Third Snow Song

Third Snow Song
Album	Philyra
Released	1994
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	1:45
Next Track	"The Monkey Song"

Third Snow Song is the first song on the single Philyra. It was re-released on the compilation Protein Source of the Future...Now!.

Lyrics

In January, I took the short walk
Down to the Broadway Bridge
Two and a half blocks
When you scrape the ice away
You can read the bridge dedication
I could feel the cold air coming in through my teeth
I saw the bridge, I saw the water underneath
That's a whole lot of water
That's a whole lot of water

I took out the key that I'd forgotten the function of
Twisted it from the keyring as the bridge loomed above
I hammered it against the ice
I hammered it against the ice

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "Has anybody here ever lived in the snow? Yeah. Well, this song is for y'all. 'Cause I'm in Iowa right now, that's where I've lived for the past three years and I've never leaving, they'll have to pry my cold body out of there, but... I stopped over in Cincinnati, dude, six feet of snow one night in Cincinnati. So tonight when you go to bed, thank your God or whichever forces you believe control your life that you are not in Cincinnati right now. This is called 'Third Snow Song'." -- 1998-02-06 - Cow Haus - Tallahassee, FL
• Also see Snow Song.

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1996-01-18 - WNUR Session - Evanston, IL
• 1997-06-20 - The Black Cat - Washington, D.C.
• 1998-02-06 - Cow Haus - Tallahassee, FL
• 1998-04-12 - Brownie's - New York City, NY
• 2003-10-03 - Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR
• 2015-11-19 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
• 2024-03-03 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR
• 2024-08-02 - Phantom Power - Millersville, PA

Videos of this Song

• 2015-11-19 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
• 2024-03-03 - Aladdin Theater - Portland, OR