Are You Cleaning Off the Stone?

Are You Cleaning Off the Stone?
Album	Hot Garden Stomp
Released	1993
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	2:01
Previous track	"Going to Japan"
Next track	"The Hot Garden Stomp"

Are You Cleaning Off the Stone? is the sixth song on The Mountain Goats' fourth cassette, Hot Garden Stomp.

Lyrics

I'd like to begin by saying that I saw you coming
But that would be a lie
I'd like to say that I could hear your voice
But I couldn't mean 'hear' in the accepted sense of the word

Are you cleaning off the stone
That's a sweet thing to do
Are you cleaning off the stone
That's sweet of you

They tell me your hair's gotten much much longer
I bet it looks nice
They tell me your eyes are the same color as they always were
That kind of information just floors me

Are you cleaning off the stone
That's a sweet thing to do
Are you cleaning off the stone
That's sweet of you

Are you cleaning off the stone
That's a sweet thing to do
Are you cleaning off the stone
That's sweet of you

Comments by John Darnielle About this Song

• "It's a really sappy little song. I like it myself." -- 1996-03-23 - Covent Garden Rough Trade - London, England

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

• 1996-03-23 - Covent Garden Rough Trade - London, England