This Year (Mountain Goats cover)

from Covered in Mustard by The Hotdog Vendors

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I broke free on a saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
headed north on mills avenue
and listened to the engine roar

my broken house behind me
and good things ahead
a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
aha! listen to the engine whine

i am going to make it through this year if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year if it kills me

i played video games in a drunken haze
i was seventeen years young
hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

and then Cathy showed up and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle
all bitter and clean locking eyes holding hands
twin high maintenance machines

i am going to make it through this year if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year if it kills me

i drove home in the Califonia dusk
i could feel the alcahol inside of me hum
pictured the look on my stepfather's face
ready for the bad things to come

i down shifted as i pulled into the driveway
the motor screaming out stuck in second gear
the scene ends badly as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear

there will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year
i am going to make it through this year if it kills me
i am going to make it though this year if it kills me

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from Covered in Mustard, released May 25, 2013

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