Passaic 1975 - The Mountain Goats

Write something down in illegible script

As we’re approaching the landing strip

New Gibson SG, inlaid with pearl

Tonight Passaic, tomorrow the world

In a Holiday Inn by a nameless river

Renew the assault on my lungs and my liver

And while I’m waiting for the company man

Slip on my kimono that I bought in Japan

Tell the crowd, tell the world

I want everyone to get high

Tell the press, tell the cameras

I want everyone to get high

And the tech crew in Memphis has a present for me

A screen that scrolls lyrics

Like the ones they have on TV

The deluxe model

One of only four thousand made

Black out that night in front of ten thousand paid

In the back lounge, in between stops

Contingency plans in case the new one flops

Sometimes I wake up coughing up blood

Tonight Indianapolis, tomorrow the flood

Tell the person next to you

I want everyone to get high

Tell your boss, tell your mother

I want everyone to get high

Get high