Alibi - The Mountain Goats

I got off work just past eleven

Laid one finger to the breeze

You can almost taste the action

On nights like these

Trees were bending in the wind

You were forty miles away

And I was headed in your direction

I’ve been waiting all day, I’ve been waiting all day

Moon over West Covina was huge and white

And I was like a patient on a table

Headed for the light

Lean 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 underneath 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