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Going to Bolivia Lyrics

john: it is the only appliance that grinds the grain into flour
and kneads the dough in the same container

I cut myself a two-foot switch from some tropical hardwood nearby.
and the sounds of a carnival drifted miraculously
through the air from a thousand miles away.
the monkeys jumped from tree to tree.
it sent a deathly chill through me
in bolivia

wildcats I had never seen claimed places in my room.
animal noises rang through the thick brush like voices from the tomb.
I saw the freshly polished chrome
gleaming in the mid-day sun.
and I knew that you were coming home
to bolivia.

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Cover art for Going to Bolivia lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

ok, I have to say that I dont know why but I hear the girl being off key

Cover art for Going to Bolivia lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

She might be. Remember that this may have been recorded in a hotel room somewhere.

Cover art for Going to Bolivia lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

I feel like the off-keyness gives the song something it couldn't have otherwise. Makes it different.

Cover art for Going to Bolivia lyrics by Mountain Goats, The

is it just me, or does the guy in the beginning sound like casey kasem? i definitely don't think its john

 
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