Текст: Mountain Goats, The. Alibi.

I got off work just past 11

Laid one finger to the breeze

You can almost taste the action

On nights like these



Trees were bending in the wind

And you were 40 miles away

And I was headed your direction

I'd been waiting all day, i'd been waiting all day



Moon over West Covina

Was huge and white

And I was like a patient on a table

Headed toward the light

Leaned toward the center divider

Feel the wind in my hair

Keep a light up in your window

I'm gonna be right there, I'm gonna be right there

With a gleam in my eye

and an almost airtight alibi



Down by the Chemistry building

I found a quiet place to park

And I made my way down the street toward your place

Stepping lightly in the dark

Climbed the steps up to your doorway

Like a man prepared to jump beneath a train

It's real warm outside tonight

Maybe tomorrow it rains, maybe tomorrow it rains



Inside your room we shut the window

And we turned on a fan

And we lay there together in the darkness

I can keep a secret if you can

Finishing one another's sentences

Like a pair of identical twins

Your boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday

And nobody saw me come in, nobody saw me come in



With a gleam in my eye and an almost airtight alibi