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The Mountain Goats – Nova Scotia (2004) | Track profile | Dork

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The Mountain Goats
Letter From Belgium EP
Nova Scotia

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The Mountain Goats

Nova Scotia

Release date: 2004

From Letter From Belgium EP

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About This Track

"Nova Scotia" is a track by The Mountain Goats, from the album Letter From Belgium EP, released 2004. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Nova Scotia

[Verse 1]

Coming in off Nova Scotia

Yellow sun in the blue sky

All those cattails in the wind

I got something in my eye

[Verse 2]

Listen, everything I love I will devour

And bury the bones down in the snow

Put me in a beat up el camino

Just let me go, just let me go

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Track details

From Letter From Belgium EP

2004

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