Feed This End

Feed This End
Album	Hot Garden Stomp
Released	1993
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:24
Previous track	"Fresh Cherries in Trinidad"
Next track	"15-1"

Feed This End is the 13th song on The Mountain Goats' fourth cassette, Hot Garden Stomp.

Lyrics

Stood near the cage of the prize-fighting cock 
The sun cut through the clouds but the air pressure dropped 
And I touched your hair for the very first time 
I have that moment with me now, it's all mine 
And you showed me a thing or two about power
In its purest form 

A few minutes later, you went back inside
And I stood near the clothesline where strips of beef dried
Hanging in the noon-day sun 
Flies were buzzing nearby 
And then your face in the window caught my eye 
And you showed me a thing or two about power 
In its purest form

Things don't look much different now from where I stand 
Looking for you, camera in hand 
Someone's gone away and someone's gotten taller 
But the world stopped turning and the universe is much smaller 
Since you showed me a thing or two about power
In its purest form 
Yeah you showed me a thing or two about power
In its purest form 

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "This is a very old love song." -- 1997-04-04 - Duke Coffeehouse - Durham, NC

also it takes place in a town called la puente in southern california

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1992-12-17 - Munchie's - Pomona, CA
• 1997-04-04 - Duke Coffeehouse - Durham, NC
• 2004-02-26 - The Maintenance Shop - Ames, IA
• 2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
• 2004-03-05 - T.T. the Bear's - Cambridge, MA
• 2004-03-25 - Cafe de la Danse - Paris, France
• 2004-03-29 - Mains D'Oeuvres - Paris, France
• 2022-08-28 - The Broadberry - Richmond, VA
• 2022-08-31 - Webster Hall - New York, NY