Tampa

Tampa is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats. It was originally intended to be included on The Coroner's Gambit.

Lyrics[]

My brother and me found out where you keep your ugly secrets hid
We dug up the missing one this morning
I know why you did what you did
Yeah we found him naked in the snow
Down where the wild crocus grow
And I don't wanna do this anymore
Yeah I ain't wanna fight your dirty little war

Yeah my brother said not to drop another dime 'cause
He ain't comin' out next time, and you can
Soak in a bathtub full of gasoline, but you will
Never get your hands clean

Yeah the building was glowing, fires were raging within
You ran out to save your own skin
Well I probably shouldn't blame you
Yeah I probably shouldn't blame you
But by God, I do
And I found the photographs in the top dresser drawer
But I ain't gonna fight your dirty little war
Anymore

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]

"...But there was one song from early on, when the album was still called Jab-Jab, that pushed it toward being a record about death and terminal places. The song didn’t end up on the album. It was called "Tampa." If you can get a tape of the set I did at Terrastock in San Francisco, I think I opened with it there. It was a terribly dark song about someone who finds a body buried in the snow, and when I noticed that both it and "Family Happiness" were probably going to be on the same record, I thought: 'Why not point the whole album toward the grave?'" -- Space City Rock interview

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1999-01-30 - CD Exchange - Bloomington, IN