Going to Kirby Sigston

Going to Kirby Sigston
Album	Ghana
Released	1999
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	1:59
Previous Track	"Hatha Hill"
Next Track	"Please Come Home to Hamngatan"

Going to Kirby Sigston is the eleventh song on the compilation Ghana. It was supposed to be released on the Ajax compilation Hey Dan K., but the album was never released, making Ghana the song's first appearance.

Lyrics

We boarded up the windows
And we sealed the door shut
And we let the special chicken 
Build a nest right by the window
Your face was glowing
The heat was strong
We ate cold black eggs all day long
In the winter when the wind kicked up

I saw your body moving
Through the incandescent light
You were dancing by yourself there
Your sweater hugged your shoulders and it was alright
We plucked sugar crystals from the cold English air
I had a present for you hidden somewhere
In the winter when the wind kicked up

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "It was Rik Albatross of West Yorkshire who sent me a postcard bearing the title of this song. 'Cleveland,' 'Great Neck,' 'Nikes' — not that there aren't boatloads of great U.S. place names, but Kirby Sigston, man: now there's a name that rolls off the tongue nicely. Rik Albatross, incidentally, is the kind of fan that narcissistic singer-songwriters dream of having, always sending cool postcards from vacations and winning back the good name of fanaticism. Rik — we raise these next three brim-full glasses of Polish vodka to you! This song has never been released." - Ghana liner notes

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1996-11-07 - VPRO Radio - Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1996-11-11 - Schauspielhaus - Bochum, Germany
• 1996-11-13 - Dreikonigkeller - Frankfurt, Germany
• 1998-04-12 - Brownie's - New York City, NY
• 1998-04-17 - Custer Avenue Stages - San Francisco, CA
• 2021-08-08 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL