[00:00.00]This Year - The Mountain Goats
[00:28.77]I broke free on a Saturday morning
[00:32.04]I put the pedal to the floor
[00:35.14]Headed north on mills avenue
[00:39.03]And listened to the engine roar
[00:56.57]My broken house behind me
[00:58.26]And good things ahead
[00:59.70]A girl named Cathy
[01:01.03]Wants a little of my time
[01:03.53]Six cylinders underneath the hood
[01:05.79]Crashing and kicking
[01:07.06]Aha
[01:07.61]Listen to the engine whine
[01:09.97]I am going to make it through this year
[01:13.22]If it kills me
[01:14.71]I am going to make it though this year
[01:20.39]If it kills me
[01:37.99]I played video games in a drunken haze
[01:41.27]I was seventeen years young
[01:44.78]Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
[01:47.50]The taste of scotch rich on my tongue
[02:06.06]And then Cathy showed up
[02:07.36]And we hung out
[02:08.74]Trading swigs from a bottle
[02:10.63]All bitter and clean
[02:12.48]Locking eyes
[02:14.37]Holding hands
[02:15.74]Twin high maintenance machines
[02:19.33]I am going to make it through this year
[02:22.77]If it kills me
[02:24.70]I am going to make it though this year
[02:29.70]If it kills me
[02:32.26]I drove home in the California dusk
[02:37.28]I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
[02:40.52]Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
[02:43.69]Ready for the bad things to come
[02:47.21]I down shifted
[02:48.15]As i pulled into the driveway
[02:51.06]The motor screaming out
[02:52.22]Stuck in second gear
[02:53.95]The scene ends badly
[02:55.23]As you might imagine
[02:56.79]In a cavalcade of anger and fear
[03:00.93]There will be feasting and dancing
[03:04.59]In Jerusalem next year
[03:07.82]I am going to make it through this year
[03:11.01]If it kills me
[03:12.44]I am going to make it though this year
[03:17.87]If it kills me