Mountain Goats - This Year

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tuning : standard

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i broke free on a saturday morning , i put the pedal to the floor
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headed north on mills avenue and listened to the engine roar

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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

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

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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

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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

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i drove home in the california dusk ,
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i could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
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pictured the look on my stepfather’s face
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ready for the bad things to come .

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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

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