Mountain Goats

Toward the end of our first year in Las Vegas, You looked up from your little corner And I saw that your

I was driving up from Tampa When the radiator burst I was three sheets to the wind A civilian saw me

Drive a great big truck When I'm old, when I'm old Haul the wrecks down to the wreck yard Help

[Intro: John Darnielle] Hello there, Paul! I had a take and I listened to it And I was ready to send it

Could be holding you tonight Could quit doing wrong, start doing right You don't care about what I

Alright I'm on Johnson Avenue in San Luis Obispo And I'm five years old or six maybe And indications

One clear shot or else he gets away Red sun high in the sky tonight Look west from London down toward

Bang the small rocks on the big ones Till the small ones are sharp and clean Catch something, kill

It's all good to learn that right outside your window There's only friendly fields and open roads

I caught me a rabbit To keep me company And I'm here in my car And the rabbit's here with

I hear them squeal I see them preen Fans all spread out Neat and clean Grab hold of the

Gather you wolves from graveyards when I get home bury them again Wonder if you'll ever get the chance to ask

I checked into a bargain-priced room on Lacienica, gazed out through the curtains at the parking lot. walked

'36 hudson in the garage, all sorts of junk in the unattached spare room, dishes in the kitchen sink,

King Saul fell on his sword when it all went wrong and Joseph's brothers sold him down the river for a