Standard Bitter Love Song Number 1

Standard Bitter Love Song #1 is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats.

Lyrics

I'm not going to say what I came over to say to you
But you were thinking along the same lines
And you let the words come ringing through

I wouldn't've said that to you
I wouldn't say it if they paid me to
You got no manners
You got no manners at all
You got no manners

You got no manners
You got no manners at all
You got no manners 

I'm going to try real hard
But I, I can't believe that you're really gonna do it
It's like one of those Chinese kites flying in the wind
And then some kid with a shotgun sends a bullet through it

And I, I came here to say it
But I've done that before
But would never have told you that I don't love you anymore
You got no manners
You got no manners at all
You got no manners

You got no manners
You got no manners at all
You got no manners

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• ”People say ‘the old songs were better’ and I say ‘if by better you mean stupid.’” -- 2009-02-25 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1993-03-07 - Walker Lounge - Pomona, CA
• 1999-10-09 - Crossing Border - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2007-06-17 - Zoop - Farm Sanctuary - Watkins Glen, NY
• 2009-02-25 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA
• 2009-04-02 - Courtyard Café at University of Illinois - Champaign, IL
• 2022-09-09 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH

Videos of this Song

• 2009-02-25 - Swedish American Hall - San Francisco, CA