Going to Malibu

Going to Malibu
Album	Chile de Árbol
Released	1993
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:02
Previous Track	"Night of the Mules"
Next Track	"Billy the Kid's Dream of the Magic Shoes"

Going to Malibu is the second song on the single Chile de Árbol. It was re-released on the compilation Protein Source of the Future...Now!.

Lyrics

When we meet on neutral ground
I can't believe how good you look
And the thoughts that race around my mind
Could fill a long unreadable book and

I can hear the waves
I could sense the continent eroding
You say you know why I called you here
But you couldn't have any way of knowing, so

That's not true
That's a mean thing to say
That's a damnable lie
That's a damnable lie

Looking at you, and I don't know
What it is I see
But I know you're changing
Almost indetectably

And I see a ship off the shore
And I imagine it sinking
And you smile and you say that you know
What it is that I'm thinking

That's not true
That's a rotten thing to say
That's a damnable lie
That's a damnable lie

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "[interviewer: 'what's your favorite 'going to...' destination and why?' My favorite 'Going to...' song or actual destination? [interviewer: 'actual destination.'] Malibu." -- 2004-10-22 cool beans! interview

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2016-02-28 - Noise Pop 2016 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA (partial)
• 2018-04-22 - Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA
• 2022-09-20 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL

Chile de Árbol
Side One: "Night of the Mules" • "Going to Malibu" • "Billy the Kid's Dream of the Magic Shoes" Side Two: "Fresh Berries for You" • "Alphabetizing"