The Mountain Goats

[fox69]

"Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into The Water, Triumph Of"

"Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into The Water, Triumph Of"


[Spoken:] The story of the pigs who ran straightaway into the water and their great triumph

You're gonna send me back to where I came from
Please don't send me back to where I came from
Let me go where the white magnolias grow

You're gonna fit me for that orange jumpsuit
Please don't fit me for that orange jumpsuit
Let me ride where the dragonflies glide

Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
You think you hold the high hand
I've got my doubts
I come from Chino where the asphalt sprouts

Big bus headed southeast from the courthouse
But I'm not headed southeast from the courthouse
Let some mysterious chunk of space debris
Puncture the roof and set me free

And even if I have to go to Claremont
Well I guess I'll just have to go to Claremont
Let me go
Let me lie low

Yeah but you're going to do what you wanna do
No matter what I ask of you
And you send your dark messengers to tempt me
I come from Chino so all your threats are empty

 

[fox69]

"Pink And Blue"

"Pink And Blue"



Wind out of Oklahoma this morning smelled like blood and smoke
And the crows discuss their future in the branches of their Louisiana live oak
The limbs are strong and heavy and its leaves are all aglow
And the branches brush the upper air but the roots reach down to where the bad people go

And what will I do with you?
Pink and blue
True gold
Nine days old

Nice new clothes on you and an old cardboard produce box for a cradle
I mashed some bananas in a coffee cup and I fed you there at the kitchen table
Crows outside complaining about the finer points of local politics
Strange wind all full of new smells, rust and fur and reception sticks

And what will I do with you?
Pink and blue
True gold
Nine days old

 

[fox69]

"Please Come Home To Hamngatan"

"Please Come Home To Hamngatan"



jewel theives, jewel thieves
leave fingerprints on everything
jewel theives, jewel thieves
leave fingerprints on everything
but around here, around here,
we don't dust for fingerprints.

snake oil peddlers, snake oil peddlers,
we can spot 'em half a mile away
snake oil peddlers,
we can spot 'em half a mile away
but these days, these days,
we drink a lot of snake oil.

adulterers, adulterers,
always give themselves away
adulterers, adulterers,
always give themselves away
but down here, around here
where the moose run wild,
and you can't think clearly
we let 'em off pretty easy

 

[fox69]

"Prana Ferox"

"Prana Ferox"



I went down to the basement
To check up on the sour mash
I looked down to the nonreactive ceramic tub
It was bubbling

I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down
I saw the dust devils swarming around
Incoming sunbeams cut them apart
And I watched a shadow pass across my heart

You were upstairs in the kitchen
With your head against the sink
Trying to cool down
Trying to cool down

I know you don't believe me but I could hear you breathing
I looked into the tub and there the mixture was seething
With new life, new life all around
I had stirred up the dust on the stairs coming down

You were upstairs in the kitchen
With your head against the sink
Trying to cool down
Trying to cool down

 

[fox69]

"Prowl Great Cain"

"Prowl Great Cain"



Gather jewels from graveyards, when I get home bury them again
Wonder if you'll ever get the chance to ask me why I turned you in
I saved my own skin but I live to fight, I live to fight another day
Still remember how brave you were when they came to take you away

And I feel guilty but I can't feel ashamed
Prowl through empty fields, great Cain

Thought I see the ghost up on the boulevard, between the broken bits
It's hard to tell gifts of the spirit from clever counterfeits
Sleepwalk through my days and mark the hours until these dark times fade
Like a caterpillar crawling out along the surface of the blade

And I feel guilty but I can't feel ashamed
Prowl through empty fields, great Cain

Rummage through the gutter storehouse now
And lick the sweat from my brow

Saw the trucks roll out this morning, not sure when they're coming back again
Feel the prickings of my conscience in my chest every now and then
Sometimes a great wave of forgetfulness rises up and blesses me
And other times the sickness howls and I despair of any remedy

And I feel guilty but I can't feel ashamed
Prowl through empty fields, great Cain

 

[fox69]

"Psalms 40:2"

"Psalms 40:2"



Pulled off the highway in Missouri and lo, our hearts were heavy laden
Made for the chapel with some spray paint for all the things we'd held in secret
Lord, lift up these lifeless bones
Light cascading through the windows, all the rainbow's heavy tones

He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and set me high

Left that place in ruin, drunk on the spirit and high on fumes
Checked into a Red Roof Inn, stayed up for several hours and then slept like infants
In the burning fuselage of my days
Let my mouth be ever fresh with praise

He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and set me high

Each morning new
Each day shot through
With all the sharp, small shards of shrapnel
That seem to burst out of me and you

Head down for Kansas, we will get there when we get there, don't you worry
Feel bad about the things we do along the way, but not really that bad
We inhaled the frozen air
Lord, send me a mechanic if I'm not beyond repair

He has fixed his sign in the sky
He has raised me from the pit and he will set me high

 

[fox69]

"Pseudothyrum Song"

"Pseudothyrum Song"



Why do you treat me this way?
And why do you try so hard to break my spirit?
I think someone was mean to you when you were little,
That's what i think.
I think someone was mean to you.

Why do you cling to such petty points of contention?
And why don't you allow one or two small victories now and then?
I think someone was mean to you when you didn't deserve it,
That's what i think.
I think someone was mean to you.

But i, i am not that guy.
Can you get that straight?
I am a completely different person
From the one you have in mind.

Why do you stand by the things you say long after
You don't mean to hurt anybody anymore?
I think someone was mean to you
For a long, long time, that's what i think.
I think someone was mean to you

 

[fox69]

"Pure Gold"

"Pure Gold"



1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2

Hey don't touch the door
Because the door will surely kill you
I hear you saying that you don't see what I mean
Well you better look again

Stop looking at the floor
Because the whole building's turning, and turning, and turning
And don't touch the door
Can't you see the door's burning?

And all at once the street is filled with light
And all at once the street is filled with sound
When I hold you I know our number's being called somewhere
Let them come on down

 

[fox69]

"Pure Heat"

"Pure Heat"



The wind from the north, flattens the yellow corn.
You come into the house, with your dress torn.

I can see you now, as through a screen.
A smile on your face, your fingers dripping kerosene

Your hair hangs down, over me.
Your hair casts a shadow to cover me.

I can see you now, as through a screen.
A smile on your face, your fingers dripping kerosene

The wind from the north, cools me.
The wind from the north, doesn't fool me.

I can see you now, as through a screen.
A smile on your face, your fingers dripping kerosene

 

[fox69]

"Pure Honey"

"Pure Honey"



I had a thousand good questions
I was gonna ask you when you finally came by
But now that you're really here
There's only one question that comes to my mind.

And that question being:
What's with all the portuguese water dogs?
I'd like to repeat the question.
What's with all the portuguese water dogs?