The Coroner's Gambit The Mountain Goats

When death came calling today I heard the gentle grace of his cadences [Refrain] I couldn't say no I couldn't say no [Verse 2] When he showed me his new silk scarves Laid out on a shiny black plastic tray

Gambit 맥거핀 (MGFF)

Please take a sit, let's play a game It's just us, you and me till sunrise You take the black, Show me your move while I fall in to those blue eyes Hesitating hands Time is ticking What's your next?

Suicide Command Coroner

Now I`m upready to die Gun in my heart death in my brain My home is death is now Killing and dying is The old death`s gone die My stake is high the price to die The one way ticket to Hell Hunting seeking

Pale Sister Coroner

With wounded knees And the musty scent Of incense in her hair Captured by the barbed hook Of eternal devotion Stigma bleeds In the book that leads To her final end Civitas Dei She lives on your planet

Son Of Lilith Coroner

I`m coming out of the void Along a spiral trace Escorted by a thousand souls Remembered but still unknown I don`t need wings To reach the sky And I don`t need hands To hold you tight My youth`s my defense

Slow West Vultures Mountain Goats

Breaking the signal So it's totally unreadable Drinking the dregs Eating the utterly inedible We do what we do All for you All dressed up Black hat and white cane Slowly the circling the drain

Palmcorder Yajna Mountain Goats

Holt Boulevard Between Gary and White Hooked up with some friends at the Travelodge Set ourselves up for the night Carpenter ants in the dresser Flies in the screen It will be too late by the time

The Young Thousands Mountain Goats

Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargo And the sunlight on the water Sets a switch off in your brain The things that you've got coming will consume you There's someone waiting out

Mole Mountain Goats

see you up there in intensive care They had handcuffed you to your bed There were tubes going into you and out from you Bright white gauze bandages at your head I am a mole Sticking his head above the

Against Pollution Mountain Goats

When I worked down at the liquor store Guy with a shotgun came raging through the place Muscled his way behind the counter I shot him in the face This morning I went down to the Catholic Church 'Cause

Home Again Garden Grove Mountain Goats

Wipe down the windshields and roll down the windows Lets go where the jackals are breeding Wrap this bandanna around your head Dont let anyone see that youre bleeding Fire up the scanner and keep your

Your Belgian Things Mountain Goats

from danger The men were here to get your Belgian things They'll spend the whole day hauling them downstairs I shot a roll of thirty-two exposures My camera groans beneath the weight it bears I can

Linda Blair Was Born Innocent Mountain Goats

Gentle hum of the old machines Here we come scrubbed and scoured Patches on our jeans When the drone sounds In the cool night wind We pick up the call Kick all the traces in Hungry for love Ready

Quito Mountain Goats

When I receive the blessing Ive got coming Im going to raise an ice-cold glass of water And toast the living and the dead whove gone before me And my head will throb like an old wound reopening When

Cotton Mountain Goats

This song is for the rats Who hurled themselves in to the ocean When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold Were just about to blow This song is for the soil That's toxic clear down to the

Letter From Belgium Mountain Goats

the beams we used to build our house are breaking at last. the building will not hold together very much longer. my arms are young, and they can do the work if called upon to do so.

Pigs That Run Straightaway Into The Water, Triumph Of Mountain Goats

[spoken:] The story of the pigs who ran straightaway into the water and their great triumph Youre gonna send me back to where I came from Please dont send me back to where I came from Let me go where

Why It Hurts Coroner

Lonely it spreads its wings Eager to wake my fire Slowly circling over me Burning with deep desire I don`t know why it hurts What the hell is it all about When I lie awake at night I feel it all `round

Metamorphosis Coroner

See me become a snake Wrapped around your neck See me become a spike Pushed deep in your flesh Feel me become a tongue Gliding softly down your spine Feel me become the essence That makes you cry But there

All Up The Seething Coast Mountain Goats

I eat a couple Milky Ways for breakfast I take my coffee light and sweet Show up for dinner when you tell me to I heap the sugar high and white on everything I eat Carry an apple in my pocket I write

Shadow Of A Lost Dream Coroner

I don`t know what`s going on I don`t know what`s happend to you Yesterday we were one Now I don`t even know your name Standing in front of a wall Hitting it with my fists But you can`t hear `Cos we`re

Divine Step Coroner

This is the last hit Your heart will beat Into this world This is the first step Your soul will take Up to the sky No time to pray `cos you Can`t stay where words Like that would count Face the moment

Skeleton On Your Shoulder Coroner

So you`ve had enough of all that waste around you Now you want to travel along another path If you wish to see a totally different view Come into my deadly arms feel the green mist cover you We`ll drift

Purple Haze Coroner

Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just don`t seem the same Actin` funny but I don`t know why `Scuse me while I kiss the sky Purple haze all around Don`t know if I`m comin` up or down Am I

R.I.P. Coroner

And I really don`t know Is this reality Or is it just a dream Smell of death morbid smell What else can it be No anymore my lips are blue Nothing Walls are moving deep inside I don`t care about death The

Sudden Fall Coroner

Wake up step out of your dream come out of the mire Realize what they do think about what you do Is this what I live for or a dream I die for Where is the sense what`s the price you pay Did you see their

Sirens Coroner

Oh how I lived the game When we were dancin` on bridges High above rivers of tears and The lightness of innocence gave us wings We were sleepin` covered By darkness` black velvet So far from coldness So

Home Again Garden Grove The Mountain Goats

Wipe down the windshields and roll down the windows Let's go where the jackals are breeding Wrap this bandanna around your head Don't let anyone see that you're bleeding Fire up the scanner and keep your

Mistress Of Deception Coroner

Glowing heat horizon swims Wall-less labyrinth Grace and ugliness combined like never before It`s hell on earth desert law Where water means gold Burning breath deadly games Two colored world of disgrace

No Need To Be Human Coroner

A new day`s born After a long hard ride I`m on my way To a place called home But now I`m here Lost between machines Watching grey mute faces Go on and destroy their lives Why do you do thisstop it now

About Life Coroner

won`t get lost In a time That is so loud You have to scream To get recognised In a land Where you must fight For a little Fragement Of human right In a system That uses war To spread its spirit Around the

The New Breed Coroner

They never see nothing but debris They never hear news without a fear They never understand the game the sense the plan They never feel injuries that heal Proud to die for faith Fanatic Agitators Deceive

Read My Scars Coroner

My cry echoes on a naked wall Cold like a crystal Numbered hours creeping Insanity strangles reality Weakened crushed formed New dimensions arise My mind becomes a fortress Inpregnable shut The walls between

In the Craters on the Moon The Mountain Goats

If the strain proves too much Give up right away If the light hurts your eyes Stay in your room all day When the room fills with smoke Lie down on the floor In the declining years Of the long war When

Coma Coroner

Falling down entering no-where Between our world and the realm of death I`m a drifter through unknown lands Search for an exit out of this place The gift of life so fragile it was Squeezed between and

D.O.A. Coroner

I won`t go till the sun lights the night And the moon is melting my skin Water turns to fire And flames are freezing to ice I won`t go till I`ve tasted dark wine Made out of deepest sorrow Absorbing winds

Last Entertainment Coroner

Acted situation Cheap shadowplay sold expensive Triumph of a dying culture Rotten core Surrounded by the Faceless circle stream Rolls like the boom Of giant granite cylinders Exposed victims and their

Masked Jackal Coroner

I saw his face on every channel His slogans in all the papers I heard people repeat his words I saw them shouting his flag in their hands I saw him making promises I heard him talk about life But I saw

Old College Try 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 From the highways to

The House That Dripped Blood The Mountain Goats

Look beyond the broken bottles Past the rotting wooden stairs Root out the wine dark honeyed center Not everyone can live like millionaires Look through the air thin walls Tear up the floorboards, strip

New Zion The Mountain Goats

There were signs up in the sky When we gathered by the garden wall Everybody on his best behavior Listening for the altar call High priest of Salem in his robes Ranting of the coming of the day Ravens

First Few Desperate Hours The Mountain Goats

Bad luck comes in from Tampa Bad luck comes in from Tampa On the back of a truck Doing ninety up the interstate We have bad dreams the night he rolls in We have bad dreams the night he rolls in And we

Magpie The Mountain Goats

Feed the kittens in the kitchen Set food out for the strays Try hard to do your best The magpie will have his way Fill your mouth with berries By the full light of the moon Work all night if you have to

Slow West Vultures The Mountain Goats

Breaking the signal so it's totally unreadable Drinking the dregs, eating the utterly inedible We do what we do All for you All dressed up, black hat and white cane Slowly circling the drain Ready for

Butter Teeth The Mountain Goats

We spilled out through the front door Into the blinding lade light Sun reflected on the storefront windows Tremendously bright We were norwegians come down from the north Attacking the walls of the fortress

Design Your Own Container Garden The Mountain Goats

I took to the highway Went out to Pico-Crenshaw Old friends, old friends I took to the highway The highway took to me Like a second skin Rolled around in the evening Circling like a buzzard Trouble in

Wait for You The Mountain Goats

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 I

Tianchi Lake The Mountain Goats

Children by the water banks Laughing long and loud Changbai's high, fine western peaks Just beneath the clouds Currents in the water Churning in their course Body of a sea lion Head just like a horse Preacher

Alpha Rats Nest The Mountain Goats

Ah, the lengthening hours in the refinery Belching fire into the sky We do our best vampire routines As we suck the dying hours dry The night is lovely as a rose If I see sunlight hit you I am sure that

Michael Myers Resplendent The Mountain Goats

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 when the house goes up in flames