Please Come Home to Hamngatan

Please Come Home to Hamngatan
Album	We'll Sail Out Far... Maybe a Little Too Far...
Released	1997
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:52
Previous Track	"Timothy in the Magic City" (Motorpsycho)
Next Track	"And I Wash My Hands" (Mote)

Please Come Home to Hamngatan is the 29th song on the compilation We'll Sail Out Far... Maybe a Little Too Far.... It was re-released on the compilation Ghana.

Lyrics

Jewel thieves, jewel thieves
Leave fingerprints on everything
Jewel thieves, jewel thieves
Leave fingerprints on everything
But around here, around here
We never dust for fingerprints

Snake oil peddlers, snake oil peddlers
We can spot 'em half a mile away
Snake oil peddlers
We can spot 'em half a mile away
But these days, these days
We drink a lot of snake oil

Adulterers, adulterers
Always give themselves away
Adulterers, adulterers
Always give themselves away
But down here, around here
Where the moose run wild and we can't think clearly
We let 'em off pretty easy

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "In which our hero again asserts that, no matter how brazenly his intended rubs his face in the morning wreckage of their once-storied love, he is up for another round if she is. These people are sick, you guys. I wish I could do something to help them. The are virulently resistive to treatment." -- Ghana liner notes

Things Referenced in this Song

• Hamngatan is a street in Stockholm. The name means "Port Street" in Swedish.

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1998-07-31 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL