| Short Song About the 10 Freeway | |
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Album |
Songs for Peter Hughes |
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Released |
1995 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
1:47 |
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Short Song About the 10 Freeway is the first song on the single Songs for Peter Hughes. It was re-released on the compilation Bitter Melon Farm.
Lyrics[]
Evening came on like a big red wing And the dying sun spilt his colors on everything And as the night came on, you burst into song And you scraped your car up against the guardrail And God is present in the sweeping gesture But the devil is in the details
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 1994-xx-xx - Stache's - Columbus, OH
- 1994-08-22 - The Middle East - Cambridge, MA
- 1994-08-23 - Baystate - Northampton, MA
- 1995-04-15 - Underground - Cologne, Germany
- 1995-04-20 - Magasin 4 - Brussels, Belgium
- 2004-10-04 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI
- 2004-10-08 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
- 2009-03-30 - Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
- 2014-06-10 - The Showbox - Seattle, WA
- 2016-09-02 - Ace of Cups - Columbus, OH
- 2017-07-06 - Wooly's - Des Moines, IA
- 2017-11-15 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
- 2021-03-31 - Get Lit with All of It - Virtual
Videos of this Song[]
| Songs for Peter Hughes |
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Side One: "Short Song About the 10 Freeway" • "No, I Can't" |
| Bitter Melon Farm |
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Track list: "Noche del Guajolote" • "Going to Bangor" • "Against Agamemnon" • "Going to Cleveland" • "Early Spring" • "Historiography" • "No, I Can't" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Going to Monaco" • "Star Dusting" • "Teenage World" • "Going to Santiago" • "Sail On" • "Black Molly" • "Rain Song" • "The Bad Doctor" • "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" • "Pure Intentions" • "The Lady from Shanghai" • "Pure Love" • "Song for an Old Friend" • "Snow Song" • "Faithless Bacchant Song" • "Short Song About the 10 Freeway" • "No, I Can't" • "Song for Dana Plato" • "The Sign" |