The Mountain Goats é o projeto musical do canto/compositor e guitarrista John Darnielle. A revista The New Yorker referiu a ele como "Melhor compositor não-hip-hop da América". No artigo de junho de 2006, revista Paste nominou Darnielle um dos "100 melhores compositores ao vivo". As letras de Darnielle são literais e repletas com imaginário com referências da literatura clássica, religião e mitologia, cultura pop, arte, e história. Outros possuem vagas referências ao seu padrasto
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
G Dug up a fifth of Hood River gin C That stuff tastes like medicine FC But I'll take it G It'll do G On the couch in the living room all day long C Music on the television playing our song FC I'm in the mood G The mood for you
GCF (2x)
G Turn the volume up real high C All of that money look at it fly FCG And you smoking like a chimney G Shadows crawled across the living room's length C I held onto you with a desperate strength FCG With everything with everything in me DC And I handed you a drink of a lovely little thing G On which our survival depends DC People say friends don't destroy one another D What do they know about friends?
GCF (4x)
G Thunderclouds forming cream white moon C Everything's going to be okay soon FC Maybe tomorrow G Maybe the next day G Carried you up the stairs that night C All of this could be yours if the price is right FC I heard cars headed down to oblivion G Up on the expressway D Your drunken kisses as light as the air CG Maybe everything that falls down eventually rises D Our house sinking into disrepair CG Ah but look at this showroom filled with fabulous prizes