Night Light-The Mountain Goats

[ti:Night Light] [ar:The Mountain Goats] [al:Transcendental Youth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.43]Pull my mask so tight [00:02.25] [00:04.30]Til it pinches my skin [00:05.74] [00:08.30]Nerves strung so high [00:09.30] [00:11.43]I am a mandolin [00:12.75] [00:14.18]Jenny calls from Montana [00:15.80] [00:18.19]She's only passing through [00:19.18] [00:21.68]Probably never see her again in this life I guess [00:23.93] [00:25.56]Not sure what I'm gonna do [00:26.56] [00:28.24]Plug a night light in [00:29.56] [00:31.50]Leave the porch light on [00:32.56] [00:34.93]Because the small dark corners have designs on me [00:39.56] [00:41.93]Live like an outlaw [00:42.99] [00:45.70]Clutching gold coins in his claw [00:47.07] [01:04.28]Room full of ambitious young policemen [01:05.78] [01:07.35]Everybody trying to make his mark [01:08.86] [01:10.52]I was a red dot blinking on a screen up overhead [01:13.45] [01:15.09]And then the room went dark [01:16.02] [01:17.90]Dream of maybe waking up someday [01:19.69] [01:21.37]And wanting you less than I do [01:22.75] [01:24.75]This is a dream though [01:27.19] [01:28.84]It's never gonna come true [01:29.78] [01:31.72]Plug a night light in [01:32.72] [01:34.97]Leave the porch light on [01:36.16] [01:38.47]Because the small dark corners are establishing a colony [01:42.60] [01:45.54]Live like an outlaw [01:46.54] [01:48.90]Clutching gold coins in his claw [01:50.00] [02:18.62]Can't ever set aside the sweetness [02:19.81] [02:21.63]Of the days before the crews put up the border [02:23.44] [02:26.43]Fields full of wet rain [02:27.62] [02:29.06]Cling tight to their memory forever [02:30.50] [02:32.64]Think about Montana when I close my eyes [02:34.32] [02:36.44]Possibly Jenny's headed east [02:37.50] [02:39.50]Count a couple of stray hopes outloud [02:41.12] [02:43.44]May their numbers one day be increased [02:44.81] [02:46.62]Plug a night light in [02:47.50] [02:50.02]Leave the porch light on [02:51.14] [02:53.46]Because the small dark corners breathe like heavy animals [02:57.89] [03:00.57]Live like an outlaw [03:01.64] [03:03.79]Clutching gold coins in his claw