We Have Seen the Enemy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Everything I've told you was true
So imagine my surprise when I blink my eyes
And realize that I've been talking to you
And I've told you everything
Even the parts I'd meant to leave out
And I shake my hair, and I look about
[Outro]
And the wild dogs are hungry
And the wild dogs howl
And the wild dogs in the mountains to the north of us come down
Everything I've told you was true
So imagine my surprise when I blink my eyes
And realize that I've been talking to you
And I've told you everything
Even the parts I'd meant to leave out
And I shake my hair, and I look about
[Outro]
And the wild dogs are hungry
And the wild dogs howl
And the wild dogs in the mountains to the north of us come down
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Genius Annotation
Track #6 on The Mountain Goats‘ debut studio album Zopilote Machine.
The title is most likely a reference to the phrase “We have met the enemy, and he is us”, popularized by the comic strip Pogo, but itself based on Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s terse message after victory, “We have met the enemy, and he is ours.”
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