The Mountain Goats
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Track #2 on The Mountain Goats‘ thirteenth full-length album Tallahassee.
It’s about a couple who love each other, but only know how to express it by giving the other more gin and plotting to kill them in their sleep.
In this track (the first one is just a sort of introduction), they’re moving in...
Bad luck comes in from Tampa
Bad luck comes in from Tampa
On the back of a truck
Doing ninety up the interstate
We have bad dreams the night he rolls in
We have bad dreams the night he rolls in
And we try to keep our spirits high
But they flag and they wane
When the truck pulls up out front
In the light spring rain
And they sag like withering flowers
Let the good times roll on
Through these first few desperate hours
Yeah the driver drops his cargo at the curb
The driver drops his cargo at the curb
And the sun peeks in
Like a killer through the curtain
And when cloven hoof prints turn up in the garden
Yeah when cloven hoof prints turn up in the garden
We keep up the good fight
We keep our spirits light
But they drop like flies
And there's a stomach-churning shift
In the way the land lies
And they lean like towers
On a hillside struggling to stand
Through these first few desperate hours
Yeah
First Few Desperate Hours was written by John Darnielle.
First Few Desperate Hours was produced by Tony Doogan.
The Mountain Goats released First Few Desperate Hours on Tue Nov 05 2002.
John Darnielle had this to say before he played this song at The Showbox in Seattle, WA on December 17, 2012:
This is a song about a couple of people who shouldn’t probably have gotten married in the first place. They did… and you were like, hey hey hey hey, it’s always good to see you guys out aro...