This Year - the Mountain Goats video free download

Lyrics:

I broke free on a Saturday morning

I put the pedal to the floor

headed north on Mills Avenue

and listened to the engine roar

my broken house behind me and good things ahead

A girl named Kathy wants a little of my time

Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking

Aha, listen to the engine whine

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I played video games in a drunken haze

I was seventeen years young

Hurt my knuckles punching the machines

the taste of scotch rich on my tongue

And then Kathy showed up and we hung out

trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean

locking eyes, holding hands

twin high maintenance machines

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I drove home in the California dusk

I could feel the alcohol inside of me

Hum, pictured the look on my stepfather's face

Ready for the bad things to come

I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway

the motor screaming out stuck in second gear

The scene ends badly as you might imagine

in a cavalcade of anger and fear

There will be feasting

and dancing

in Jerusalem next year

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me