Chilean Fire Barrel is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats.
Lyrics[]
Smell of sulfur, cloven hoof Birds were gathering on the roof Faint voices, scratching sounds If this keeps up, I may never come down By the time I snapped out of it, there was nothing left By the time I snapped out of it, there was nothing left By the time I snapped out of it, you were long gone By the time I snapped out of it, you were long gone Spinning numbers, shepherd songs Birds singing all the time, all wrong Aunt Margaret, Cotton-Eyed Joe They swear they're my friends, but I don't think so By the time I snapped out of it, there was nothing left By the time I snapped out of it, there was nothing left By the time I snapped out of it, you were long gone By the time I snapped out of it, you were long gone
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "I'm out of songs except for that one whose first line I don't remember. The music goes like this. [starts playing] Oh, I remember it. [continues playing] That's proof that the higher education system works. It took me only twenty minutes to remember something that you won't remember ten minutes from now." -- 1992-12-13 - KSPC Radio Session - Pomona, CA