The House That Dripped Blood Lyrics - Tallahassee - Mountain Goats

Look beyond the broken bottles 

Past the rotting wooden stairs 

Root out the wine-dark honeyed center 

Not everyone can live like millionaires 

Look through the air-thin walls 

Tear up the floorboards, strip the paint 

Go over every inch of space 

With the patience of a saint 

Grab your hat 

Get your coat 

The cellar door 

Is an open throat 

Look past the kitchen cabinets 

Go through the chest of drawers 

Scrutinize the casements 

Rip the varnish off the doors 

Dig up the laughing photographs 

They're here somewhere or other 

Take what you can carry 

But let me tell you, brother 

Still waters go stagnant 

Bodies bloat 

And the cellar door 

Is an open throat