Maize Stalk Drinking Blood

by The Mountain Goats

From the album: Full Force Galesburg

Track 12 of 16 on Full Force Galesburg (1997).

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Lyrics for Maize Stalk Drinking Blood

Lying in the hot sun today Watching the clouds run away Thought a little while about you The sky was a petrifying blue And while the geese flew past For no reason at all, I let the sky fall This is an empty country And I am the king, and I should not be allowed to touch anything I picked myself up off the ground Shook the grass from my hair and I walked around Felt the warm sun in my eye Strangers were passing by I shimmied up the black walnut tree Let the hard blue sky fall right through me And I saw the sad young cardinals trying to sing And I should not be allowed to touch anything

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