Noche Del Guajolote
Lyrics
The glowing world, the bench backed up against the house
The chicken coops, the darkness surrounding everything
It was late and the night was moving slowly
We laid down on the ground because the world was lonely
If you keep quiet it will stay like this forever
If you'll just keep quiet it will stay like this forever
I feel certain of it now
And all the birds were sleeping in their perches
A little wind, swaying birches
And the North American wild turkey that your father brought home
Woke up and came towards us
And the moonlight and the turkey waking up
And the night air and the moonlight on your skin
And the moonlight and the turkey waking up
And the quiet yard and the turkey and the moon
Unimaginable, unimaginable, unimaginable
Unimaginable
Banter
- [yelling] No I already know what I'm gonna play. Because I had to practice it backstage, 'cause I wasn't sure if I knew it. And then I went through the, like, I wanna tell you how I feel about it, and why it's on the setlist, but if I say how rare it is that I play it, then people put cameras in front of their faces and stuff, and I feel angry and sad. And I don't wanna have those feelings. So put 'em in your goddamn pockets. [cheering] I don't think this song has been played live since 1994. I know. There's some people with itchy, itchy, itchy phone hands right now. Leave 'em in your pockets. It's gonna be cool. You don't have to record everything you observe in life, it's actually gonna be okay. [confused archivist noises] [off mic, inaudible] This song is actually about offline media experiences. (2015-04-13 - Union Transfer, Philadelphia)
Live Performances
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