Baboon

by The Mountain Goats

From the album: The Coroner's Gambit

Track 6 of 16 on The Coroner's Gambit (2000).

Duration: 02:16

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Lyrics for Baboon

The sun came up above the strange white plain Blood red flowers all wet with rain And the spirit wasn't really willing anymore, but the flesh was very, very strong And I've got very little money left and I've got no sense But I'll have none of your goddamned impudence The sun came up above the new white fields Everything was new again Pure power stripped of meaning Sky burning, spring cleaning Daisies on the hillside like cancer on the skin Pretty little yellow eyes that flutter in the wind I'd be grateful my children aren't here here to see this If you'd ever seen fit to give me children And my defenses may be working with a skeleton crew But I'll be skinned alive before I'll take this from you The sun came up above the ocean out west All the colors of the rainbow Stand up straight, you can see the house leaning Day breaking, spring cleaning

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  2. Elijah
  3. Trick Mirror
  4. Island Garden Song
  5. The Coroner's Gambit
  6. Baboon
  7. Scotch Grove
  8. Horseradish Road
  9. Family Happiness
  10. Onions
  11. Bluejays and Cardinals
  12. Shadow Song
  13. There Will Be No Divorce
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  15. The Alphonse Mambo
  16. We Were Patriots