in my pocketI write re...

Quito The Mountain Goats

When I receive the blessing I've got comingI'm going to raise an ice-cold glass of waterAnd toast the living and the dead who've gone before meAnd my head will throb like an old wound reopeningWhen...

Cotton The Mountain Goats

This song is for the ratsWho hurled themselves into the oceanWhen they saw that the explosives in the cargo holdWere just about to blowThis song is for the soilThat's toxic clear down to the bedroc...

Against Pollution The Mountain Goats

When I worked down at the liquor storeGuy with a shotgun came raging through the placeMuscled his way behind the counterI shot him in the faceThis morning I went down to the Catholic Church'Cause s...

You Or Your Memory The Mountain Goats

I checked into a bargain priced room on La CienegaGazed out through the curtains at the parking lotWalked down to the corner store just before nightfall in my bare feetBlack tarry asphalt, soft and...

Broom People The Mountain Goats

'36 Hudson in the garageAll sorts of junk in the unattached spare roomDishes in the kitchen sinkNew straw for the old broomFriends who don't have a clueWell-meaning teachersBut down in your arms, i...

This Year The Mountain Goats

I broke free on a Saturday morningI put the pedal to the floorHeaded north on Mills AvenueAnd listened to the engine roarMy broken house behind me and good things aheadA girl named Cathy wants a li...

Dilaudid The Mountain Goats

The reception's gotten fuzzyThe delicate balance has shiftedPut on your gloves and your black pumpsLet's pretend the fog has liftedNow you see meNow you don'tNow you say you love mePretty soon you ...

Dance Music The Mountain Goats

Alright, I'm on Johnson Avenue in San Luis ObispoAnd I'm five years old or six, maybeAnd indications that there's something wrong with our new houseTrip down the wire twice dailyI'm in the living r...

Dinu Lipatti's Bones The Mountain Goats

We stank of hair dye and ammoniaWe sealed ourselves away from viewYou were looking at the void and seldom blinkingThe best that I could do was to train my eyes on youWe scaled the hidden hills bene...

Lion's Teeth The Mountain Goats

The king of the jungleWas asleep in his carWhen your chances fall in your lap like thatYou've got to recognize them for what they really areNobody in this houseWants to own up to the truthI crawl i...

Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod The Mountain Goats

You are sleeping off your demonsWhen I come homeSpittle bubbling on your lipsFine, white foamI am young and I am goodIt's a hot southern California dayIf I wake you upThere will be hell to payAnd a...

Magpie The Mountain Goats

Feed the kittens in the kitchenSet food out for the straysTry hard to do your bestThe magpie will have his wayFill your mouth with berriesBy the full light of the moonWork all night if you have toT...