the Mountain Goats - Wild Sage (Jordan Lake Sessions)

the Mountain Goats play “Wild Sage” for "the Jordan Lake Sessions". Recorded live in studio at Manifold Recording in Pittsboro, NC, on February 27 & 28, 2021. All tour dates on sale now! https://www.mountain-goats.com/tour the Mountain Goats new album ‘Dark In Here’ is out now on Merge Records. https://www.mountain-goats.com/merch Stream: http://smarturl.it/DarkinHere FOLLOW the MOUNTAIN GOATS Facebook:   / mountaingoatsmusic   Twitter:   / mountain_goats   Instagram:   / mountaingoatsmusic   Twitch:   / mountaingoatsmusic   Tour Dates: https://www.mountain-goats.com/tour LYRICS I leave the house as soon as it gets light outside Like a prisoner breaking out of jail And I steal down to business highway 15-501 Like I had a bounty hunter on my tail Somebody stops to pick me up But he drops me off just down the block And along the highway Where the empty spirits breathe Wild sage growing in the weeds Walked down the soft shoulder and I, I count my steps Headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes And I lose my footing I skin my hands, breaking my fall And I laugh to myself And look up at the skies And then I think I hear angels in my ears Like marbles being thrown against a mirror And along the highway Where unlucky stray dogs bleed Wild sage growing in the weeds On some days I don't miss my family On some days I do On some days I think I'd feel better if I tried harder Most days I know that's not true I lay down right where I fell, cold grass in my face And I can hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides And I stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand Until it doesn't sting so much Until the blood's dried And when somebody asks me, "John, are you okay?" I don't know what to say And along the highway From cast-off, innumerable seeds Wild sage growing in the weeds Thank you And now I ask in ernest Does somebody have a cable? I mean, I was still feelin' it #theMountainGoats #WildSage #JordanLakeSessions