The Mountain Goats

fox69 · 25.04.2016

"Alagemo"

"Alagemo"

The new rose floating on water in the old plain bowl
The white clouds on night sky
They way they just roll on by made me think of you
And the religious cult of flesh disillusion you've committed yourself to
Alagemo, alagemo

The night crawlers poking their little slimy heads through the dirt
Made me think of you again
Made me think of you a third time
I don't know where you've gone
But i hear your voice droning on
Alagemo, alagemo

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alibi"

"Alibi"

I got off work just past eleven
Laid one finger to the breeze
You can almost taste the action
On nights like these
Trees were bending in the wind
You were forty miles away
And I was headed in your direction
I've been waiting all day, I've been waiting all day

Moon over west covena was huge and white
And I was like a patient on a table
Headed for the light
Lean toward the center divider
Feel the wind in my hair
Keep a light up in your window
I'm gonna be right there, I'm gonna be right there

With a gleam in my eye
And an almost airtight alibi

Down by the chemistry building
I found a quiet place to park
And I made my way down the street toward your place
Stepping lightly in the dark
Climbed the steps up to your doorway
Like a man prepared to jump underneath a train
It's real warm outside tonight
Maybe tomorrow it rains, maybe tomorrow it rains

Inside your room we shut the window
And we turned on a fan
And we lay there together in the darkness
I can keep a secret if you can
Finishing one another's sentences
Like a pair of identical twins
Your boyfriend's out of town until tuesday
And nobody saw me come in, nobody saw me come in

With a gleam in my eye
And an almost airtight alibi

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"All Up The Seething Coast"

"All Up The Seething Coast"

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 write reminders on my skin
Clip meaningless pictures from old magazines
I tape them to the walls, it's a bad place I'm in

And nothing you can say or do will stop me
And a thousand dead friends can't stop me

I go back to places I remember
See what's been going on without me
Stare down the strangers at the bus stop
Pretend they've been gossiping about me

White sugar by the spoonful
Cantaloupes and grapes and watermelons
I force it down like it was medicine
Anybody asks, you tell 'em what you want to tell 'em

But the best you've got is powerless against me
All your little schemes break when they come crashing up against me

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha Desperation March"

"Alpha Desperation March"

I'm coming in.
Try to stop me.
Push furniture in front of the door.
It only gives me something to push against.
In the full heat of the summer's day,
You're telling me to go away.
But you owe me eight-thousand dollars and I can use it

I'm only getting stronger.
You may have noticed.
But a head full of memories propels me ever further
And in the living room I don't see where you are,
But the back door's locked, so you can't have gone far
And eight-thousand dollars is a whole lot of money
And I could use it.

Could be that it's my imagination, but I think I hear you now.
So come out come out, wherever you are.
Olly-olly-olly-olly-olly-olly oxen free see I'm
Perfectly aware of where our love stands,
But the plain fact is that you owe me eight grand
If it helps to jog your memeory,
I lent it to you on tuesday, when we were drinking.
Ha! ha-ha-ha-uh-uh-ha! uh-ha!....

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha Double Negative: Going To Catalina"

"Alpha Double Negative: Going To Catalina"

I hear you starting up again
I see you standing on the deck
I hear your voice start to carry
I see the veins throbbing in your neck

And I know what you're saying
And I know what you're saying it for
But I'm not listening
I'm not listening anymore

And I see you come toward me
I see the sun climb down the sky
I hear your voice getting stronger and louder
And I see a stranger in your eyes

And I know what you're saying
And I know what you're saying it for
But I'm not listening
I'm not listening anymore

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha Gelida"

"Alpha Gelida"

popcorn was snapping in the hot oil on the kitchen stove
and the sky through the kitchen window was cold and poised and threatening.
heard your voice come lilting through the wall.
I heard your voice come sailing from the other room.

let the young lions come.
let me break their jaws.
let the young lions come out.
let me break their jaws with my bare fingers.

coffee was dripping through the paper filter cone.
the hip scent of it nearly knocked me out.
I heard your voice come lilting through the back of the refrigerator.
I heard your voice come breaking through the wall.

let the young lions come out.
let me talk them out of it.
let the young lions come.
let me break their jaws with my bare fingers.

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha In Tauris"

"Alpha In Tauris"

My hand brushes against the lock of hair that hangs down past your ear to your jaw
My hand brushes against the lock of hair that hangs down past your ear to your jaw
it's real neat
the moment's sweet but it's all wrong

and we're pictures of decency when we wave goodbye outside
we're pictures of decency when we wave goodbye outside
yeah, I'm the model of composure out there
but you oughta see me shaking later on

my brain gets flooded six hours later
my brain gets flooded over six hours later
rivers run with pictures of you as I stare up at the blood red moon
lying out front on the lawn, hey

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha Incipiens"

"Alpha Incipiens"

the morning comes to a stuttering halt
the cool breeze that blows is somebody's fault
the summer heat tries to burn through
and i look over to warn you but something's happening

the morning glories climb the wall
and you speak in a slow drawl
i'm trying to piece together what you're saying
but the birds are screeching, the hounds are baying
i don't remember there being any hounds around here

we lean back and we clink our glasses
raise the drinks to our thirsty mouths,
and thick as molasses ice cold vodka eases in as
the low pressure system brings the breezes in
and they sashay and pirouette above you
the only thing i know is that i love you
and i'm holding on,
yeah

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha Negative"

"Alpha Negative"

The house was pretty and the yard was wide
And I felt strong with you at my side
Your eyes at night had a beautiful glowing in them
And I knew in my heart just what was growing in them

Ah, but you made me drink poison
It felt smooth running down my throat
I love you, and you made me drink poison
It was cool and smooth and sweet
Do you remember?

We had a bed of daisies thriving in the yard
And I quit my job, so I could hold you all the time
I tried to stop the thing metastasizing in us
But in the warm, slow evening
I could feel it rising in us

Ah, and you made me drink poison
It felt so smooth, sliding down my throat
I love you so much, and you made me drink poison
It was cool and smooth and sweet and cool
And smooth and sweet and cool and smooth

fox69 · 28.04.2016

"Alpha Omega"

"Alpha Omega"

On the morning you went away
The air was humid and the sky was gray

I had boiled peanuts for breakfast from cairo, georgia

The air was wet, my face was wetter
The pink flowers along the western window made me feel better
I turned the air conditioner on
Found the note on scented stationary - you were long gone

I had boiled peanuts for breakfast from cairo, georgia

I popped the top off of the aluminum can
Let the brine slide down my fingers, man
It was warm, it was warm on my skin
But i felt the cold blast looming on in

I had boiled peanuts for breakfast from cairo, georgia