The Young Thousands

[Verse 1: John Darnielle] Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargo And the sunlight on the water sets a switch off in your brain The things that you've got coming will consume you There's someone waiting out there in an alley with a chain [Chorus] Here they come The young thousands Here they come The young thousands [Verse 2] The ghosts that haunt your building are prepared to take on substance And the dull pain that you live with isn't getting any duller There's a closet full of almost pristine videotape Documenting sordid little scenes in living color [Chorus] Here they come The young thousands Here they come The young thousands [Verse 3] You drive east from the ocean with both hands tied on the wheel And you go past Garden Grove as the pleasure index rises The things that you've got coming will do things that you're afraid to There is someone waiting out there with a mouthful of surprises The ghosts that haunt your building have been learning how to breathe They scan the hallways nightly vainly searching for a sign There must be diamonds somewhere in a place that stinks this bad There are brighter things than diamonds coming down the line [Chorus] Here they come The young thousands Here they come The young thousands