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This Year (The Jordan Lake Sessions Volume 3)
The Mountain Goats
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It uh, it has been a joy to play music for you again
See you tomorrow, I hope we will see you in the actual world soon
And it's gonna be so good, I think about it all the time
I think about it every day
We're gonna see you face to face
One, two, three, go
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I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
Headed north on Mills Avenue
And listened to the engine roar
My broken house behind me, all good things ahead
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
Six cylinders underneath the hood, crashing and kicking
Ahh, listen to the engine whine
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I played video games in a drunken haze
I was seventeen years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
The taste of scotch rich on my tongue, yeah
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And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding hands
Twin high maintenance machines
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I drove home in the California dusk
I could hear the alcohol inside of me hum
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
Ready for the bad things to come
I down-shifted as I turned into the driveway
The motor screaming out, it was stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly, as you might imagine
In a cavalcade of anger and fear
There will be feasting, there will be dancing in Jerusalem next year
I am going to make it through this year
If it kills me
I am going to make it, gonna make it through this year
If it kills me
If it kills me
If it
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Thank you, goodnight
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