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Transmissions to Horace |
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Released |
1993 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
2:20 |
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Early Spring is the second song on the tape Transmissions to Horace. It was re-released on the compilation Bitter Melon Farm.
Lyrics[]
The pictures that you paint aren't as pretty as they once seemed to me And the coffee's bitter 'cause it's been boiling too long And the jokes you tell aren't as funny as they once seemed to me And the songs you sing are just plain hackneyed But the stars shine down on all god's children And the sun sets on the good and on the evil And I know you And I know you The throbbing flowers outside, I get it And the paint peeling from the bathroom wall And the smile on your face, it's a lie And the smile on your face is real pretty And the sun shines down on all god's children And the stars burn for the good and the evil And I know you And I know you
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "I'm at the point where I listen to this stuff and not only I don't remember the songs, I don't recognize the person singing them. I correct him a lot." -- 2014-06-05 - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
Videos of this Song[]
| Transmissions to Horace |
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Side One: "Going to Cleveland" • "Early Spring" • "Historiography" • "No, I Can't" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Going to Monaco" |
| Bitter Melon Farm |
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Track list: "Noche del Guajolote" • "Going to Bangor" • "Against Agamemnon" • "Going to Cleveland" • "Early Spring" • "Historiography" • "No, I Can't" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Going to Monaco" • "Star Dusting" • "Teenage World" • "Going to Santiago" • "Sail On" • "Black Molly" • "Rain Song" • "The Bad Doctor" • "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" • "Pure Intentions" • "The Lady from Shanghai" • "Pure Love" • "Song for an Old Friend" • "Snow Song" • "Faithless Bacchant Song" • "Short Song About the 10 Freeway" • "No, I Can't" • "Song for Dana Plato" • "The Sign" |