New Britain | |
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Album |
Full Force Galesburg |
Released |
1997 |
Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
Length |
2:36 |
Next Track |
"Snow Owl" |
New Britain is the first song on the album Full Force Galesburg.
Lyrics[]
You've had it up to here with my west country talk You can hardly understand a word I say The shortest tree around here is a hundred feet tall It's gonna rain today I try and tell you secrets 'til my face turns blue I am not getting through to you All the way across the ocean They're gathering their strength again Lining up along the country's length again This morning I know who you are This morning I know who you are On the river, the sun is bright gold And the things you try to say to me make my blood run cold But I hold you anyway And we stare into the sun all day And you're about to leave again I've learned to read your movements And I'm learning how to read your mind The sun climbs the sky for us above the Mississippi And I can feel you in my arms, but you're hardly even with me This morning I know who you are This morning I know who you are
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 1997-03-xx - New York University - New York, NY
- 2008-11-09 - Webster Hall - New York, NY
- 2009-03-24 - Pearl Street - Northampton, MA
- 2014-02-28 - Rangos Ballroom - Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
- 2015-06-02 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
Full Force Galesburg |
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Track list: "New Britain" • "Snow Owl" • "West Country Dream" • "Masher" • "Chinese House Flowers" • "Ontario" • "Down Here" • "Twin Human Highway Flares" • "Weekend in Western Illinois" • "US Mill" • "Song for the Julian Calendar" • "Maize Stalk Drinking Blood" • "Evening in Stalingrad" • "Minnesota" • "Original Air-Blue Gown" • "It's All Here in Brownsville" |