The Mountain Goats

[fox69]

"Shadow Song"

"Shadow Song"



If you get there before me, will you save me a seat?
If you get there before me, would you save me a seat?
And if I never get there at all
Would you leave the seat empty?

If you get there before me, will you light us a fire?
If you get there before me, will you light us a fire?
And if I never show, will you watch the embers glow?
Would you keep the fire burning?

This is a song for you
In case I never make it through to where you are
This is a song for you
In case I never make it through to where you are

 

[fox69]

"Short Song About The 10 Freeway"

"Short Song About The 10 Freeway"



Evening came on like a big red wing
And the dying sun, split his colors on everything,
And as the night came on, you burst into song
And you scraped your car up against the guardrail
And god is present in the sweeping gesture
But the devil is in the details

 

[fox69]

"Sinaloan Milk Snake Song"

"Sinaloan Milk Snake Song"


(Everybody ready? uh yeah! um-hmm.)
Sun melts everything down
And the hills are reduced to nothing
The whole house shakes
And you can see that the coach is coming
You lean down and you pick up the small soft eggs in the dust outside my door
I hold them in my hands
They are warm and the air is warming up now

I've got a message for you
If I could only remember
I've got a message for you
But you're gonna have to come and get it
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
Ever since I came here
All I could think about is water
Last night they brought the fat lamb in from the fold
But I couldn't bring myself to do anything about it
I remember california, I remember malibu
I remember the states and the names of the cities but I don't remember you

And I've got a message for you
If I could only remember
I've got a message for you
But you're gonna have to come and get it
I've got a message for you
I've got a message for you, 2 3 4
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
Ya!
Whoo
[Sarah:] huh-huh-huh huh huh ay!
[laughs]

 

[fox69]

"Slow West Vultures"

"Slow West Vultures"



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 circling the drain
Ready for the future
Ready for the world about to come

Shooting the sequel before the treatment's even finished
Sending numbers off the monojects as our slight returns diminish
We are what we are
Get in the goddamn car

Smiling faces flawlessly rehearsed
We are sleek and beautiful, we are cursed
Ready for the future
Ready for the world about to come

 

[fox69]

"Snow Crush Killing Song"

"Snow Crush Killing Song"



When I ask you to look at me
You look away
I ask you to tell me something nice once
You come at me with all your hot lights on display

I know you're changing
Damn you
I know you're changing
Goddamn you for that

When the snow stacked up outside
You looked around
I could see you from the window
I could see the snow coming down

I know you're changing
Damn you
I know you're changing
Goddamn you

 

[fox69]

"Snow Owl"

"Snow Owl"



You came down from heaven to the branch outside my window
Your feathers were the color of snow
The dice were loaded against us ever seeing each other
But one of us had nowhere else to go

In your eyes were all the colors the rainbow forgot
Your wingspan was three feet wide or better
With your voice practicing notes from time's own beginning
You took apart the alphabet letter by letter

And here, where it all stops for good
Where the cool waters run
Thought I saw a mouse kicking in your beak
It was only a skeleton

 

[fox69]

"So Desperate"

"So Desperate"



We were parked in your car
In our neutral meeting place, the Episcopalian churchyard
I had things I'd been meaning to say
But in the dazzling winter sun that late, I could feel them melt away

And through the warm radio static
I couldn't hear my stage directions
And the fog on the windshield
Obscured our sad reflections

I felt so desperate
In your arms
I felt so desperate
In your arms

We were parked near some trees
And the moonlight soaked the branches in ever deepening degrees
Had my hand in your hair
Trying to keep my cool until it became too much to bear

When we cracked the windows open
Well, the air was just so sweet
We could hear the cars ten feet away
Out there in the street

I felt so desperate
In your arms
I felt so desperate
In your arms

 

[fox69]

"Solomon Revisited"

"Solomon Revisited"



you say you came to see me,
because you had nothing else to do,
but I've got a radio.
you say you'd thought you'd stop on by
and let me have a look at you,
but I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.

you say you brought some photographs,
but I don't care to see them,
'cause I've got a radio.

you say this place must get dull sometimes,
but that's not the way I see it.
'cause I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got me a radio.
I've got a radio.

you see these frogs are treacherous,
but how long has it been since you've seen my feet?
you see, I've got a radio.
you warned me about all sorts of things,
but that's not the sort of warning that I need.
you see, I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.
I've got a radio.

 

[fox69]

"Some Swedish Trees"

"Some Swedish Trees"



Well, you were standing in the door
Well, I wondered what you were waiting for
I saw the wild strawberries on the vine
Out of control

Well, I was trying to think of something clever
You were saying nothing whatsoever
I saw the berries throw their hooks into the soil
Felt the blood between us turning black as motor oil

We come from California
The air around you was familiar to me now
You were gazing westward
I was looking at you again

 

[fox69]

"Sometimes I Still Feel The Bruise"

"Sometimes I Still Feel The Bruise"



This is just to say hello
And to let you know I think of you from time to time

I know I never really knew you, but somehow I miss you
And wish that you'd stayed in my life

Making contact gets harder as the silence grows longer
And isn't it only me

Who'd like us to see each other?
How I would hate to be a bother
The way we left it was you'd ring

I'm under no illusion
As to what I meant to you
But you made an impression
And sometimes I still feel the bruise
Sometimes I still feel the bruise

Now and then I stumble on
What I've misplaced but never lost
An ache I first felt long ago

Though you've appeared and disappeared
Throughout these past few years
I'd be surprised if you now showed

Making contact gets harder as the silence grows longer
And why would you think of me
When you were not the one in love
When you were not the dreamer
When you were just the dream?

I'm under no illusion as to what I meant to you
But you made an impression, and sometimes I still feel the bruise
Sometimes I still feel the bruise