The Mountain Goats Follow

Pull my mask so tight
Till it pinches my skin
Nerves strung so high
I am a mandolin

Jenny calls from Montana
she's only passing through
Probably see her again in this life I guess
Not sure what I'm gonna do

Plug a nightlight in
Leave a porchlight on
Because the small dark corners have designs me

Live like an outlaw
Clutching gold coins in his claw

Room full of ambitious young policemen
Everybody trying to make his mark
I was a red dot blinking on the screen up ahead
And then the room went dark

Dream of waking up someday
and wanting you less than I do
This is a dream though
it's never gonna come true

Plug a night light on
Leave the porch light on
Because the small dark corners are establishing a colony

Live like an outlaw
Clutching gold coins in his claw

Can't ever set aside the sweetness of the days
Before the crews up the border
Fields full of wet rain, cling tight to their memory forever
Think about Montana when I close my eyes
Possibly Jenny's headed east

Count a couple stay hopes out loud
May their numbers one day be increased

Plug a nightlight in
Leave the porchlight on
Because the small dark corners cluster like animals

Live like an outlaw
Clutching gold coins in his claw