Cotton Lyrics - Mountain Goats

This song is for the rats 

Who hurled themselves into the ocean 

When they saw that the explosives in the cargo hold 

Were just about to blow 

This song is for the soil 

That's toxic clear down to the bedrock 

Where no thing of consequence can grow 

Drop your seeds there, let them go 

Let them go 

Let them all go 

Let 'em all go 

This song is for the people 

Who tell their families that they're sorry 

For things they can't and won't feel sorry for 

And once there was a desk 

And now it's in a storage locker somewhere 

And this song is for the stick pins and the cottons 

I left in the top drawer 

Let 'em all go 

Let 'em all go 

I wanna sing one for the cars 

That are right now headed silent down the highway 

And it's dark and there is nobody driving 

And something has got to give 

I saw you waiting by the roadside 

You didn't know that I was watching 

Now you know 

Let it all go 

Let 'em all go 

Let it all go