The Mountain Goats

[fox69]

"Pure Intentions"

"Pure Intentions"



You're a strong one, you're a lion
You're brave, death defyin'
You're in your car, crossing town.
And i can feel you, coming down.

You're so pretty, i could burst
And i wonder, who's gonna talk first
My muscles all shaking, and blood's turned to foam
It's tuesday, and you're coming home.
Yeah!

 

[fox69]

"Pure Love"

"Pure Love"



Hey, what's wrong with you?
Hey, what are you trying to do?
'cause if what you had in mind
Is what i think it is
Then it's not very kind
And it won't be necessary
It won't be necessary now
It won't be necessary
It won't be necessary now

Hey, what are you doing, my love?
Hey, didn't i just tell you that such a thing
Would be over and above what's called for in this case
Pull the ski mask away from your face
It won't be necessary
It won't be necessary now
It won't be necessary
It won't be necessary now
It won't be necessary
It won't be necessary now

 

[fox69]

"Pure Milk"

"Pure Milk"



the moon's full, and the sky is bright,
and so you and me are gonna get drunk tonight.
we're gonna steal some tractors and head on into town,
find the main strip and start mowing them down.

don't come to the window till you're sure it's me.
don't ignore the obvious. take a deep breath.
put your hand on the god damn radio.
put your hand on the god damn radio.

fields are full of spirits, but no one cares at all.
a light above you flickers when you hear me call.
and I'm shaking when I see you there cause I don't know what it means.
but the ground is looking dry tonight and bursting near the seams.

so don't come to the window till you're sure it's me.
don't ignore the obvious. take a deep breath.
put your hand on the god damn radio.
put your hand on the god damn radio, yeah.

 

[fox69]

"Pure Money"

"Pure Money"


"...lofi, we hebben het voortaan maar over eh.. bifi, dat lijkt me maar het beste."

("...lofi, from now on we'll talk about ehm.. bifi, I think that's better.")

Waves crashed all around and near your body
The waves came all over you
And I saw the sky reflected on the ocean
Deadly blue

Yeah
(I used to know you) [x4]

 

[fox69]

"Pure Sound"

"Pure Sound"



hey.
the air was cooling down
the sky was blue
i was heading north on taylor street
when i ran into you
we stopped to talk.

right there on the sidewalk
the air was new and clean
i was inbetween times.

the mountains were clearly visible
and your timing was cruel.
you said almost everything right
and your eyes shone like little jewels.
we were talking
while the temperature dropped.
i was hoping against hope
that the wheel would stop.

you were nineteen,
i was in between times.
hey.

 

[fox69]

"Quetzalcoatal Comes Through"

"Quetzalcoatal Comes Through"



he came spitting fire
on a day like no other
tried to hold you near to me
i heard him passing over
he made a banquet for the stray dogs of the air
he put our love in clear perspective

blue, red and green plumage
trailing behind him now
swaddling the sky in its aftermath
the last day coming down
he made a banquet for the stray dogs of the air
he put our love in clear perspective
rising, rising, rising, rising

 

[fox69]

"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"

"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"



i meant to leave the house this morning
and begin making my way toward where you are
i meant to leave the house this morning
i made it halfway across the front yard

but the plum tree hung heavy in my head
and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
and the plum tree hung heavy over me

so i tore off to the phone
to call you and tell you something, but i couldn't remember what
because through the clean, clean windows
saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood

and the plum tree hung heavy in my head
and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
and the plum tree hung heavy over me

 

[fox69]

"Quetzalcoatl Is Born"

"Quetzalcoatl Is Born"


[Woman singing:] he touched me and suddenly...

It's a cold night in sonora
And the stars are out in full force
It's a moment the world has been waiting for
When you set the world back on course
Into the fire you go
Into the fire you go

It's a strange gathering around you
And the lord of the snails is born
Five minutes before you take on divinity
You hear the crackling, well you hear the snapping corn
Into the fire you go
Into the fire you go
Into the fire you go
Into the fire you go

 

[fox69]

"Quito"

"Quito"



When I receive the blessing I've got coming
I'm going to raise an ice-cold glass of water
And toast the living and the dead who've gone before me
And my head will throb like an old wound reopening

When I get off the bus down there, my children
They all are going to greet me at the station
Like gypsies they will dance around me
And the choral droning sound their voices make will saturate the evening

When I get off the wheel I'm going to stop
And make amends to everyone I've wounded
And when I wave my magic wand
Those few who've slipped the surly bonds will rise like salmon at the spawning

 

[fox69]

"Rain Song"

"Rain Song"


[John spoken]
...the mountain goats on the umm
Well, the um twenty fouth of january - a monday, at about ten
And this is called uh, this is called,
Well I don't know what it's called
By the time I write it down, the title is on the tape
And then I'll know what it's called

The rain came down
Soaked the old habachi
And I wish I could sing, like allen callaci
And then you would know
How sad it was, when the rain came down

Drop by drop
Gallon by gallon
Brother if I could sing,
If I could sing like allen
You would know
And understand how sad it was when the rain came down