Song For Dennis Brown Lyrics - The Sunset Tree - Mountain Goats

On the day that Dennis Brown's lung collapsed 

Spring rain was misting down on Kingston 

And down at the harbor, local cops were intercepting an inbound shipment 

And for a while there it was chaos 

As they handcuffed and then roughed up some sailors 

On the day my lung collapses 

It's not going to be much different 

On the day that Dennis Brown's habits caught up with him 

School children sang in choirs 

And out behind the Chinese restaurants guys were jumping into dumpsters 

And the stench was overbearing 

But they were past the point of caring 

On the day my habits catch up with me 

I'll be down among the jumpers 

And when the birds come home in spring 

We will fill them full of buckshot 

And jets of contaminated blood 

will cloud the rivers and the lakes 

It took all the coke in town 

To bring down Dennis Brown 

On the day my lung collapses 

We'll see just how much it takes