The Mountain Goats - Weekend in western illinois

The ^Dland's opening up like a ^Gblanket And the ^Ddandelions spread themselves ^Gthickly out A^Dlong the fields, which ^Aare, evidently, ^Dendless And we are ^Dhotly in love with one ^Ganother We've got an ^Dunquenchable thirst in our ^Gthroats We are, for ^Dsome reason, all the time ^Ableeding D N.C. We are friendless

^D And we love these ^Gdogs That ^Droll on the lawns here in ^GGalesburg ^D Because they seem to know ^Asomething nobody else ^Dknows It is ^Dwritten in the smiles on their ^Gfaces And it ^Drings in their high young ^Gvoices We are ^Dburning up all of our ^Achoices up here Where the ^Gtall grass grows Up here in ^DGalesburg

The ^Dsky's opening up like an ^Gold wound And the ^Drain on our bodies is ^Gwarm tonight And the ^Dground underneath us ^Ashakes in the cracking ^Dthunder We can ^Dtaste fresh blood in our ^Gmouths again There is ^Dno chance of getting ^Genough of it And we ^Dtally up all our po^Asessions, we're going ^Dunder

N.C.

^D Yeah, we love these ^Gdogs that ^Dloll in the rain here in ^GGalesburg ^D As the new season ^Arocks them in its terrible ^Darms They ^Dhowl as if the world were ^Gending As we are ^Dwatching the sky un^Gwinding ^DSome of our promises were ^Gbinding Up here where our ^Adreams take form

Up here in ^DGalesburg ^G Up here in ^DGalesburg