Blalock's Indie/Rock Playlist: May
The Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice Lyrics

Advancing Army Clip In the windless snow the snowflakes on my lips so I walked…
Columns Pillars Steps Steps, Pillars, Columns try to lie, try to lie still and j…
Columns Steps Pillars Steps, Pillars, Columns try to lie, try to lie still and j…
Lucifer Rising call me the running man call me Alachua county bill call me…
Satori in Denver Speed down 24 toward the city for supplies Technically out o…
See America Right I was driving up from Tampa When the radiator burst I was…
Steps Columns Pillars Steps, Pillars, Columns try to lie, try to lie still and j…
Sudden Oak Death lose a little feeling in my fingers gain an edge of…

1 John 4:16 In the holding tank I built for myself it's feeding…
1 Samuel I became a crystal healer and my ministry was to…
15-1 if I had a car and you were riding in…
Abandoned Flesh Robert Smith is secure at his villa in France Any child…
Abide With Me Abide with me Fast falls the eventide The darkness deepens, …
Absolute Lithops Effect After one long season of waiting After one long season of…
Adair i got my eye on the scar it runs clear from…
Against Agamemnon Red, red, red everywhere Bright red all along the thin canv…
Against Pollution When I worked down at the liquor store Guy with a…
Age of Kings Halls of the stone tower in the foothills Why should we…
Alabama Nova your house is depressing your house is dirty why don't you c…
Alagemo The new rose floating on water in the old plain…
Alibi I got off work just past eleven Laid one finger to…
All Up The Seething Coast I eat a couple Milky Ways for breakfast I take my…
Alpha Desperation March i'm coming in. try to stop me. push furniture in front of…
Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina i hear you starting up again i see you standing on…
Alpha Gelida popcorn was snapping in the hot oil on the kitchen…
Alpha in Tauris my hand brushes against the lock of hair that hangs…
Alpha Incipiens the morning comes to a stuttering halt the cool breeze that…
Alpha Negative The house was pretty and the yard was wide And I…
Alpha Omega On the morning you went away The air was humid and…
Alpha Rats Nest Ah, the lengthening hours in the refinery Belching fire int…
Alpha Sun Hat you say again that nothing's wrong i'd really like to play…
Alphabetizing The summer crawled by indetectably. And then i saw you look…
Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive Do every…
An Antidote for Strychnine Dig around in the garbage Save up some halibut bones in…
Andrew Eldritch Is Moving Back to Leeds There's indifference on the wind But a faint gust of hope At…
Animal Mask Eighteen-man steel cage free-for-all Through the noise I hea…
anti-music song i saw you on tv doing a bad imitation of van…
are you cleaning off the stone I′d like to begin by saying that I saw you…
Are You Cleaning Off the Stone? I'd like to begin by saying that i saw you…
Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review (One, two, three, four) Just imagine a time and place Senti…
As Many Candles As Possible When stray dogs finally catch you in the alley You don't…
Attention All Pickpockets And... the new song, which has no title as of…
Autoclave Hand me your hand, let me look in your eyes As…
Azo Tle Nelli in Tlalticpac i was sitting in the street when the news came…
Baboon The sun came up above a strange, white plain Blood-red flow…
Bad Priestess when i see you in your new blue jeans i know…
Balance Two tall glasses of sweet iced tea, underneath the sweet…
Beach House I get letters telling me since I moved away you've taken…
Beautiful Gas Mask Come hard through the fog Blindfolded and bound 'Til we stan…
Before I Got There The acrid smell of burning branches The relics all in ruin B…
Bell Swamp Connection Toward the tail-end of the age that's almost finished Where …
Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton The Best Ever Death Metal Band out of Denton was a…
Billy the Kid's Dream of the Magic Shoes Hang me out to dry. They're gonna hang me out to…
Birth of Serpents Let the camera pull back 'til the fullness of the…
Black Molly black mollies in the aquarium, darting back and forth as tho…
Blood Royal i remembered you. i remembered where you'd come from. i re…
Blueberry Frost When you saw the evening star Shining in the freezing sky …
Bluejays And Cardinals Bluejays and cardinals all come out to play The highway tra…
Blues In Dallas will I see you there when the final trumpet blows will I…
Born Ready [spoken:] c'mon william I'm going to see you in san jose. …
Broom People '36 Hudson in the garage All sorts of junk in the…
Cadaver Sniffing Dog Hustle up the spiral stairs See if anyone's left up there Te…
California Song I know you see mars in the sky tonight I know…
Cao Dai Blowout He came knocking down the streetlights, tearing up the new…
Chanson Du Bon Chose E …
Cheshire County When the sun came up, i got up 'cause you were…
Chinese House Flowers The wax paper that I taped over the windows Melted quick…
Chinese Rifle Song Lay out on the patio, dreaming (2x) And the chinese rifles…
Chino Love Song 1979 and the may sun shone down on california. and the…
Choked Out Diamonds in the firmament All reserves completely spent So…
Clemency for the Wizard King We who train in the way of the blade We who…
Cobra Tattoo sun just clearing the treeline when my day begins. slippery …
Cobscook Bay We're alone most of the time these days. Jill used to…
Coco-Yam Song A neighboring clan went on the attack And stole all the…
Cold Milk Bottle Rainbows shone on the glass Dew drops gathered on the grass…
Collapsing Stars when we hid out behind the risers at he high…
Color in Your Cheeks She came in on the red eye to Dallas, Fort…
Commandante I'm gonna drink more whiskey than Brendan Behan I'm gonna s…
Corsican Mastiff Stride We sail, we sleep, we scry by land We dig a…
Cotton This song is for the rats Who hurled themselves in to…
Crane Picked up a fat, gold watch for you Down where the…
Creature Song i remember the sound of your voice but none of what…
Crows well i went way out North Carolina way to that old…
Cry for Judas Some things you do just to see How bad they'll make…
Cubs In Five They're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon An…
Damn These Vampires Brave young cowboys Of the near north side Mount those bridg…
Dance Music alright I'm on johnson avenue in san luis obispo and I'm…
Dark in Here Steal away at sundown, pick a place to hide Check for…
Deianara Crush one day in september you come here. you pull my head…
Deuteronomy 2:10 The sun above me and a concrete floor below Scratch at…
Dilaudid the reception's gotten fuzzy. the delicate balance has shift…
Dilaudid (Marrtronix version) The reception's gotten fuzzy The delicate balance has shifte…
Dinu Lipatti's Bones We stank of hair dye and ammonia We sealed ourselves away…
Dirty Old Town I met my love by the gas works wall Dreamed a…
Distant Stations I found an old rock in the dry dirt outside the door…
Doc Gooden Wheels down in Seattle Three years ago in this town They sen…
Don't Take the Dogs Away Don't take the dogs away. Don't take that dog away from…
Done Bleeding Recite the songs that kept me whole On the day I…
Down Here On Venus it rains sulphuric acid And the raindrops evaporat…
Downtown Seoul There was a new song on the air I saw you…
Duke Ellington The light hit the rings Glimmering on his fingers The ligh…
Dutch Orchestra Blues Somewhere in secret, the dutch orchestra's playing. Somewhe…
Early Spring The pictures that you paint Aren't as pretty as they once…
Earth Air Water Trees through the shifting colors in the sky i heard the wild…
Eleven Bands Follow the grass up the mountain up the foot of…
Elijah Streak the windows Smear the walls with coconut oil, yeah …
Estate Sale Sign Crude little wooden idols And aviator shades The trinkets an…
Evening In Stalingrad When you were 19, I first laid eyes on you The…
Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace The clouds explode and then the desert blooms Someone will …
Faithless Bacchant Song Somewhere in the damn forest... Where the fat pines look li…
Fall Of The Star High School Running Back Sophomore year You rushed for an average of eight and a…
Family Happiness As we cruised across The Canadian border You reached into …
Fault Lines Down here where the heat's so fine I'll drink to your…
Feed This End ok come here you what? I want you to be my love slave ye…
Fire Editorial Two blinded in Detroit! Something must be done Jaws dropping…
First Few Desperate Hours Bad luck comes in from Tampa Bad luck comes in from…
Flashing Lights I am wearing a white long-sleeve button-down The pink color…
Flight 717: Going to Denmark your bright eyes render all discussion pointless your brigh…
FM hurry the bottle mama. it's grapefruit wine. kick off your h…
For Charles Bronson Catch a lucky break, try to make it last Rig a…
For the Krishnacore Bands Set the spectrum for the greyscale, that's better Favorite b…
Foreign Object Whipped like a dog, down on the cards Square in the…
Four New Trees The first new tree is tall and good. It gives hard…
Fresh Berries for You The world's overrun with new shades of green, And the dandel…
Full Flower I saw the ceiling spin And I saw the room shift And…
Game Shows Touch Our Lives Dug up a fifth of Hood River gin That stuff tastes…
Genesis 19: 1-2 the girl who'd been haunting your dreams all your life the…
Genesis 30:3 For several days the visitors were here We saw them turned…
Genesis 3:23 House up in Clear Lake where I used to live Picked…
Get Famous You were born for these flashing lights You were born for…
Get High and Listen to The Cure This is called get 'High And Listen To The Cure' Roman's…
Get Lonely I will rise up early and dress myself up nice and…
Ghosts I went down yale today Just in the old way A black…
Going Invisible 2 Look in the center where the cinders blaze Sift through the…
Going to Alaska The jacaranda are wet with color, and the heat is a…
Going To Bangor The ocean wind cold on our lips Wild fern growing, sinking…
Going to Bolivia I cut myself a two-foot switch from some tropical hardwood…
Going to Bridlington stopped by for the coffee and cake that you promised. saw…
Going to Bristol i looked you up and down i liked everything i saw from…
going to catalina i hear you starting up again i seee you standing on…
Going to Chino I'd like to say hello to all our friends from…
Going to Cleveland We both know you're leaving You just don't want to say…
Going to Georgia The most remarkable thing about coming home to you Is the…
Going to Hungary we touched down in budapest headed straight for the motel r…
Going to Jamaica I saw the last of the brightly colored birds check…
Going to Japan there's a north wind coming in and there's a west wind…
Going to Kansas You were all dressed in green Clouds bounced against the ed…
Going to Kirby Sigston we boarded up the windows. and we sealed the door shut. an…
Going to Lebanon saw your arms hanging at your side nowhere to run to,…
Going to Maine You and me are in a lot of trouble And somebody's…
Going to Malibu When we meet on neutral ground, I can't belive how good…
Going to Maryland the water's real cool and the water's real sweet here's hop…
Going to Mexico I saw you at your window. I saw you in the…
Going to Monaco Spoken: ...the sargeant drop to the ground In the shadow o…
Going to Port Washington The trees were all decked out in their best fall…
Going to Queens The ghostly sing-song Of the children playing double-dutch …
Going to Reykjavik I've been drinking that coffee you sent me from Thailand I'…
Going to Santiago Big birds in the trees Cars locked and i've lost…
Going to Scotland There was a barn owl trapped in the rafters The ground…
Going to Spain it's heaven up here, but it's heaven down there! and you'r…
Going to Tennessee baseball season will be starting soon. but we have no baseb…
Going to Wisconsin there was the sound of a lake boiling over on that…
Golden Boy *hello there paul. i had a take and i listend…
Golden Jackal Song well I swung through town shining like a new quarter felt …
Grendel's Mother the cave mouth shines by pure force of will i look down…
Hair Match You'll be maybe lunging for the bad guy's hip No one…
Half Dead it was raining outside, so I cleaned house today. spent half…
Hand Ball I am the dry meat that fills the mouth I am…
Harlem Roulette Unknown engines underneath the city Steam pushing up in bil…
Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod you are sleeping off your demons when I come home. spittle b…
Hatha Hill as the sun went away, you were sending out signals. you had…
Have to Explode Tile floor of the bathroom, scrubbed clean and bright Check…
Hebrews 11:40 Masks hanging on the tomb walls where the coven grieves Wit…
Heel Turn 2 Get stomped like a snake Lie down in the dirt Cling to…
Heights When the seashells crumbled in your hand, you looked up…
Hellhound on My Trail Gotta keep moving, gotta keep moving Blues falling down lik…
Hello There Howard the guy on my right is new and he says he…
Heretic Pride Well they come and pull me from my house And they…
High Doses #2 we all woke up that morning, claw marks on our little…
High Hawk Season I heard the wings beat on the wind tonight As the…
Historiography There was rain, there was wind There was spring coming in …
Home Again Garden Grove Wipe down the windshields and roll down the windows Let's g…
Horseradish Road The way that everybody's voice Comes out muffled when they …
Hotel Road Thirty story hotel overlooking the sea Friends on either ar…
How to Embrace a Swamp Creature Got out of bed, could not remember my own name Condemned…
I Corinthians 13: 8-10 we heard the rats in the rafters scurry by and we…
I Know You've Come To Take My Toys Away Sun flashing red and then orange then opting for secession …

and many more tracks by The Mountain Goats.

06. Nikki Oh Nikki You know that guy Who stole your girlfriend Away from you …
09. Coming And Going On Easy Terms Window seats on bullet trains Smear land into sky Fear and s…
151 Rum All alone on the third floor of a second home Do…
424 You know it's the time So goodbye for now I crudely descend …
Advancing Army Clip In the windless snow the snowflakes on my lips so I walked…
After It Ends After it ends Pack the cordite Wrap the cords right …
Ambition forget about suzzanne she's with some other man don't worr…
Amitriptyline So long, goodbye By order of the pasadena court So long, goo…
And What Did You Do Today And what did you do today? And what did you do…
Angela Angela Don't be mad There's something I've got to tell you…
Behold a Pale Horse From the haunts of daily life Where is waged the daily…
Big Band Stars We set out in tennis shoes, Ski jackets and driving gloves …
Bill Gates Must Die Teeny tiny little teens Keep pouring out of my machine I jus…
Bill_Gates_Must_Die Teeny tiny little teens Keep pouring out of my machine I j…
C & O Canal we said goodbyes at the banks of the C & O…
Carina Constellation summer had to go and with it that evening glow we swung…
Central Booking I got your letter with the stamp of Godard I'll never…
Columns Pillars Steps Steps, Pillars, Columns try to lie, try to lie still and j…
Coming and Going on Easy Terms Window seats on bullet trains Smear land into sky Fear and s…
Confusion Boats my bed was floating in the ocean a swarming jellyfish pulle…
Continuation How could the killer keep killing Now that the killer's dead…
Convict Lake At Convict Lake, we staked our tent When the wind…
Cool Purple Mist Late spring rain, cool purple mist Strawberries big as a ba…
CRC 7173 Affectionately we all have to fall, but why so fast and…
crc7173 affectionately We all have to fall But why so fast and so…
D.I.A.L.O the longer I'm out here the more I forget who I…
D.I.A.L.O. The longer I'm out here More I forget who I was The…
Damage Control I remember when we first met On the Great Salt…
Dead Slate Pacific At my low point I went to a professional He asked me…
Dear Sarah Shu Dear sarah shu, I leave for you All I knew about this…
Do You Remember Do you remember the man? Standing in front of the tanks…
Emma Pearl Snowbound for another day, Sunrise failed and faded away Now…
Everything Changed I heard the sound, Dull smash of shatterproof glass, Every…
Exodus Damage I'll see you next fall At another gun show I'll call the…
Ext The rains held off but the clouds push down like…
Farewell Transmission Hold on Hold on Your dad didn't know the age of the…
Fetal Horses today elise today you could be almost anywhere your boost …
Fiend in a Cloud My mother groaned My father wept Into the dangerous world I …
Foothills of My Mind fear is there any other way to give yourself away my beac…
Forest Knolls we were unprepared by rights we should have been aware wit…
From Out Here From out here I can see the boardwalk's fluttering lights An…
Gainesville Fla I was born in a summer storm Grass was cold but…
Gaslight I drank deep from the cup
I drank for all of…
Greyhound I'm back from the coast I couldn't make it alone All the…
Gruesome Details leave the TV on and tell me again why you left…
Hard Times Oh that summer with you I clearly remember We…
Harlequin Press At the harlequin press I met a girl in a blue…
Heated Pool and Bar My cousin is in columbia Hunting down the rebels Over fields…
Henry Ford Gymnasium I stood just outside the lines of the Henry Ford gymnasium…
How the West Was Won the hand that cut this body i'd like to know the…
I'll Never Live Up to You When they laid you out, on the metal table They got…
I'll Wait For You I’ll wait for you I’ll wait for you it’s nothing you can’t…
If I Live or If I Die Little fly Your summers play My thoughtless hand Has brus…
Josie Anderson josie anderson josie anderson joy, pain, incomprehension…
June July June July I went home to live with my mom At…
Karma Police Karma Police, arrest this man He talks in maths, he buzzes…
Keep the Dream Alive One, two, three, five, The night is only half alive The cu…
Kookaburra Lightning shot from the sky It breathed life into every, ev…
Lay Down I haven't seen you around Since security had your face…
Letter to the East Coast Being Joan Crawford at 21 Was easy Living in new haven in…
Little Boy Lost Dad, where are you going to? Don't walk away so fast Talk…
Little Lost Boy Dad, where are you going to? Don't walk away so fast Talk…
Lucifer Rising call me the running man call me Alachua county bill call me…
Lunar Landscapes Run with me We'll ride over the great cliffs Into the sea w…
Mansion At dawn I walked across my front lawn Humming some bloodyin…
Me and My 424 You know it's the time So goodbye for now I crudely descend …
Moon Rocks Let me go, let me go I need to learn to…
My Family Tree Dad, I watched you fall And split your head on the…
My Old Flame My old flame, my wife, Poor ghost old love My old flame,…
New Zealand Pines Golden gate park We walked our Mondays there Safe inside our…
Nikki O Nikki You know that guy Who stole your girlfriend Away from you In…
Nikki Oh Nikki You know that guy Who stole your girlfriend Away from you …
North Coast Rep In the last known photograph
Of you and me sprawled on…
Numbered Lithograph When you left me at the table to go to…
Oblivion I took a blow to the head mechanical pencil filled with…
Pale Horse From the haunts of daily life Where is waged the daily…
Parade Be calm, be quiet As your mom walks by Be calm, be…
Peacocks in the Video Rain You can tell a cable from a tourniquet When 10,000 12-year-…
Penthouse Window There's a side to me that you'll never ever see Oh…
Plymouth Rock Being Joan Crawford at 21 Was easy Living in new haven in…
Pony Express It's so late and I'm so tired I started out…
Promising Actress In the seconds between the safety unlocks and the shot, The…
Radiant With Terror Back and forth and back and forth Goes the tock of…
Raw Wood One day the paint will be stripped right off Your…
Romanian Names They took you away at three to teach you a craft…
Sea Salt Sun shines on the Gaza Strip Smiles on the back…
Sleep It Off You were gone a long time
I followed you dear all…
Song For Dana Lok The red band stretches out
Across the farallones dagger beac…
Song For David Berman They closed the road to Laramie
Slowly it came rain then…
Sonogram A heartbeat on a gray screen
On and on and on…
Spectral Dawn -Hey, is Audrey working tonight? -No, she’s off -Is Audrey w…
Speed Lab Speed lab, speed lab On the edge of an artichoke farm We…
Streetlights I booked a room up on the 31st and climbed…
Summer Stock Ever since the world began Kids were kids and men…
Sunken Union Boat Out past the Levy county line Coffee black Suwannee river b…
Tablespoon of Codeine There's a guy from the Sun Tribune staking out my house…
The Kingdom I was stranded in the hospital ward again if they pick…
The Mansion At dawn I walked across my front lawn humming some bloodyin…
The Minaret It’s the end of spring and light hangs on Dripping over ge…
The Parade Be calm, be quiet As your mom walks by Be calm, be…
The Piano Lesson It's 2 and 4 Which side are you on? There…
The Tower I’m staying now in a vacation house It’s, it's all season…
They Won I was born A couple miles from here My family rented me…
Thule Fog I had to go, I was a prisoner Of biology…
Time to Go We pushed the horses as long as we could Over Coolie…
Time Travel Is Lonely Hold on keep it together Hold on No one, no one has…
Too Much Time woke up on the sand and i tied up my sleeping…
Trance Manual Cross the palisade At the holiday inn See the mujahidin barr…
Tremble and Tear Over here I was buried nearly in the snow There's…
Underneath The Leaves All hail the swelling sun As acid seeps and autumn bleeds An…
Up Above the Sea The sun came up Up above the sea The streaming clouds Tore i…
Utah and the Sky over Utah I’m falling for you are you coming with me dear? here comes…
When It Hits My Blood I stole from my mother To hock her TV She locked herself…
White Dove I met my new neighbor Had a drink on her veranda We…
White Plains On the Sunday after the mason dance It�s the one day…
White Wilderness The sky was growing pale So we held on to the…
Wild Strawberries Wholly and totally brave I swam Under dying filipino light F…
Will Call Days are so much more difficult than nights Just crack open…



You Were My Fiji oh we kissed only once, in your stripped out apartment, You …