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An Antidote for Strychnine Lyrics by The Mountain Goats

In League with Dragons

2019

[Verse 1]
Dig around in the garbage
Save up some halibut bones in a jar
Scrape a winter's worth of salt deposits
From the rusty frame of my car
Ask the experts, maybe they'll know
[Verse 2]
Call up my teacher in Cambridge
See what he remembers
Throw white phosphorus in the fireplace
Look for clues in the embers
Call the hotline, give them a phony last name
[Chorus]
Try to find
An antidote for strychnine
Tryin' to find
An antidote for strychnine
[Verse 3]
Time's running short
Always seems to run shorter
Have some supplies sent
From up just past the northern border
Keep a line out to the people who take the long view
[Verse 4]
Only share my research
With sick lab rats like me
Trapped behind the beakers
And the Erlenmeyer flasks
Cut off from the world, I may not ever get free
But I may one day
[Chorus]
Tryin' to find
An antidote for strychnine
Try to find
An antidote for strychnine
[Bridge]
So many suffering from the same affliction
Coming up on the breakthrough
The clock's ticking
[Verse 5]
Dig down amongst my calculations
Check my math
Up there on the surface
Everybody's getting ready for the bloodbath
Stem the tide, stem the tide
They're calling down for reinforcements
[Chorus]
Tryin' to find
An antidote for strychnine
Tryin' to find
An antidote for strychnine
Credits
The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats

About “An Antidote for Strychnine” by The Mountain Goats

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"An Antidote for Strychnine" appears on "In League with Dragons" in 2019.

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