Sourdoire Valley Song

Sourdoire Valley Song
Album	All Eternals Deck
Released	2011
Artist	the Mountain Goats
Length	3:38
Previous track	"Prowl Great Cain"
Next track	"Outer Scorpion Squadron"

Sourdoire Valley Song is the ninth song on the album All Eternals Deck. This song also appears as a demo on All Survivors Pack as the seventh track.

Lyrics

Bang the small rocks on the big ones
Til the small ones are sharp and clean
Catch something, kill something
New blade cuts real keen

And then the grass grows up to cover up
The firepit and the forge
Half a world away from the Olduvai Gorge

Chew these roots for a toothache
Chew these ones for atmosphere
Dream the pleasant dreams
 that people dream
When they grow up down here

And then the grass grows up to cover up
The firepit and the forge
Half a world away from the Olduvai Gorge

Take care of the old man
See if he's in pain
Have somebody stay with him
Comfort him when he complains

Keep to ourselves mostly
Few friends and fewer closer friends
Lead a long life if you're lucky
Hope it never ends

And then the grass grows up to cover up
The firepit and the forge
Half a world away from the Olduvai Gorge

Things Referenced in this Song

• Sourdoire Valley is the location of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints cave, site of the first-ever recognized Neanderthal burial.[1]

Live Shows this Song Was Played at

All Eternals Deck

Track list: "Damn These Vampires" • "Birth of Serpents" • "Estate Sale Sign" • "Age of Kings" • "The Autopsy Garland" • "Beautiful Gas Mask" • "High Hawk Season" • "Prowl Great Cain" • "Sourdoire Valley Song" • "Outer Scorpion Squadron" • "For Charles Bronson" • "Never Quite Free" • "Liza Forever Minnelli" Bonus tracks: "Brisbane Hotel Sutra" • "Used to Haunt" All Survivors Pack: "Catherine Antrim’s Kid" • "Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece"