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Plain is a song originally by indie rock band Silkworm, released on their 2000 album Lifestyle. It has been covered by the Mountain Goats during a few live shows. In one 2011 Chicago show, Silkworm lead vocalist Tim Midgett joined the Mountain Goats on stage to perform the song.

Lyrics[]

Missoula, Montana, 1984
The year of big government taking over
The river gleams with sunlight
New wave bliss under patchy fog tonight

The strands of your hair fell
Opened your eyes, the start of a spell
The perpetual movement gleam in your eye
The cut your hair, length of your stride

We're plain, so plain
Just look the other way
Do you want to stay 
Stay with me

Walk home from work, it's bitter and cold
No 4x4s spinning out of control
But nothing much gets over these mountain tops
Snow in the street and the moon in the sky
Is like a fish's eye, it's scaly and gray
Its rays and my cigarette are lighting my way
I walk home from work, it's bitter and cold
And I'll never know what it's like to grow old

You're plain, so plain
Just look the other way
Do you want to stay 
Stay with me

Time's past, I'm becoming a man
Or so says the clock that defines who I am
I might not have changed enough to meet any new needs
Might've changed too much to do what I used to 
But you're stuck with me, stuck with this
It will never relent, and I'll never miss
I'm part of your kiss, I'm inside you now
The coarse and the rough get alighted somehow

You're plain, so plain
Just look the other way
Do you want to stay with me
So plain
Just look the other way
Do you want to stay
And stay with me

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