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Track #12 from The Mountain Goats‘ fifteenth studio album Beat the Champ.
The story of Bull Ramos is a tale of an old and dying wrestler holding on to the “good old days”
Drive a great big truck
When I'm old, when I'm old
Haul the wrecks down to the wreck yard
Help the boys unload
Keep my hair nice and long
Because I can, because I can
Any of my old friends who have no place to turn to
They know to call me anytime they come through
Never die, never die
Stand with a bullwhip in my hand
And rise, rise
In the desert sand
Work days, work nights
Finally get laid up
By a piece of broken glass
On the floor of the shop
And the doctor recognizes me
As the operating theater goes dim
Aren't you that old wrestler with the bullwhip?
Yes sir, that's me, I'm him
Get around fine on one leg
Lose a kidney, then go blind
Sit on my porch in Houston
Let the good times dance across my mind
Never die, never die
Stand with a bullwhip in my hand
And rise, rise
Surrounded by friends
The Ballad of Bull Ramos was written by John Darnielle.
The Ballad of Bull Ramos was produced by Brandon Eggleston.
The Mountain Goats released The Ballad of Bull Ramos on Tue Apr 07 2015.
John Darnielle before playing this song at City Winery in New York, NY on April 11, 2015:
“There’s a thing about the minor villain wrestlers from the local territories that was great because you’d be really scared of them and their powers, but you’d go to another territory and nobody’s ever heard o...