| Earth Air Water Trees | |
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Album |
Tropical Depression EP |
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Released |
1997 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
2:18 |
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Previous Track |
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Earth Air Water Trees is the fifth song on the split single Tropical Depression. It was re-released on the compilation Ghana.
Lyrics[]
Through the shifting colors in the sky I heard the wild geese call And the light was bright and clear and cold Over eastern Montreal And although I know You're only toying with me now And although you hold Your affection for me like a bone on a string I love you, I love you because You gave me sausage and cheese when I was hungry You hold your closed hand out to me And you told me to guess what you had inside And I had a thousand guesses and some of them were good But I knew for sure that I was losing my mind When the scent came rising Through the spaces between your fingers When the scent called to me And I knew we'd last at least 'til the end of December And I love you, I love you because You gave me sausage and cheese when I was hungry
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 2009-04-04 - Earlham College - Richmond, IN
- 2023-04-17 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
- 2023-12-10 - Thunderbird Music Hall - Pittsburgh, PA
| Ghana |
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Track list: "Golden Boy" • "Pure Gold" • "Papagallo" • "Song for John Davis" • "Stars Around Her" • "Going to Port Washington" • "Blood Royal" • "The Only Thing I Know" • "Raja Vocative" • "Hatha Hill" • "Going to Kirby Sigston" • "Please Come Home to Hamngatan" • "The Last Day of Jimi Hendrix's Life" • "Orange Ball of Peace" • "Standard Bitter Love Song #8" • "Chino Love Song 1979" • "Wrong!" • "Going to Jamaica" • "Alpha Gelida" • "Wild Palm City" • "The Anglo-Saxons" • "Flight 717: Going to Denmark" • "The Admonishing Song" • "Anti-Music Song" • "Going to Hungary" • "Earth Air Water Trees" • "Creature Song" • "Pure Sound" • "Going to Maine" • "Noctifer Birmingham" • "Leaving Home" |
| Tropical Depression EP |
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Side Two: "Anti-Music Song" • "Going to Hungary" • "Earth Air Water Trees" |