Tulsa Imperative is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats. John Darnielle could not get a good take of the song within a day after he wrote it, so (as per usual at the time) he decided not to release it. However, Peter Hughes enjoyed the song enough to record a version of it for his band DiskothiQ's first album, The Wandering Jew, in 1994.[1] It appears as the ninth song on the 2022 live album The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volume 5.
Lyrics[]
Your momma's failed wheat field Was a good place to lie down together Three weeks deep into the guts of summer We sweat like hogs, and I felt light as a feather I saw a disk-like object Reflected in your eye And the noise grew louder As we looked up to the sky And the sleek silver body Had lights along the side And the sleek silver body Had lights all underneath I remember the warm air Blowing in our faces I remember the heat Running through me There was no one worth telling There was nothing we could do, and I was Real quiet as I lifted the keys from the kitchen table I was looking right at you And your hand brushed against mine And and it shook me inside as All along the night sky I watched our futures collide And the car's new headlights Cut through the darkness As the oil dripped silently To the pavement underneath I remember the warm air Burning our faces I remember the heat Running through me
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 1995-04-20 - Magasin 4 - Brussels, Belgium
- 1996-02-25 - Tower Musikclub - Bremen, Germany
- 1996-08-30 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY
- 1996-11-18 - The Wag Club - London, England
- 1996-11-22 - Slattery's - Dublin, Ireland
- 1997-03-02 - KJHK-Lawrence Session - Lawrence, KS
- 1997-06-21 - Tokyo Rose - Charlottesville, VA
- 1997-11-14 - University of Wisconsin Student Union - Madison, WI
- 1998-02-06 - Cow Haus - Tallahassee, FL
- 2007-09-25 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, Ontario
- 2007-10-01 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
- 2007-11-29 - NYU Kimmel Center - New York, NY
- 2007-12-08 - Union Chapel - London, England
- 2009-10-10 - Queen Elizabeth Hall - London, England
- 2010-05-16 - BreastFest - American Theater Company - Chicago, IL
- 2014-06-13 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2016-10-29 - Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
- 2022-08-25 - The Jordan Lake Sessions - Pittsboro, NC
- 2024-05-21 - Bristol Beacon - Bristol, England
- 2024-08-09 - The Mill & Mine - Knoxville, TN
The Jordan Lake Sessions: Volume 5 |
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Track list: "Let Me Bathe in Demonic Light" • "First Blood" • "Mark On You" • "Minnesota" • "Make You Suffer" • "Choked Out" • "Tidal Wave" • "Torch Song" • "Tulsa Imperative" • "The Water Song" • "The Window Song" • "Abandoned Flesh" • "We Do It Different on the West Coast" • "Guys on Every Corner" • "Training Montage" • "Extraction Point" • "Damn These Vampires" • "Wage Wars Get Rich Die Handsome" • "Bleed Out" |