Mountain Goats, The - Alpha Desperation March Lyrics

I'm coming in
Try to stop me
Push furniture in front of the door
It only gives me something to push against
In the full heat of the summer's day
You're telling me to go away
But you owe me eight thousand dollars
And I could use it
I'm only getting stronger
You may have noticed
But a head full of memories
Propels me ever forward
And in the living room
I don't see where you are
But the back door's locked
So you can't have gone far
And eight thousand dollars is a whole lot of money
And I could use it
Could be that it's my imagination
But I think I hear you now
So come out, come out
Wherever you are
Ollie ollie ollie ollie ollie ollie oxen free
See, I'm perfectly aware
Of where our love stands
But the plain fact is that you owe me eight grand
If it helps to jog your memory
I lent it to you one Tuesday
When we were drinking

How old were you when you found out that Atom and His Package didn't write this song? I was today days old, which is quite old, because I remember who Atom and His Package was, and he's old.

someone please get this man his $8000

That's $8000 in 90s dollars, too.

this is the one where I first noticed and started to appreciate the subtle misdirection jd uses so often in his songs.

suredoloveya I'd never really thought of it that way until now, but it's one of the things I love about JD. All my favourite songs of his present themselves initially as being about something different than they actually are. This is a great example.

Wow an Atom and His Package cover song.

other way round

the best ever indie/folk rock/lo fi band in the world <3

amazing track. the alpha couple at it again

I heard this song so long ago and never knew who it was and many years later fell on love with the mountain goats never knowing they were the original artists

do we have any idea where the clip at the end comes from?