Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Canonical path: /the-mountain-goats/magpie
Related lyric paths: 6
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Magpie
Read Magpie lyrics by The Mountain Goats on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Magpie
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feed the kittens in the kitchen.
set food out for the strays.
try hard to do your best.
the magpie will have his way.
fill your mouth with berries
by the full light of the moon.
work all night if you have to.
the magpie comes at noon.
shore up the crucifixes
above the archways and the doors.
the magpie will come at midday.
and you will go down on all fours.
and when the cherries white with blossoms
be ready and be brave.
and remember what we had here
when there was something left to save.
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The Mountain Goats performs "Magpie", and this lyric page sits inside the The Mountain Goats catalog on LyroVerse.
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