Downtown Seoul

Downtown Seoul
Album	Sweden
Released	1995
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:53
Previous Track	"The Recognition Scene"
Next Track	"Some Swedish Trees"

Downtown Seoul is the second song on the album Sweden.

Lyrics

There was a new song on the air
I saw you coming across the square
And a white bird broke the dark Korean sky 
As the rest of my life went by 

You had your warm hand on my face
I took your index finger in between my teeth
And I held it gently in place
It was resting lightly on my tongue in there
I saw you shaking in the cold Korean air
There but for the grace of the lord of song 
I would be this very second and I'm coming right along 
You had your cardigan on
I looked toward the sky and the white bird was gone
I remember your eyelids
I remember your body now 

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "I try and throw in one super old one ... for the one guy in the crowd who says 'yeah, they peaked in '97' but still goes to the shows just in case. I can't bitch about that guy, 'cause I'll go to somebody's show and go 'this is great, they played the one from '97'." -- 2022-05-05 - The Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1994-08-18 - Under ACME - New York, NY
• 1995-01-15 - The Chameleon - San Francisco, CA
• 1995-04-22 - Fast Forward Festival - Dooroosje Club - Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• 1996-01-15 - Brownie's - New York City, NY
• 1997-03-01 - Replay Lounge - Lawrence, KS
• 1997-06-22 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 1997-06-26 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
• 1998-04-04 - Duke Coffeehouse - Durham, NC
• 2000-09-17 - The Make-Out Room - San Francisco, CA
• 2001-07-19 - Capitol Theater - Olympia, WA
• 2002-03-10 - The Green Room - Iowa City, IA
• 2003-06-27 - Mains D'oeuvres, Mofo Festival - Paris, France
• 2004-04-20 - Go! Rehearsal Studios, Room 4 - Carrboro, NC
• 2004-08-20 - Durham Music Festival - Durham Armory - Durham, NC
• 2008-03-02 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2009-04-02 - Courtyard Café at University of Illinois - Champaign, IL
• 2010-12-14 - Castro Theater - San Francisco, CA
• 2012-12-10 - The Irenic - San Diego, CA
• 2021-08-20 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
• 2021-09-24 - Gateway City Arts - Holyoke, MA
• 2021-12-16 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 2022-05-05 - The Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA
• 2023-02-09 - Elevation 27 - Virginia Beach, VA

Video

• 2003-06-27 - Mains D'oeuvres, Mofo Festival - Paris, France
• 2008-03-02 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2022-05-05 - The Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA