| Going to Tennessee | |
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Album |
Why You All So Thief? |
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Released |
1994 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
2:45 |
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Going to Tennessee is the first song on the single Why You All So Thief?. It was re-released on the compilation Protein Source of the Future...Now!.
Lyrics[]
Baseball season will be starting soon But we have no baseball team here I've got a house right on the river I can see Arkansas from where I am The dogs are gathering And the birds are chattering And the sun is setting on Memphis And the sun is setting on Memphis Medicine bottle collection on the windowsill Shakes when the cars go past on interstate fifty-five You are standing above me You've washed your face with that apricot scrub again I'm glad I am alive And your skin is warming up And my skin is warming up And the sun is setting on Memphis And the sun is setting on Memphis
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- ""Both songs [on Why You All So Thief?]] are about cheating death, an effort which, you'll note, has yet to meet with success anywhere, ever." - liner notes to Protein Source of the Future...Now!
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
| Protein Source of the Future...Now! |
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Track list: "Going to Tennessee" • "Pure Heat" • "Handball" • "The Window Song" • "Night of the Mules" • "Going to Malibu" • "Billy the Kid's Dream of the Magic Shoes" • "Fresh Berries for You" • "Alphabetizing" • "Third Snow Song" • "The Monkey Song" • "Love Cuts the Strings" • "Pure Honey" • "Duke Ellington" • "Seed Song" • "Quetzalcoatl Comes Through • "Omega Blaster" • "Coco-Yam Song" • "Alagemo" • "Two Thousand Seasons" • "Chinese Rifle Song" • "Yam, the King of Crops • "Alpha Omega" |