Upon The My O My Captain Beefheart

The decks were stacked The wind blew low, the wind blew high The stakes were low, the stakes were high Upon the My-O-My Hands low, hands high, Ho-ho-ho, hi-hi-hi Hands low, hands high Upon the My-O-My

The Host The Ghost The Most Holy O Captain Beefheart

men Piled high on truth mountain - last speak in clarity's chain You'll not be thrown but dive and sink Your pockets filled with earthly burdens When they could be filled with light and back with wings The

81 Poop Hatch Captain Beefheart

My eyes are burnt and bleeding and all that looks like a monkey on a silver bar … big poop hatch with a cotton hatch – hatch-holes that the light shows in and the light shows out … and the little red fence

The Witch Doctor Life Captain Beefheart

when the witch doctor life throws his silent bones some are crowned kings while others lose their thrones when the witch doctor life throws his silent bones small 'o' mouths scream and run

New Electric Ride Captain Beefheart

Guaranteed here we go again, baby On the new electric ride Twisting and turning Over on our side Here we go around the curve Ya, we really going to swerve Oh, I could barely hold my pride I could barely

Hey Garland I Dig Your Tweed Coat Captain Beefheart

hey Garland i dig your tweed coat I'll trade you a domino this size mothballs scented the woman silk nude tie painting his chest one celluloid stay, exposed through his nibbled collar feet speckled the

Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee Captain Beefheart

Making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee The pond shined dry like a ladies compact Lilies leaped like flat green hearts with white hearts Squirting yellow pollen...cocks...

Twist Ah Luck Captain Beefheart

Twist ah luck that made you mine A stitch in time, your path crossed mine You're the reason, love's the rhyme It's genuine Now you're takin' up all my time When we're apart you're on my mind Thinkin' about

The Past Sure Is Tense Captain Beefheart

The past sure is tense they're heading up for the main event all those people seem to be hell-bent see those people up on top of the fence and the man down there selling knotholes through the fence the

Safe As Milk (Take 12) Captain Beefheart

Well, my cigarette died when I washed my face Dropped some drops in an ashtray; hit a wrong place Woman at my blinds to see spiders spinning lines It's a safe as milk; it's a safe as milk I never heard

Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart

Well, my cigarette died when I washed my face Dropped some drops in an ashtray; hit a wrong place Woman at my blinds to see spiders spinning lines It's a safe as milk; it's a safe as milk I never heard

Skeleton Makes Good Captain Beefheart

There's so many things To feel and see while you're awake They're just out of reach Out of grasp Yeah out of reach And just as many; maybe more The minute that you sleep So I got to throw my preach Skeleton

Run Paint Run Run Captain Beefheart

Run paint run run Run paint run run Run paint run run Paint hears this and he begin to run Electric black shadow runs 'cross the sun Run paint run run Run paint run run Hold holes in the world The sun

Owed T'Alex Captain Beefheart

in to Carson City Sparks, tattoos, two tats and a toot Helmets, crosses, and a patch to boot Engine hot, pipes burn white Glad I’m not home tonight Five miles back I took a spill Thought I almost paid my

Candle Mambo Captain Beefheart

threads of fire are burning up Your feathers of fire are winning night And turning light And turning light Light deepest night for me And steer for me Spin and spin then and then When I'm dancing with my

Ice Cream For Crow Captain Beefheart

it's so hot looks like you have three beaks, crow the moon's so full white hat on a pumpkin you know there's something the moon was a stone's throw stop the show i need to say

Party Of Special Things To Do Captain Beefheart

The camel wore a nightie...

You Know You'Re A Man Captain Beefheart

ah, you know you're a man yeah, she makes you understand yeah, you know you're a man yeah, you know you're a girl about the same time yeah, about the same time i know I'm a man you know you're a girl oh

Mirror Man Captain Beefheart

Mirror dawn dawnin' on me Crack o dawn mirror dawn Mirror man mirror gone Mirror fall down mirror gone down Mirror girl mirror boy Mirror frog mirror man Mirror worm mirror worm Mirror bird mirror germ

The Floppy Boot Stomp Captain Beefheart

The floppy boot stomped down onto the ground The farmer screamed 'n blew the sky off the mountains Eye sockets looked down on the chestbone meadows 'n the sun dropped down, 'n the moon ran off, His heels

When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy Captain Beefheart

look through her but she moves so fast that i can't even see her her interest fades like breath on a mirror every time i see her every time i see her i try to grab her and the

Best Batch Yet Captain Beefheart

We don't have to suffer, we're the best batch yet Baked in special White flesh waves to black You might think this is the finest pearl But it's only cardboard balls Seamed in glue Overwhelming technique

Tropical Hot Dog Night Captain Beefheart

Tropical Hot Dog Night Like two flamingos in a fruit fight Ev’ry colour of day Whirlin’ around at night I’m playin’ this music So the young girls will come out To meet the monster tonight Tropical Hot

Trust Us (Take 6) Captain Beefheart

The path is the mask of love, a way, a way The flow is the task above today there is no other way (repeat) You gotta trust us when you need a friend To find us you gotta look within You gotta trust

Observatory Crest Captain Beefheart

While the city was busy we wanted to rest She decided to drive up to observatory crest We'd just saw a concert and heard all the best We went on a ride, we got outside The sand was hot, she wanted to dance

Trust Us Captain Beefheart

The path is the mask of love, a way, a way The flow is the task above today there is no other way (repeat) You gotta trust us when you need a friend To find us you gotta look within You gotta trust

This Is The Day Captain Beefheart

This is the day that love chose to play, The day love came to stay, This kiss is for the first time, And this kiss is for that time Love to ride This is the day that love chose to play One minute here,

Ashtray Heart Captain Beefheart

You used me like an ashtray heart Case of the punks Right from the start I feel like a glass shrimp in a pink panty With a saccharine chaperone Make invalids out of supermen Call in a "shrink" And pick

Pompadour Swamp Captain Beefheart

There's an avenue where the silhouettes dance There's an avenue where the silhouettes dance And the sun there shines down Day and night Nobody looks there Everybody knows there Good times grow there Come

Harry Irene Captain Beefheart

Harry Irene were a couple that lived in the green Harry Irene were a couple that ran a canteen Ran a canteen Ran a canteen Two people Harry and Irene like you never seen The floor was made of oak, the

Sheriff Of Hong Kong Captain Beefheart

She always shows up when I'm up But she never shows up when I'm down But she's under arrest 'cause I might guess The Sheriff of Hong Kong Then she goes up in a flash I bite the end of her sash Then I'm

Further Than We'Ve Gone Captain Beefheart

Further then we've gone The stars sing a song Together that only lovers can hear Come up close to me, lover Under the heaven's beautiful cover We're here at last Only love And that all love appear Further

Apes-Ma Captain Beefheart

well you know that you're not strong enough to do that anymore now and apes-ma, the little girl that named you years ago has died now and you're older, apes-ma remember when she named

Bat Chain Puller Captain Beefheart

retreats Bat chain puller Puller puller Bulbs shoot from its snoot And vanish into darkness It whistles like a root snatched from dry earth Sodbustin’ rakes with grey dust claws Announces it's coming in the

25th Century Quaker Captain Beefheart

and through Letting them in all you through Me into you Me to you Me to you into you Blue cheeses laces Bases blue cheese faces Phases and phases and phases and phases and phases [Chorus] Going to the

Blue Jeans And Moonbeams Captain Beefheart

how's and Moondays Sunday's and Some days Never seeing some days I'm tryin' in all ways And learnin' in between Blue jeans and Moonbeams Blue jeans and Moonbeams I been working up in lovin' Underneath the

On Tomorrow Captain Beefheart

We're all brothers of tomorrow (We won't have to talk) we won't need to talk We won't need to walk on tomorrow Rush comes, the love shapes to share shapes Love, love, love, on tomorrow Baby spring sun,

Love Lies Captain Beefheart

i said i would be here with our flower street lamps flutter like fireflies i wished i hadn't told you all of those love lies repeating of parts i miss you more hour by hour the roses

Hot Head Captain Beefheart

She can burn you up in bed just like she said Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head She can boil a pot a' joe, she can start a pile a' dough, she's a hot head She puts your head into the fire, makes

Gimme Dat Harp Boy Captain Beefheart

"Gimme that harp boyAin't no fat man's toyYou hear what he is sayingYou hear he's saying todayHarp cry harp smilingShiny moon white noteGive me roomAin't no time to Rock no boat gimme roomHarp sing...

Kandy Korn Captain Beefheart

"Yellow and orange orange andWell they taste so good I want to eat 'em And they taste s good I get to need 'em Can-can-can-candyCandy Candy corn Yellow and orange andCandy cornYellow and orange and...

Ink Mathematics Captain Beefheart

Ink mathematicsGrey mass ecstaticsNoggin elasticsCerebral taticsCranium classicsBrainium domicsDenizen omicsGrey massmaticsQuantum pureIt's plain to feelHard to seeFission anticsAbombasticsDeath an...

The Buggy Boogie Woogie Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Oh that buggy boogie woogie sweeps me off my feet What this world needs is a good retreat What this world needs is a good two dollar room ‘n a good two dollar broom One day I was sweepin' down by the wall

Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Men you been lookin' all around for the women But they always been right there Nowadays a woman has to haul off and hit a man T' make him know she's there Other night a woman came up ‘n hit me Like I wasn't

Circumstances Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Once you find out the circumstances Then you can uh go out, whoa yeah Once you find out the circumstances Then you can uh go out, whoa yeah Little girl don't you know that the stars up above are runnin

Alley Cat Frank Zappa

Alley Cat Captain Beefheart (lead vocals) Frank Zappa (guitar) Winged Eel Fingerling (Elliot Ingber) (slide guitar) Drumbo (John French) (drums) You may find me, baby Yeah, this street With

Bellerin' Plain Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

uh levy ‘n pulled way thru the toe Foothills, locomotives walked ‘n sugar beets rolled Down the tracks Sunburn bounce soot off the black smokestacks Parapliers pinched up slow down the sky Blue ‘o' poured

Captain, Captain Charlie Mars

Captain, Captain Please see me my wine These headstrong winds have taken my prime Red skies at night lord they ain't no delight When I'm on these seven seas alone I think of a time And a place

The Captain Kasey Chambers

Well I don't have as many friends because I'm not as pretty as I was I've kicked myself at times because I've lied So I will have to learn to stand my ground I'll tell 'em I won't be around I'll move on

Captain Coulston Steeleye Span

Come and join with Captain Coulston, that hero stout and bold Who fought his way all on the sea and never was controlled For six long weeks in summer gales we sailed upon the sea All bound for New York