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by Mountain Goats


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			 OCEANOGRAPHER'S CHOICE - Mountain Goats
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Well, guy in a skeleton costume
                         
Comes up to the guy in the Superman suit
                        
Runs through him with a broadsword

I flipped the television off
                          
Bring all the bright lights up
               
Turn the radio up loud

 I don't know why I'm so persuaded

 That if I think things through

Long enough and hard enough

 I'll somehow get to you
             
But then you came in and we locked eyes
    
You kicked the ashtray over as we came toward each other
           
Stubbed my cigarette out against the west wall

 And quickly lit another

Look at that

Would you look at that?

 We're throwing off sparks
                             
What will I do when I don't have you
                           
To hold onto in the dark?

     
Yes, everybody's gonna need a witness
                             
Everybody's gonna need a little back up
                       
In case the scene gets nasty

You throw the attic window open
                            
And I throw myself all around you
                        
And night comes to Tallahassee
                                   
 I don't know why it's gotten harder to keep myself away

Thought I'd finally beat the feeling back

 It all came back today
            
And then we fell down and we locked arms
   
We knocked the dresser over as we rolled across the floor

 I don't mean it when I tell you

 That I don't love you anymore

Look at that

Would you look at that?

The way the ceiling starts to swerve
                             
What will I do when I don't have you
                                 
When I finally get what I deserve?