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Album |
The Sunset Tree |
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Released |
2005 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
2:00 |
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Magpie is the 10th song on the album The Sunset Tree.
Lyrics[]
Feed the kittens in the kitchen Set food out for the strays Try hard to do your best The magpie will have his way Fill your mouth with berries By the full light of the moon Work all night if you have to The magpie comes at noon Shore up the crucifixes Above the archways and the doors The magpie will come at midday And you will go down on all fours And when the cherry's white with blossoms Be ready and be brave And remember what we had here When there was something left to save
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "Only a traitor / undresses his metaphors / As if they were whores" -- in an interview, asked what the magpie represented
- "It's an extended metaphor about people who show up in your life and take more than they give." -- 2019-04-26 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 2004-04-08 - Peel Session - London, England
- 2007-01-02 - Club Capitol - Perth, Australia
- 2007-01-03 - Fowlers Live - Adelaide, Australia
- 2007-01-05 - The Corner Hotel - Melbourne, Australia
- 2008-10-24 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
- 2008-11-05 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
- 2014-01-19 - Rock for Roe at the Pinhook - Durham, NC
- 2019-04-26 - 9:30 Club - Washington, D.C.
- 2019-04-27 - Dogfish Head Brewery - Milton, DE
- 2019-04-28 - Wilbur Theatre - Boston, MA
- 2019-05-03 - L'Astral - Montreal, QC
- 2019-05-04 - Bronson Centre - Ottawa, ON
- 2019-05-05 - Phoenix - Toronto, ON
- 2019-05-07 - Mr. Smalls - Millvale, PA
- 2019-05-08 - Mr. Smalls - Millvale, PA
- 2019-05-09 - Woodward Theater - Cincinnati, OH
- 2019-05-10 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
- 2019-05-11 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN
- 2019-05-13 - Buskirk-Chumley Theater - Bloomington, IN
- 2019-05-16 - Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
- 2019-05-17 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
- 2019-07-17 - Ottobar - Baltimore, MD
- 2019-08-28 - Metro Music Hall - Salt Lake City, UT
- 2019-08-30 - The Pub Station - Billings, MT
- 2019-09-01 - Bing Crosby Theater - Spokane, WA
- 2019-09-04 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
- 2019-09-07 - McDonald Theatre - Eugene, OR
- 2019-09-10 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
- 2019-09-12 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
- 2019-09-16 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
- 2019-09-17 - House of Blues - San Diego, CA
- 2019-11-09 - Slaktkyrkan - Stockholm, Sweden
- 2019-11-10 - Rockefeller - Oslo, Norway
- 2019-11-11 - Pustervik - Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2019-11-14 - De Helling - Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 2019-11-15 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
- 2019-11-16 - Brudenell Social Club - Leeds, England
- 2019-11-18 - St. Luke's - Glasgow, Scotland
- 2019-11-20 - Button Factory - Dublin, Ireland
- 2019-12-06 - The Haw River Ballroom - Graham, NC
- 2023-09-19 - Brooklyn Made - New York, NY
Videos of this Song[]
| The Sunset Tree |
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Track list: "You or Your Memory" • "Broom People" • "This Year" • "Dilaudid" • "Dance Music" • "Dinu Lipatti's Bones" • "Up the Wolves" • "Lion's Teeth" • "Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod" • "Magpie" • "Song for Dennis Brown" • "Love Love Love" • "Pale Green Things" |