Going to Malibu

Lyrics

When we meet on neutral ground
I can't believe how good you look
And the thoughts that race around my mind
Could fill a long unreadable book and

I can hear the waves
I could sense the continent eroding
You say you know why I called you here
But you couldn't have any way of knowing, so

That's not true
That's a mean thing to say
That's a damnable lie
That's a damnable lie

Looking at you, and I don't know
What it is I see
But I know you're changing
Almost indetectably

And I see a ship off the shore
And I imagine it sinking
And you smile and you say that you know
What it is that I'm thinking

That's not true
That's a rotten thing to say
That's a damnable lie
That's a damnable lie

Banter

• Audience guy 1: GOING TO MALIBU!
  JD: [starts playing] If you actually know what this song is I'll eat my hat.
  Audience guy 2: golden boy!
  JD: No it's not fucking golden boy what?! [laughs]
  [later in the song, JD forgets the lyrics] I was feeling pretty brave, somebody yelled for Going to Malibu but I have no recollection of the second verse. None. Does someone wanna prompt me. Instead of filming me, use that camera to look up the lyrics.
  [someone bring JD some lyrics, presumably] Of course, it's an early Mountain Goats song, the narrator has an extraordinary dread of the people in his life changing in any way. (2022-09-20 Saturn)

Live Performances

• 2022-09-20 Saturn (JD solo)

Footnotes