The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
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I could almost hear the rhythm section
Kick in as the sun began to blaze
I saw you walk across the plaza
Figured I'd just play it like it lays
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I think I'm gonna be real sick again
I think it's gonna happen real soon
And I know I can't afford another night here in this place
With its sixteenth floor view of the ocean and the dunes
And it's gonna be just you and me today
Waiting for the other shoe to drop in Tampa Bay
I can hear the roar of the crowd
In the stadium a couple of blocks away
It's the kind of thing that used to get me all worked up
But I don't want to talk about it now, okay, okay?
Okay
I just want to get this whole thing over with
I don't want to deal with it anymore
I hear the cogs all slipping at the same time
And then I see you walk in through the door
And it's gonna be just you and me today
Waiting for the other shoe to drop in Tampa Bay
The Alphonse Mambo was written by John Darnielle.
The Alphonse Mambo was produced by John Darnielle.
The Mountain Goats released The Alphonse Mambo on Tue Oct 17 2000.
It’s a song about when you’re in a hotel in Southern Florida…. and there’s some big college game going on down the street, or maybe it’s the Bucs, who knows, uh, and, uh, and everything that you were sort of planning on being the single constant in your life is shortly about to fizzle in spectacular...