The Mountain Goats - This Year

I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
headed north on mills avenue
and listened to the engine roar

my broken house behind me
and good things ahead
a girl named Cathy
wants a little of my time
six cylinders underneath the hood
crashing and kicking
aha!
listen to the engine whine

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

i played video games in a drunken haze
i was seventeen years young
hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

and then Cathy showed up
and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle
all bitter and clean
locking eyes
holding hands
twin high maintenance machines

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

i drove home in the California dusk
i could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
pictured the look on my stepfather's face
ready for the bad things to come
i down shifted
as i pulled into the driveway
the motor screaming out
stuck in second gear
the scene ends badly
as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear

there will be feasting and dancing
in Jerusalem next year

i am going to make it through this year
if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year
if it kills me

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[Meganroxs128]

I am going to make it through exams,

If it kills me.

[OortCloudView]

In May of 2010 I joined the army to fulfill a childhood dream. Four weeks later I was sent home with my leg broken in two places. My girlfriend of two and a half years left me after I walked a mile and a half on crutches to salvage our relationship. In October the store where I was working announced they were closing and laying everyone off. That November I happened upon this song. I made it.

[Michaela Evans]

This is my anthem for 2013.

[PokeZelda6664]

I needed this song so goddamn much right now.

[Caityrexx]

I just want to spend the rest of my life looking forward. Making it through each year.

[alexandhopi]

yes.

[Cole Hartzler]

Thats exactly what happened to me!

[ChickenVendetta]

Yeah, sometimes. Drudge through the pile of dirt and there's a diamond in there somewhere; that little diamond is worth so much more than all that dirt.

[elfabella]

I like to listen to this song while studying.

[oceadic]

I had this year. I am so glad I made it. I am so thankful for where I am now.