Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

[fox69]

"Golden Birdies"

"Golden Birdies"


Those little golden birdies look at them

And the mystic Egypt tossle dangling down
Old sleeper-man shish, don't wake him
Up one hand broom star was an obi-man
Revered throughout the bone-knob land
His magic black purse slit creeped open
Let go flocks of them

Shish sookie singabus
Snored like a red merry-go-round horse
And an acid gold bar swirled up and down
Up and down, in back of the singabus
And the panataloon duck white goose neck quacked
Webcore, webcore

 

[fox69]

"Grow Fins"

"Grow Fins"


Now here ya come baby
With yer tail draggin' the gravy
Y' know yer P's 'n Q's
What ya don't know baby
Is you givin' me the blues
Ya got juice on your chin
Eggs on the drain-board
Pie on the wall
Dirt on the rug
I come home late
'N I stumbled 'n swore
Ya won't even give me a hug
Ya had my things all laid out by the door
I'm leavin'
I'm gonna take up with ah mermaid
'N leave you land lubbin' women alone
'N leave you land lubbin' women alone
Ya said ya had it together once
Now yer head's around the bend
I'm tellin' ya woman
Ya better get it bach together again
I'm gonna grow fins
'N go back in the water again
If ya don't leave me alone
I'm gonna take up with ah mermaid
'N leave you land lubbin' women alone
'N leave you land lubbin' women alone
Now here ya come baby
With yer tail draggin' the gravy
Ya know yer P's 'n Q's
What ya don't know woman
Is yer givin' me the blues

 

[fox69]

"Grown So Ugly"

"Grown So Ugly"


I got up this morning
And I put on my shoes
I tied my shoes
Then I washed my face
I went to the mirror
For to comb my head
I made a move
Didn't know what to do
I tipped way forward
Got to break and run

Baby, this ain't me
Baby, this ain't me
Got so ugly I don't even know myself

I left Angola
1964
Go walking down my street
Knock on my baby's door
My baby come out
She asks me who I am
And I say, honey
Don't you know your man?
She said my man's been gone
Since 1942
And I'll tell you Mr. Ugly
He didn't look like you

 

[fox69]

"Hair Pie: Bake 1"

"Hair Pie: Bake 1"


[Girl:] We just moved in around here. We heard you play, so we decided we'd come up and find out who it was
[Captain Beefheart:] O, ho, yes. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
[Boy:] Really?
[Captain Beefheart:] Yeah

[Captain Beefheart:] Where did you move here from?
[Girl:] Oh, just from..
[Boy:] Reseda
[Girl:] Yeah
[Captain Beefheart:] Reseda?
[Girl:] Yeah
[Captain Beefheart:] She's nice...
[Captain Beefheart:] What do you think?
[Visitors together:] Sounds good
[Captain Beefheart:] It's a bush recording. We're out recording the bush. Name of the composition is "Me.., Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish"
[Boy:] Hum
[Girl:] Um
[Captain Beefheart:] No! It's: 'Hair Pie'
[Girl:] Looks you don't find the drummer now
[Boy:] Huh!

 

[fox69]

"Harry Irene"

"Harry Irene"


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 door was smoky grey
Their tuna sandwiches would turn the dark into day
They sold wine like turpentine to painters
They took to social life like props to aviators
Harry Irene were a couple that ran a canteen
Harry Irene were a couple that lived in the green
Ran a canteen
Ran a canteen
Took Harry for all of his green and Irene
Harry was left holding an empty canteen
And by the way folks, it was Dusty not Harry
What does this mean?
What does this mean?
What's the meaning of this?
Poor Harry, I guess

 

[fox69]

"Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"

"Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles"


I look at her and she looks at me
In her eyes I see the sea
I can't see what she sees in a man like me
She says she loves me
Her eyes
Her eyes
Her eyes are a blue million miles
Far as I can see
She loves me
Her eyes
Her eyes
Her eyes are a blue million miles
Far as I can see
She loves me
I look at her and she looks at me
In her eyes I see the sea
I can't see what she sees in a man like me
She says she loves me
Her eyes
Her eyes
Her eyes are a blue million miles

 

[fox69]

"Here I Am I Always Am"

"Here I Am I Always Am"


Well, you came and now you're gone
But our life it will go on
I miss you so, but only for your return
Please come back to me tomorrow
You would ease this pain and sorrow
Please try to understand
My heart is in your hand

Baby, please don't take our love in vain
Baby, please don't take our love in vain
Well, here I am, here I always am
And with you, my love, it will remain
Please try to understand
Yeah, my heart is in your hand
Please don't take my love in vain

Well, my nights are filled with sorrow
For me there is no tomorrow
Well, I beg, I steal, I borrow
Please end this sorrow

Baby, please don't take our love in vain
Baby, please don't take our love in vain
Well, here I am, here I always am
And with you, my love, it will remain
Please try to understand
Yeah, my heart is in your hand
Please don't take my love in vain

 

[fox69]

"Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat"

"Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat"


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 sidewalk
Faces gurgled through windows
Passing cars gum rubber streaks
Neon plants swim like green seaweed to a deep rhythm of blues
Red thyroid sunsets
Flame and speckled chemistry
Pipes run off dark tubes
Erase into marks that pour the dye of darkness
Crystal comes together as silent as ink
"I don't think I could let it go, I got it at the religious scene"
Teeth let go
Tobacco juice
An oiled balloon
Brown eye in an egg whit
Black tar bubbles in stripes
A straw hat squeaked on the brim of a feather
Newsprint thumbed through nicotine fingers
A dark olive was turned on
Its small pulp speaker, burst into a scream
One large tomato was immediately peeled skin red
It bled into a red 'o' and smacked behind accepted fangs
Quick eyebrows danced cutely above a mole
The front was smooth
It gradually gathered and wrinkled at the holes
A dark wooden moustache deposited below above Chinese red varnished lips
That dented slightly into the evening
"It's gotten quite cold, I've decided I can't sell you my coat"
Honking the wind puffed into the clumps above the lattice rows
And out looked panatella
Naked and not ashamed
Without no clothes wiggle pig went snout first into a tree
The rubber turkey was gobbled up by night's dark rubber mouth
A white phosphorous raindrop dropped in the sky
Hot silhouettes in a convertible
Gave this a applause
And several white porcelain trays were rolled in by bumble bees
Their wings arranged with pictures out of the past
And the rainbow baboon gobbled fifteen fish eyes with each spoon
Pockets was caught at window level
Approaching the fractured glass dripping in light he spoke
"I just looked at myself
And from here to there it ain't far enough
But from here to there
It's too short"
"And circles don't fly, they float"
Pena exclaimed
And went on to say
"Sun shore did shine this year
Who'd you look like underneath?"

 

[fox69]

"Hobo Chang Ba"

"Hobo Chang Ba"


Strawood claw rattlin' my jaw
I can't call it usin'
It's just somethin' soothin'
Feather times a feather
Morning time to thaw
Hobo chang ba
Hobo chang ba
Standin' still is losin'
Feather times a feather
Morning time to thaw
Strawood claw rattlin' my jaw
Hobo chang ba
Hobo chang ba
Hobo chang ba 'o
Hobo chang ba 'o
Stand to gain my ground
Lay to rest the law
The ocean is my mother
The freight train is my paw
Hobo chang ba
Hobo chang ba 'o
Hobo chang ba
The rails I ride are rustin'
The new sunrise I'm trustin'
The rails I ride are rustin'
The new sunrise I'm trustin'
Strawood claw rattlin' my jaw
Hobo chang ba ooh
Hobo chang ba
Hobo

 

[fox69]

"Hot Head"

"Hot Head"


She can burn you up in bed
Just like she said
'Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She can throw uh pot t'show [?]
She can start a fire aglow
'Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She puts her head into the fire
Makes you red hot perspire
'Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She was burnt before she was born
Burnin' up a storm
'Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head

Lick out like flame
'N burn you to a shame
'N bite the burnin' flame

Things are burnin' big
She's a red hot pig
She's a hobo wire toaster
She's a circle on a spit

She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She can stitch you to a wheel
Take you to her fire
'N spin you round 'n' round
Boy, you take you down

Fire fire fire

She's a hot head, hot head, hot head

Burn you up in bed
Just like she said
'Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She can lick out like a flame
Burn you to a shame
Yeah, bite a burnin' flame

She can burn you up in bed
Coil you up instead
'Cause she's a hot head, hot head, hot head

She can throw uh pot t'show [?]
She can start a fire aglow