Going to Maryland

Going to Maryland
Album	Beautiful Rat Sunset
Released	1994
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:55
Previous Track	"Song for Mark and Joel"
Next Track	"Seeing Daylight"

Going to Maryland is the sixth song on the EP Beautiful Rat Sunset.

Lyrics

Water's real cool and the water's real sweet
Here's hoping that no points repeat
Because I bet against the chances that you'd ever be mine
Laid everything down on the don't pass line

And it's a stupid trick of fortune anyway
But the lights are bright tonight
And your eyes shine tonight on Chesapeake Bay

Walk through the water and our feet get wet
And on the darkening water I see your silhouette
Five dollars says that it's gone in a minute
Five dollars says that your heart goes with it

It's a stupid trick of fortune anyway
But the lights are bright tonight
And your eyes shine tonight on Chesapeake Bay

Things Referenced in this Song

Maryland is a state on the Eastern coast of the United States of America. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and an iconic feature of the Atlantic coastline. Many cities in Maryland are along the Chesapeake Bay such as Annapolis, Baltimore, Easton, and, Havre de Grace.

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1995-04-15 - Underground - Cologne, Germany
• 1999-07-23 - CBGB - New York City, NY
• 2022-11-11 - Columbia Theater - Berlin, Germany