Leaving Home
The Mountain Goats * Track #31 On Ghana
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- #31Leaving Home
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Leaving Home by The Mountain Goats
Performed by
The Mountain GoatsProduced by
John DarnielleWrited by
John DarnielleAbout
“Leaving Home” was originally released in 1995 on the 7" Cyanide Guilt Trip compilation from Cactus Gum records. It was re-released on the compilation Ghana in 1999.
In the lyrics, the home being left is China. This is a stand in for the home singer-songwriter John Darnielle left; the song was writ...
Leaving Home Lyrics
[Verse 1]
We gathered up our worldly goods
Stole off in the dark as quickly as we could
You were quieting the baby down
When we came to the dock on the outskirts of town
[Refrain]
And looking back we saw China shrinking to the size of a coin
And then we saw water everywhere
[Verse 2]
When we climbed on board
They tied our things together with electrical cord
And then we set sail
As we held on tight to the cold iron rail
And I apologize but I don't know what I love more
You next to me there or the receding shore
We stood there in the cold
And the baby was six months old
We were passing him back and forth
When a cold familiar wind came down from the north
[Refrain]
And looking back we saw China shrinking to the size of a coin
And then we saw water everywhere
Leaving Home Q&A
Who wrote Leaving Home's ?
Leaving Home was written by John Darnielle.
Who produced Leaving Home's ?
Leaving Home was produced by John Darnielle.
What did The Mountain Goats say about "Leaving Home"?
According to the Ghana liner notes:
One of the very few songs I wrote during the six months when I was living in Chicago. I missed California. It seems maudlin to say things out loud, so I made up a whole different set of circumstances with which to surround the feeling. This song, then, is oblique...