| Waco | |
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Album |
All Hail West Texas (Remastered) |
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Released |
July 23, 2013 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
3:07 |
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Previous Track |
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Waco is a song by The Mountain Goats written for their 2002 album All Hail West Texas, but it failed to make the cut. It was released as a bonus track on the 2013 remastered re-release of the album.
Lyrics[]
Where the dry dust turns the sunset pink Where all summer long it's so hot that you can't think straight Where we pump water from a well by hand Half a world away from the old promised land We understand that we've been given A new covenant, a real sharp one And we spend our days and nights Gaining new appreciation of its finer points And waiting for the dead to rise up from their graves Waiting for Jesus to come along and save us and Biding our time Biding our time Biding our time as best we know how Where the Texas Doughboys used to play Before the wind blew everything away Where we came to get away from our friends Where we'd tell each other jokes waiting for the world to end We know our jokes are funny But in all the wrong ways And we rent old George Romero movies And relish the short time left Waiting for the dead to rise up from their graves Waiting for Jesus to come along and save us, yes Biding our time Biding our time Biding our time as best we know how
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "It's about people and their love for one another, as all the songs are." -- 2003-09-27 - Mercury - Austin, TX
- "Like most of my songs, it's about an apocalyptic cult." -- 2018-08-31 - The Wilbury - Tallahassee, FL
- "This was also the last song on a side, as you'll hear, and I did try tracking it again at the beginning of the other side, because I was fond of the song. But I didn't like the next take as much as I'd liked this one, and that was the end of that. If the song didn't like the rules, it ought to have sought out a less temperamental songwriter. Should George Romero be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom: yes." -- All Hail West Texas (2013 Reissue) liner notes
Things Referenced in this Song[]
- This song is about the Branch Davidians, a religious group known for an infamous government siege of their compound near Waco, Texas resulting in a gun battle and deadly fire.
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 2001-02-10 - The Maintenance Shop - Ames, IA
- 2001-06-23 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2002-03-08 - WNUR Session - Evanston, IL
- 2003-09-27 - Mercury - Austin, TX
- 2016-09-19 - The National - Richmond, VA
- 2017-05-23 - Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN
- 2017-09-15 - The Waiting Room - Omaha, NE
- 2018-08-31 - The Wilbury - Tallahassee, FL
- 2019-07-22 - Asbury Lanes - Asbury Park, NJ
- 2019-11-15 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - London, England
- 2021-08-16 - Meow Wolf - Santa Fe, NM
- 2023-04-17 - Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
Videos of this Song[]
| All Hail West Texas |
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Track list: "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton" • "Fall of the Star High School Running Back" • "Color in Your Cheeks" • "Jenny" • "Fault Lines" • "Balance" • "Pink and Blue" • "Riches and Wonders" • "The Mess Inside" • "Jeff Davis County Blues" • "Distant Stations" • "Blues in Dallas" • "Source Decay" • "Absolute Lithops Effect" |