Design Your Own Container Garden

Design Your Own Container Garden
Album	See America Right
Released	2002
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:53
Previous Track	"New Chevrolet in Flames"

Design Your Own Container Garden is the third track from the See America Right single.

Lyrics

I took to the highway, went out to Pico-Crenshaw
Old friends, old friends
I took to the highway, the highway took to me 
Like a second skin
Rolled around in the evening, circling like a buzzard
Trouble in mind
Excavating the space we left behind

Yes I took trinkets with me, left them by the crater
Here ghosts, old ghosts
Smelled all the chlorine, I took the low road 
Where the light was just right
Crawled around in the glowing, all-embracing wreckage
Sunburned and snow-blind
Excavating the space we left behind

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "'Design Your Own Container Garden,' on the other hand, is my favorite kind of b-side, the stealth b-side that could make a legitimate claim for itself about being better than the a-side. Maybe not, probably not. But that’s the sort of b-side that gets played live: the one that feels like it has room to grow, to breathe, to find new places to go." -- Tumblr

Things Referenced in this Song

Pico Boulevard and Crenshaw Boulevard are two intersecting streets in Los Angeles, California.

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2006-06-09 - Neumo's - Seattle, WA
• 2006-06-14 - The Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA
• 2006-08-04 - BBC Radio 6 Music Session - London, England
• 2006-09-19 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, Ontario
• 2006-09-30 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
• 2023-11-25 - The Rialto Theatre - Raleigh, NC
• 2023-12-03 - Aura - Portland, ME
• 2023-12-05 - Higher Ground Ballroom - South Burlington, VT
• 2023-12-06 - Infinity Hall - Hartford, CT
• 2023-12-07 - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
• 2023-12-10 - Thunderbird Music Hall - Pittsburgh, PA
• 2023-12-12 - Georgia Theatre - Athens, GA
• 2023-12-13 - Vinyl Music Hall - Penascola, FL
• 2023-12-15 - The Bier Hall at Intuition Ale Works - Jacksonville, FL
• 2024-04-05 - Haw River Ballroom - Saxapahaw, NC