v2.0 — The Lost Goat Chapters

. This is dedicated to Samuel Wyatt Price - my partner in this conversation. . The Lost Goat Chapters [Intro] Three hours down a winding road With a van full of folks and a heavy load We started out with somewhere to be And wound up in goat philosophy [Verse 1] Wyatt was there and I was too We had a thing that we had to do But somewhere between here and there A goat got loose in the conversation air We named the trouble, we named the game We gave every goat a proper name And every time that the laughter grew Another damn goat came wandering through [Chorus] Oh, the Lost Goat Chapters Where the hell did they go? We had the whole damn kingdom And we put on quite a show We had the names, we had the numbers We had the wisdom and the laughter But the wheels quit turning And we lost the Lost Goat Chapters [Verse 2] There's a goat you send to get somebody A goat you lose when you get too cocky A goat that stands there, cool as stone While you go home with a goat of your own The Bounce Back Goat was the one we knew You went for his goat, but he got you You came to conquer, you came to provoke And left with your own goat wearing your coat [Chorus] Oh, the Lost Goat Chapters Where the hell did they go? We had the whole damn kingdom And we put on quite a show We had the names, we had the numbers We had the wisdom and the laughter But the wheels quit turning And we lost the Lost Goat Chapters [Verse 3] Now Wyatt might remember one or two Or maybe a goat that nobody knew I sent a message across the land With a little hope and a shaking hand But Wyatt ain't a Facebook fiend He don't document every passing scene He was there when the goats ran wild But he ain't online like a grown-up child [Bridge] Somewhere out there in the Skullards The missing pages wait With a dozen goats in witness protection And a thirteenth tempting fate No court can hear the testimony No scholar can explain Why every road that leads to wisdom Runs straight through a goat's domain [Chorus] Oh, the Lost Goat Chapters Where the hell did they go? We had the whole damn kingdom And we put on quite a show We had the names, we had the numbers We had the wisdom and the laughter But the wheels quit turning And we lost the Lost Goat Chapters [Outro] Three hours down a winding road A van full of folks and a heavy load If Wyatt remembers, let the whole herd gather Till then, my friends— The goats are gone. But the laughter's still here. And the wheels stopped turning. Three hours down a winding road With a van full of folks and a heavy load We started out with somewhere to be And wound up in goat philosophy [Verse 1] Wyatt was there and I was too We had a thing that we had to do But somewhere between here and there A goat got loose in the conversation air We named the trouble, we named the game We gave every goat a proper name And every time that the laughter grew Another damn goat came wandering through [Spoken] Somebody write this shit down next time.