John Darnielle, aka ” The Mountain Goats, ” has been one of my favorite songwriters for many, many years. My first exposure to him was back in 1995 (or was it 1996), with “Song for an Old Friend” on a Pottery Records seven-inch. More recently, “Pigs That Ran Straightaway Into the Water, Triumph of” from the Moutain Goats’ “We Shall All Be Healed” LP is slowly making its way up my iPod’s Top 25 most-played list, even beating out tracks by The Arcade Fire (which I’ve played about 5,000 times so far).

I came across a site today that contains the lyrics to all the songs John has ever written. Apparently, there are 449 total. I probably have about two thirds of them on my iPod. Check out the complete list here.