I am ready for my close up today
Too long I've let my self-respect stand in my way
Well the prom queen's caught in the high beams
And the strings keen it's a big scene
But wh...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
Pull my mask so tight
Till it pinches my skin
Nerves strung so high I am a mandolin
Jenny calls from montana she's only passing through probably see her again
In this life I guess
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Artist - The Mountain Goats
Shadows on the broad lawn, canopy of trees
Sometime after midnight, the ground is gonna freeze.
Birds in the frosty air, what are they doing there?
Greenhouse full of butcher's bro...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
I hope that our few remaining friends
Give up on trying to save us
I hope we come up with a failsafe plot
To piss of the dumb few that forgave us
I hope the fences we mended
Fall d...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
From the housetops to the gutters
From the ocean to the shore
The warning signs have all been bright and garish
Far too great in number to ignore
From the cities to the swamplands...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
I know what my weaknesses are
Probably better than you do
Revolutionary chinese propaganda
The color of blue
I thought I knew what my weaknesses were anyway
Then the orange tree bl...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
When I catch sight of your face
And the late light falling on it
I feel scared and I scope the area out for a good place to hide
When I feel the way your fingers
Wiggle in my palm
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Artist - The Mountain Goats
If you want to conjure up a ghost
Cultivate a space for the things that hurt you most
Rake the sands until they surface
Blind their tiny eyes
Stake out your position, let y...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
Got up before dawn
Went down to the racetrack.
Riding with the windows down
Shortly after your first heart attack.
You parked behind the paddock,
Cracking asphalt underfoot,
Coming...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
When I hear the screeching weather vane
In the wild wind and the pissing rain
I know that one of us, I'm not saying who,
Has got rocks in her head
The rain comes through the open ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats