onemountaingoatssongaday:

I Know You’ve Come to Take My Toys Away

Sun flashing red and then orange, then opting for secession
On the day when you come to the door with your terrible confession
And I know you’ve come to take my toys away
And I know you’ve come to take my toys away

Skin flushing red and then glowing when you come inside
And the moonlight watching all over you, I have got my mouth open wide
And I know you’ve come to take my toys away
And I know you’ve come to take my toys away
Oh and when it drops you’re gonna feel it
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

from Nine Black Poppies (1995)


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emotionallaborunion:

I’ve listened to this track twice and both times, I’m not sure what song I’m hearing and then the chorus reaches out and smacks me. “And you ask me to hold you / That’s the devil’s work.” With the harmony, it comes out sounding as polished as the album version sounds spontaneous. The juxtaposition is something.

Full show: https://archive.org/details/TMG_Amsterdam_Oct2013


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nunjatortle:

The Mountain Goats – Lovecraft in Brooklyn

Woke up afraid of my own shadow
Like, genuinely afraid
Headed for the pawnshop
To buy myself a switchblade

onemountaingoatssongaday:

Counting Song for Bitter Children

One, two, I don’t love you
Three, four, any more
One, three, stay away from me
Five, seven, good children get nothing

Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

One, two, two-and-a-half, stick around here, don’t make me laugh
Two-and-a-half, three, four-point-five, the new day’s dawning and my hour’s arrived
One, two, I got things to do
One, three, I got people to see, I got people that want to see me

Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

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