you've had it up to here with my west country talk
you can hardly understand a word i say
the shortest tree around here is a hundred feet tall
it's gonna rain today
i try and tell...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
lying in the hot sun today
watch as the clouds run away
thought a little while about you
the sky was a petrifying blue
and while the geese flew past
for no reason at all
i let the ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
seeds came in the mail from holland
and the language on the package is wonderful and strange
all sorts of flowers that grow up from the earth
and goodly colors gloriously arranged
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
meanwhile out where nothing starts
out where the railyard ends
the sun above is trying to kill himself
we were watching the skies again
why do we come down to brownsville
year aft...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
on venus it rains sulfuric acid
and the raindrops evaporate before they hit the ground
japanese red-crowned cranes by the water here
trouble in town
i feel like i'm gonna drown d...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
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...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
you turned to me and asked me if i'd always be your boy as we drove across the river into western illinois and on the railroad bridge, half a mile of solid steel wheels were spitti...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
the land's opening up like a blanket,
and the dandelions spread themselves thickly out
along the fields, which are, evidently, endless;
and we are hotly in love with one another.
w...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - The Mountain Goats
most of the brine has got to boil away
most of the air has got to choke you
most of june i spent in jail again
i don't mean jail exactly
up in the pine tree
a red squirrel looked d...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