Yoga

Yoga
Album	Devil in the Shortwave
Released	2002
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:42
Previous Track	"Genesis 19:1-2"
Next Track	"Dirty Old Town"

Yoga is the third song on the EP Devil in the Shortwave.

Lyrics

We had our passports out and the kits to fix 'em up with
And the hurricane lamp threw our shadows on the ceiling
I watched them box with one another up there, Punch and Judy
It was lovely, it was awful, it was that kind of feeling

When you said it was real sure 
That there was nothing standing in our way
And the lie ran off and hid itself in the alleys 
All across Bombay

I saw you knock the lamp over while reaching for the scissors
And I wondered how we'd ever get by without it
And you fell into my arms then, sweet and gentle
Poison in the water, little doubt about it

And you said that one of us 
Would be all alone someday
And the truth of it echoed inexhaustibly
Up and down the thoroughfares all across Bombay

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "...a New Zealand indie pastiche" -- 2023-06-23 Facebook post announcing the EP's release on streaming platforms

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1998-04-12 - Brownie's - New York City, NY
• 1998-07-31 - The Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
• 1999-01-27 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
• 2002-03-10 - The Green Room - Iowa City, IA
• 2015-10-02 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN
• 2015-10-03 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC
• 2015-10-04 - Saturn - Birmingham, AL
• 2015-10-05 - 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
• 2015-10-07 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 2015-10-08 - The Beacham Theatre - Orlando, FL
• 2015-10-10 - The Orpheum - Tampa, FL
• 2024-10-07 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA