Goin' Southbound Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

Tell not a word that you heard it here 

But there's a big truck waitin' tonight at the pier 

Comin' in on an east-bound boat 

Now, don't be late for deliverycchere, put this in your coat 

It's a strange weight from an exotic locale 

Don't worry about the cops, 'cause they're in on it, pal 

Just pick it up no later than tonight at three o'clock 

And bring it to the warehousecchere, put this in your sock 

No one left to save you 

Nobody will return 

You run so fast, you catch on fire 

You've just gotta burn 

Yeahcc 

Chorus: 

Goin' southbound 

Follow that sound 

Long line of cars 

Just a-movin' out of town 

You've got this job 

But you don't know how 

And everybody does 

What nobody will allow 

Full moon shines like a big cue ball 

Someone fishin' on the pier, might as well stall 

Repaint the car, change your license plate 

How ya spell relief? must be somethin' that you ate 

All this is a secret 

As common as that dirt 

We'll rely on your expert eye 

Here, put this in your shirt 

Yeahcc 

Chorus repeat x2 

And we'll all be waiting so long 

Wait so long 

We'll all be waiting so long 

Wait so long, wait so long 

Now if you get caught, don't tell 'em about me 

The last one who did, well, we tied him to a tree 

Out in the high desert, by an ant hill 

Haven't been back there sinceccguess he's swingin' there still 

All this is a secret 

As common as that dirt 

We'll rely on your expert eye 

Here, put this in your shirt 

Yeahccyeah! yeah! yeah! 

Chorus repeat x2 

Goin' southbound... 

We're goin' southbound... 

We're goin' southbound... 

We're goin' southbound...