Lyrics The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats

Pseudothyrum Song

Why do you treat me this way?

And why do you try so hard to break my spirit?

I think someone was mean to you when you were little,

That's what i think.

I think someone was mean to you.

Why do you cling to such petty points of contention?

And why don't you allow one or two small victories now

and then?

I think someone was mean to you when you didn't deserve

it,

That's what i think.

I think someone was mean to you.

But i, i am not that guy.

Can you get that straight?

I am a completely different person

From the one you have in mind.

Why do you stand by the things you say long after

You don't mean to hurt anybody anymore?

I think someone was mean to you

For a long, long time, that's what i think.

I think someone was mean to you