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Going to Lubbock
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The Mountain Goats
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he drove north out of dallas on a tuesday afternoon
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the summer wind was sweet in his mouth
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as the engine whistled a solitary tune
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ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere
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among the rocks and the tumbleweeds and the dust
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he popped the trunk and he pulled out a shovel
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and pumped the dull blade through the earth's tough crust
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when he dug up the human skull that was bigger than a basketball
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he took one step back
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he took one step back
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into the sunlight
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he stood there by the roadside
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underneath the clear blue sky
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and ancient stories ran through his mind
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as the certain detail caught his eye
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there was a pronouned depression along the skull's occipital bone
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space burned in the dry june sun
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and his forehead dripped like an ice cream cone
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he laid the skull down gently in the back seat
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and in his mouth the summer wind was sweet
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he took one step back
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he took one step back
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into the sunlight
the mountain goats - no children
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