"Alpha Desperation March" lyrics - THE MOUNTAIN GOATS

I'm coming in
Try to stop me
Push furniture in front of the door
It only gives me something to push against
In the full heat of the summer's day
You're telling me to go away
But you owe me eight thousand dollars
And I can use it

I'm only getting stronger
You may have noticed
But a head full of memories propels me ever further
And in the living room I don't see where you are
But the back door's locked, so you can't have gone far
And eight thousand dollars is a whole lot of money
And I could use it

Could be that it's my imagination, but I think I hear you now
So come out, come out, wherever you are
Olly-olly-olly-olly-olly-olly oxen free see I'm
Perfectly aware of where our love stands
But the plain fact is that you owe me eight grand
If it helps to jog your memory
I lent it to you on Tuesday, when we were drinking

[Interlude]

Ha!
Ha-ha-ha-uh-uh-ha!
Uh-ha! Uh-ha! Uh uh uh-ha!
Uh-ha! Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Uh-ha
Uh-ha
Uh-ha

[Outro: Sampled, spoken]
Me and the Sergeant dropped to the ground
In the shadow below a bush
I heard a branch crack to the left
Then the sound of footsteps
Two of the renegades carrying firewood, a third with a lightbulb
Were walking toward them
Closer and closer