The Mountain Goats-Commandante

The Mountain Goats, off of there album Devil in the Shortwave (2002), Commandante.
Lyrics
I'm gonna drink more whiskey than brendan behan.
and i'm gonna send my belongings all to tripoli.
and i'm gonna ride home to california
with a banjo on my knee.

i'm never gonna turn off the television.
i'm just gonna let it run all night.
i'm gonna plant root vegetables out in the backyard
and come summer i am going to treat you right.

so put on your chairman mao coat
and let me clear my throat.
let's turn this whole town upside-down
and shake it 'til the coins come falling out of its pockets,
yeah put on your che guevara pin
call the troops on in
we're gonna sail through the night sky like a pair of bottle rockets.

i got a great big secret written down somewhere.
i got a rosary to protect us both from harm.
i got a storage locker full of cow figurines
and a laundry list of grievances longer than my arm.
and i am never going back to cincinatti.
all those bridges have burned down to the ground.
i got the jet pack strapped to my back
and i am waiting for you to come around.

yeah, put on your chairman mao coat
and let me clear my throat.
let's turn this whole place upside-down
and shake it 'til the coins come dropping out of its pockets.
yeah put on your che guevara pin
call the troops on in.
we're gonna sink through the night sky like a pair of bottle rockets

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The Mountain Goats
• John Darnielle
• Devil in the Shortwave
• awsome
• Commandante

[fenrirsroar112]

Note to John Darnielle, and all readers: Don't try to drink as much whiskey as Brendan Behan. You can't. It's not possible.

[StageForHire]

Fuck yes.

[skivit]

@UniBomber1979 Jeez, calm down. It's not like he insulted your mother or anything.

[UniBomber1979]

@mooki69 who the fuck cares, what a thing to spam on dude/dudette. He obviously wants to burn your bridges to the ground lol.

[AtlDYnasty25]

@coolestpyro The audio is most certainly messed up. The pitch is definitely too high and almost sounds sped-up. John Darnielle has a unique voice, but this upload makes him sound like a chipmunk. Also, it's 5 seconds shorter than the version that I have.

[coolestpyro]

@AtlDYnasty25 NO, THATS HOW SOUNDS

[AtlDYnasty25]

Audio's all fucked up.

[mooki69]

I live in Cincinnati, I love it here.... haha

[coolestpyro]

@bastardcheif hey whats your WTM sn?

[thatsMRpotatoe]

@bastardcheif yo bro you wack, naw naw, but I did try.

[ShadowCoH316]

@GPWNfilms Yeah,

[GPWNfilms]

Wait, didn't they do music for Moral Oral?