Jaipur

Jaipur
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Album	The Coroner's Gambit
Released	2000
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:13
Next Track	"Elijah"

Jaipur is the first song on the album The Coroner's Gambit.

Lyrics[]

I was having visions of sugared pastry
Cooked up in clarified butter
I tried to turn my visions into prayers
But I built my castle way high up in the air
Yeah I came to the gates of the fabled pink city
Hungry and tired and cold
Swing low, sweet chariot
Chrome tailpipe shining bright as spun gold

My brothers picked me up out of the rushes
Handed me into the company of evil men
But I've inched my way down the eastern seaboard
I am coming to Atlanta again
Yeah I came to the gates of the fabled pink city
Hungry and tired and mad as all hell
Swing low, sweet jewel-encrusted chariot
Make me young again 
Make me well

I am the killer dressed in pilgrim's clothing
I'm the hard to find stations on the AM band
I am the white sky high over Tripoli
I am the landmine hidden in the sand

Yeah I came to the gates of the fabled pink city
Hungry and tired and alone
Sweet low, sweet, sweet, sweet chariot
Coming forth to carry me home

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

[referring to the sample that opens the song] "'Haunted House Blues' by Bessie Smith seemed like a good way of locking all the doors before the proceedings began on The Coroner's Gambit, if that's not too strained a way to put it." -- 2001-03-05 Space City Rock interview
"It's a song about coming home, after a manner of speaking." -- 2003-06-27 - Mains D'oeuvres, Mofo Festival - Paris, France
"This is a song about trying to cross the same river twice..." -- 2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA
"This is a song about when, sometimes when you come back to where you used to live, those people look like alien monsters. They say, 'Hey, it's good to see you,' and you don't know what you should say in return." -- 2007-03-08 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA

Things Referenced in this Song[]

This song opens with a snippet of "Haunted House Blues" by Bessie Smith.
Tripoli is the capital of Libya.
"Swing low sweet chariot" is an African-American spiritual song and well-known Christian hymn
Jaipur is a city in India known as the "Pink City" for the color of many of its older buildings

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The Coroner's Gambit
Track list: "Jaipur" • "Elijah" • "Trick Mirror" • "Island Garden Song" • "The Coroner's Gambit" • "Baboon" • "Scotch Grove" • "Horseradish Road" • "Family Happiness" • "Onions" • "Bluejays and Cardinals" • "Shadow Song" • "There Will Be No Divorce" • "Insurance Fraud #2" • "The Alphonse Mambo" • "We Were Patriots"

Jaipur

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Lyrics[]

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

Things Referenced in this Song[]

Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]

Videos of this Song[]

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Jaipur

Album	The Coroner's Gambit
Released	2000
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:13
Next Track	"Elijah"