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Commandante Tab

by Mountain Goats


The Mountain Goats' "Commandante" from the album Devil in the Shortwave.  This song rocks.


                                
I'm gonna drink more whiskey than Brendan Behan
                                  
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 back yard
                                
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
                                   
Shake it 'til the coins come falling out of its pocket
                              
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 been burned down to the ground
                    
I got the jetpack strapped to my back
                              
And I'm 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, yes
                                   
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
  (muted)                 
Like a pair of bottle rockets

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