Lakeside View Apartments Suite Lyrics - Transcendental Youth - Mountain Goats

Downtown north past the airport 

A dream in switchgrass and concrete 

Three gray floors of smoky windows 

Facing the street 

Michael pulls the blinds back up 

Stares blankly at the intersection 

Watching for the guy who's got the angel dust 

Crystal clear connection 

Days like dominos 

All in a line 

We cheer for the home team every time 

Lakeside View, Lakeside View 

Lakeside View for my whole crew 

Most nights now sleep in the kitchen 

Keep my face cool on the floor 

And John, John comes by to drop off his envelopes 

Still playing postman after all these years 

Pull down my army surplus jacket 

Dig through some drawers to find the keys 

Emerge transformed in a million years 

From days like these 

Under each eye little greasepaint smudge 

You can't judge us - you're not the judge 

Lakeside View, Lakeside View 

Lakeside View for my whole crew 

And just before I leave 

I throw up in the sink 

One whole life recorded 

In disappearing ink 

And Ray left a message thumbtacked to the door 

I don't even bother trying to read them anymore 

Lakeside View Lakeside View, 

Lakeside View for my whole crew