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Track #2 on The Mountain Goats‘ ninth studio album The Sunset Tree.
Young John narrates this song, describing his cluttered, dysfunctional household. He addresses the song to his girlfriend at the time, who, unlike everyone else in his life, knew about his situation and was there to help him throug...
[Verse 1]
'36 Hudson in the garage
All sorts of junk in the unattached spare room
Dishes in the kitchen sink
New straw for the old broom
[Chorus 1]
Friends who don't have a clue
Well-meaning teachers
But down in your arms, in your arms
I am a wild creature
[Verse 2]
Floor two-foot high with newspapers
White carpet thick with pet hair
Half-eaten gallons of ice cream in the freezer
Fresh fuel for the sodium flares
[Chorus 2]
I write down good reasons to freeze to death
In my spiral ring notebook
But in the long tresses of your hair
I am a babbling brook
Broom People was written by John Darnielle.
Broom People was produced by John Vanderslice.
The Mountain Goats released Broom People on Tue Apr 26 2005.