The Mountain Goats
"Are You Cleaning Off the Stone?"

I'd like to begin by saying that I saw you coming,
but that would be a lie.
I'd like to say that I can hear your voice,
but I couldn't mean 'hear' in the accepted sense of the word.

are you cleaning off the stone?
that's a sweet thing to do.
are you cleaning off the stone?
that's sweet of you.

they tell me your hair's gotten much, much longer.
I bet it looks nice.
they tell me your eyes are the same color as they always were.
that kind of information just floors me.

are you cleaning off the stone?
that's a sweet thing to do.
are you cleaning off the stone?
that's sweet of you.

are you cleaning off the stone?
that's a sweet thing to do.
are you cleaning off the stone?
that's sweet of you.