Going to Dade County

Going to Dade County is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats.

It is one of only two full songs (the other being "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina") that belongs to both the Alpha and Going to... series.

Lyrics[]

When the rainbows disappeared from the skies of northern Florida
Because the rain had gone away
And I looked out on the front lawn and I saw you there
It was 6:31 AM on a Saturday
And you morphed into a housecat
And you all think I'm making this part up
But you are wrong

And the wind came through the window
And it my licked at my face
And I heard the sound of about a thousand tomcats
Squalling up from all over the place
And you all think I'm crazy
Or trying to amuse myself by telling cute stories
Or telling cute stories to amuse other people with
But you are wrong
Going to Dade County

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

"This couple that, that was supposed to get a divorce and then didn't in a number of songs I wrote spend a good two years of their lives, uh, living in a motel in Florida, and this song is one of those that never made it onto anything. It's called 'Going to Dade County'." -- 1998-02-07 - Vinyl Fever - Tallahassee, FL

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The "Alpha" Series

Track list: "Alpha Aquae" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" • "Alpha Gelida" • "Alpha Incipiens" • "Alpha Negative" • "Alpha Omega" • "Alpha Rats Nest" • "Alpha Sun Hat" • "Alpha in Tauris" • "Alphabetizing" • "Letter from a Motel" • "One Winter at Point Alpha Privative" • "Spilling Toward Alpha" • "Fit Alpha Vi" • "Alpha Compunction" • "Going to Dade County" • "Tallahassee" • "First Few Desperate Hours" • "Southwood Plantation Road" • "Game Shows Touch Our Lives" • "The House That Dripped Blood" • "Idylls of the Kings" • "No Children" • "See America Right" • "Peacocks" • "International Small Arms Traffic Blues" • "Have to Explode" • "Old College Try" • "Oceanographer's Choice" • "Ethiopians" • "Alpha Chum Gatherer" • "New Chevrolet in Flames" • "Design Your Own Container Garden" • "Going to Federal Prison" • "Orange Ball of Hate"

"Going to..." Series

Track list: "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" • "Flight 717: Going to Denmark" • "Going to Alaska" • "Going to Bangor" • "Going to Bogotá" • "Going to Bolivia" • "Going to Brazil" • "Going to Bridlington" • "Going to Bristol" • "Going to Buffalo" • "Going to California" • "Going to Chino" • "Going to Cleveland" • "Going to Dade County" • "Going to Dallas" • "Going to East Rutherford" • "Going to Federal Prison" • "Going to France" • "Going to Georgia" • "Going to Hell" • "Going to Hungary" • "Going to Jamaica" • "Going to Japan" • "Going to Kansas" • "Going to Kirby Sigston" • "Going to Lebanon" • "Going to Lebanon 2" • "Going to Lubbock" • "Going to Maine" • "Going to Malibu" • "Going to Marrakesh" • "Going to Mars" • "Going to Maryland" • "Going to Mexico" • "Going to Miami" • "Going to Michigan" • "Going to Monaco" • "Going to Morocco" • "Going to Niles" • Going to Norwalk" • "Going to Palestine" • "Going Through Pomona" • "Going to Port Washington" • "Going to Queens" • "Going to Reykjavik" • "Going to San Diego" • "Going to Santiago" • "Going to Scotland" • "Going to Some Damned English City" • "Going to South Carolina" • "Going to Spain" • "Going to Spirit Lake" • "Going to Tennessee" • "Going to Utrecht" • "Going to Wisconsin"