by The Mountain Goats on album Bitter Melon Farm

[john spoken] ...the mountain goats on the umm well, the um twenty fouth of january - a monday, at about ten and this is called uh, this is called, well i don't know what it's called by the time i wri

by The Mountain Goats on album Dilaudid

by The Mountain Goats on album The Sunset Tree

by The Mountain Goats on album Non-Album Releases

I have a hand disfigured by snakebite I have a couple of things that I really like And I am heading your way all the time I'm going to move all my vital organs To someplace outside my body The wiring

by The Mountain Goats on album Non-Album Releases

There's a north wind coming in And there's a west wind coming in And there's an east wind coming in And there's a strong wind blowing in from the south And there's a sweet metallic taste in my mouth

by The Mountain Goats on album Dilaudid EP

by The Mountain Goats on album Dilaudid

by The Mountain Goats on album Hot Garden Stomp

there's a north wind coming in and there's a west wind coming in and there's an east wind coming in and there's a strong wind blowing in from the south and there's a sweet metallic taste in my mouth.

by The Mountain Goats on album Dilaudid

when we hid out behind the risers at he high school, working bitter calculations with a slide rule. the grim particulars of poisoning the swimming pool, well you looked me in the eye, ready to die. w

by The Mountain Goats on album Taboo VI: The Homecoming

Follow the grass up the mountain up the foot of the mountain. Follow the twisting branches. When you look at them Remember that they are alive, growing still. See their colors lighten, as you climb. W

by The Mountain Goats on album Bitter Melon Farm

big birds in the trees cars locked and i've lost my keys crashing sounds of the waterfall and a statue of jesus 200 feet tall 3000 miles from the north california and 3 little feet from falling off t

by The Mountain Goats on album Transcendental Youth

Like a spent gladiator, Crawling in the coliseum dust. Who can count on his remaining limbs, All the people he can trust. Like the one who stands behind him, Cheering him on. Ecstatic when he st

by The Mountain Goats on album Transcendental Youth

Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive Do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away Let people call you crazy for the choices that you make Climb limits past the limits Jump in fro

by The Mountain Goats on album Transcendental Youth

Sunset on Snohomish. Burn the tree line down. Hold my hopes underwater, Stand there and watch them drown. Fishing out their bodies, From the bathroom sink. Leave them in a bucket, Til they star

by The Mountain Goats on album All Eternals Deck

Brave young cowboys of the near north side Mount those bridge rails Ride all night Scream when captured Arch your back Let this whole town hear your knuckles crack Sapphire Trans-Am High beams in vai

by The Mountain Goats on album Transcendental Youth

Steal some sunscreen, From the CVS. Use too much, And make a great big mess. Wait where shadows mask or hide my scent. So many so-called friends, Working for the government. Dig through the t

by The Mountain Goats on album Transcendental Youth

Pull my mask so tight, Til it pinches my skin. Nerves strung so high. I am a mandolin. Jenny calls from Montana. She's only passing through. Probably never see her again in this life, I guess.

by The Mountain Goats on album Heretic Pride

Fog lifts from the harbor, dawn goes down today An agent crests the shadows of the nearby alleyway Piles of broken bricks, sign posts on the path Every moment points towards the aftermath Yeah ah ah

by The Mountain Goats on album All Eternals Deck

Gather you wolves from graveyards when I get home bury them again Wonder if you'll ever get the chance to ask me why I turned you in I save my own skin but I live to fight, I live to fight anothe

by The Mountain Goats on album Non-Album Releases

When it came time to wait for you I took the bus to Malibu Found a cafe by the ocean Watched the sky for signs And a rainbow in the west Wrapped its coils around the earth Like a serpent I felt like