Ice Cream, Cobra Man

Ice Cream, Cobra Man
Album	Taboo VI: The Homecoming
Released	1991
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	1:36
Previous track	"Running Away with What Freud Said"
Next track	"Move (Chicago 196X)"

Ice Cream, Cobra Man is the second song on The Mountain Goats' first cassette, Taboo VI: The Homecoming.

Lyrics

I have a hand disfigured by snakebite
I have a couple of things that I really like
And I am heading your way all the time

I'm going to move all my vital organs
to someplace outside my body
The wiring is something you would not believe

I feel no pain as I float across your ceiling, and I --
I have no shame
I am in a thousand rooms all at the same time
Yeah and I have a glass
filled with water and light, and I feel good tonight
I am climbing up this mountain
You can watch me. You can watch me.

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "But I'm just as certain that all I meant to do at the time was sketch a small scenario that was somewhat disquieting but not lurid or explicit, and then house it within a generally celebratory musical framework, the better to enjoy the tension between those two impulses for a couple of minutes." -- This Year (2025)

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 2009-04-02 - Courtyard Café at University of Illinois - Champaign, IL
• 2014-06-15 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
• 2025-09-17 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
• 2025-09-26 - Agora Theatre - Cleveland, OH