This Year (Jordan Lake Sessions Volume 2) The Mountain Goats

[Verse 1]
I broke free on a Saturday morning
I put the pedal to the floor
I headed north on Mills Avenue
And I listened to the engine roar

[Verse 2]
My broken house behind me and good things ahead
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
Aha, listen to the engine whine

[Chorus]
I am gonna make it through this year
If it kills me
I am gonna make it through this year
If it kills me

[Verse 3]
I played video games in a drunken haze
I was seventeen years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
The taste of Scotch rich on my tongue, yeah, ha-ha

[Verse 4]
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding hands
Twin high maintenance machines