Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Canonical path: /the-mountain-goats/quito
Related lyric paths: 6
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Quito
Read Quito lyrics by The Mountain Goats on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Quito
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When I receive the blessing I've got coming
I'm going to raise an ice-cold glass of water
And toast the living and the dead who've gone before me
And my head will throb like an old wound reopening
When I get off the bus down there my children
They all are going to greet me at the station
Like gypsies they will dance around me
And the choral droning sound their voices make will saturate the evening
When I get off the wheel I'm going to stop
And make amends to everyone I've wounded
And when I wave my magic wand
Those few who've slipped the surly bonds will rise like salmon at the spawning
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The Mountain Goats performs "Quito", and this lyric page sits inside the The Mountain Goats catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Standard Bitter Love Song #1 and There Will Be No Divorce with a short reason for opening each page next.
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