Rage Of Travers Lyrics - Mountain Goats

Close the balcony and the rainbow 

Because the promoter says so 

Aviators and a buckskin frontier hat 

How come they dress like that? 

They break the news to me so gentle 

But I start to feel sentimental 

This used to be the place to go 

Still draw pretty good in Ontario 

Nobody wants to hear the twelve bar blues 

From a guy in platform shoes 

Let's just have a good time when the show's done 

Ask where the good clubs are and go find one 

Roll up to the curb 

Spill out of the car 

Everyone's dressed up like corpses 

I brought my guitar 

Set it down by the stage 

The singer's locked up in a steel cage 

Shaking the bars 

Eyes wild with fear 

I don't belong here 

Nobody wants to hear the twelve bar blues 

From a guy in platform shoes