This Year-The Mountain Goats

[ti:This Year] [ar:The Mountain Goats] [al:The Sunset Tree] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This Year - The Mountain Goats [00:28.77]I broke free on a Saturday morning [00:32.04]I put the pedal to the floor [00:35.14]Headed north on mills avenue [00:39.03]And listened to the engine roar [00:47.01] [00:56.57]My broken house behind me [00:58.26]And good things ahead [00:59.70]A girl named Cathy [01:01.03]Wants a little of my time [01:03.53]Six cylinders underneath the hood [01:05.79]Crashing and kicking [01:07.06]Aha [01:07.61]Listen to the engine whine [01:09.97]I am going to make it through this year [01:13.22]If it kills me [01:14.71]I am going to make it though this year [01:20.39]If it kills me [01:26.07] [01:37.99]I played video games in a drunken haze [01:41.27]I was seventeen years young [01:44.78]Hurt my knuckles punching the machines [01:47.50]The taste of scotch rich on my tongue [01:54.40] [02:06.06]And then Cathy showed up [02:07.36]And we hung out [02:08.74]Trading swigs from a bottle [02:10.63]All bitter and clean [02:12.48]Locking eyes [02:14.37]Holding hands [02:15.74]Twin high maintenance machines [02:19.33]I am going to make it through this year [02:22.77]If it kills me [02:24.70]I am going to make it though this year [02:29.70]If it kills me [02:32.26]I drove home in the California dusk [02:37.28]I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum [02:40.52]Pictured the look on my stepfather's face [02:43.69]Ready for the bad things to come [02:47.21]I down shifted [02:48.15]As i pulled into the driveway [02:51.06]The motor screaming out [02:52.22]Stuck in second gear [02:53.95]The scene ends badly [02:55.23]As you might imagine [02:56.79]In a cavalcade of anger and fear [03:00.93]There will be feasting and dancing [03:04.59]In Jerusalem next year [03:07.82]I am going to make it through this year [03:11.01]If it kills me [03:12.44]I am going to make it though this year [03:17.87]If it kills me