Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

[fox69]

"Steal Softly Thru Snow"

"Steal Softly Thru Snow"


The black paper between the mirror breaks my heart
The moon frayed through dark velvet lightly apart
Steal softly through sunshine
Steal softly through snow

The wild goose flies from winter
Breaks my heart that I can't go
Energy flies through a field
And the sun softly melts a nothing wheel

Steal softly through sunshine
Steal softly through snow

The black paper between a mirror
Breaks my heart that I can't go
The swan, their feathers don't grow, they're spun
They live two hundred years of love, they're one

Breaks my heart to see them cross the sun

Grain grows rainbows up straw hill
Breaks my heart to see the highway cross the hill
Man lived a million years and still he kills

The black paper between a mirror
Breaks my heart that I can't go
Steal softly through sunshine
Steal softly through snow

 

[fox69]

"Sue Egypt"

"Sue Egypt"


Chills quick you
Voices pick you
Crows hex you
Delightsome postal avion
Wizard kiss and all be gone
Seems, dreams, boat to forever
Bolted ether
Creep thu ether feather

Sue Egypt
Sue Egypt

Boing
Pong
Hocus pocus avion
I think of all those people that ride on my bones
I think of all of those people that ride on my bones
That nobody hears, that nobody sees, that nobody knows

Sue Egypt
Sue Egypt

I think of all
I think of all
I think of all those people that ride on my bones
That nobody sees that nobody dares that nobody hears that nobody cares
And I think of the dust that collects on the chairs
And under her eyes
And to her eyes
And out her body
And in her body
And in her hairs

Big smoke fingers wave
Come here, come here
Bring me my scissors and those odd waters

The moon was a
Wisdomatic pristocratic vagabond
Bad voogum
A picture of red hot juice
A picture of
Red garnet juice

Chills quick you
Voices pick you
Crows hex you
Delightsome postome avion
Wizard kiss & all be gone
Seems, dreams, boats to forever
Bolted ether creep thu ether feather

Sue Egypt
Sue Egypt

 

[fox69]

"Sugar 'n Spikes"

"Sugar 'n Spikes"


Sugar 'n spikes and neon lights
And walks and lights and chains
Coughin' smoke whoopin' hope, cardinal sky rush by
Fall bark in dark
Fall back in dark

Pies steam stale shoes move broom and pale
Moon in a dime store sale

Sugar 'n spikes and everything nice
And everything nice and crazy
That's what little worlds are made of lady

I'm paid up in home in 'm new Friday's house
There's no H on my faucet there's no bed for my mouse
My punch 'n grow mind in diamondback time
Now it's king for a day with my lady, look fine

Got my peakin' up hat and my caramel mask
Tremelo car got my speidel wrist round my honey
Goin' to see the navy blue vicar
Paul, Peter and misses Wray Flicker

 

[fox69]

"Sun Zoom Spark"

"Sun Zoom Spark"


Nothing makes it move
From the bottom to the top
Does it start at the bottom?
Or does it start at the top

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

Now which hand's got it?
Bottom, or the top?
Neither hand's got it
It's just got it
Hope it don't stop

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

Think you can uh hold it
Once it start
I don't care who ya are or what
Size ya are
I'm gonna magnetize ya

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

Oh, don't let it get away
I'm gonna zip up my guitar
'N then when I've gone too far
I'm gonna zip down my guitar

Magnet draw day from dark
Sun zoom spark
Sun zoom spark

 

[fox69]

"Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do"

"Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do"


Well I was born in the desert came on up from New Orleans
Came up on a tornado sunlight in the sky
I went around all day with the moon sticking in my eye
Hey hey hey all you young girls wherever you're at
I got a brand new Cadillac I got a Ferrari too
Sure 'nuff baby sure 'nuff 'n' yes I do
Got the time to teach ya' now, bet you'll learn some too
Got the time to teach ya' now, bet you'll learn some too
Sure 'nuff baby sure 'nuff 'n' yes I do
Hey hey hey all you young girls whatever you do
Hey hey hey all you young girls whatever you do
Well come on by and see me I'll make it worth it to you
...With me and I'll ...with me and you
Sleep with me and I'll sleep with me and you
Stick with me and I'll stick with me and you

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Sweet Bulbs"

"Sweet Sweet Bulbs"


Sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet bulbs grow in my lady's garden
Warm, warm, warm, warm, warm sun fingers wave in my lady's garden
Flowers dance, their faces brave
Come talk freely in the garden of my lady

Her hominy smile, her hominy snatch
Only a crow would peck and a chicken would scratch
Her lips turned up to kiss

I see you Phoebe baby in your bonnet
With the sunset written on it

In the shadow of a tree
Curled around your knee in color
And just behind you was the sea of negativity
Tinkling like mercury in the wind

Her feet kept by the ground, her toes bare brown
Her carriage she abandoned like a hand-me-down
She walked back into nature, a queen uncrowned
She had just recognized herself to be an heir to the throne

Her garden gate swings lightly without weight
Open to most anyone that needs a little freedom
For God's sake

Oh come as many as you can
In dark or light, you're free to grow as flowers
Share her throne and use her toothbrush
And spend some interesting hours

 

[fox69]

"Tarotplane"

"Tarotplane"


Baby person told Elixir Sue
Listen to me baby
I'm gonna tell it to you
Gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond

Gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
I say bear this in mind
I say bear this in mind
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond

Ya done put mice in the radiator
Razors in the clay
Well, they keeps us working all night
Don't give us no pay
Don't give us no pay

Automatic Sam told Everready Betty told Prestcold Milly
With the long...
Automatic Sam told Everready Betty told Prestcold Milly
With the long black wavy mane
With the long black...
With the long black wavy mane

Little girl, Little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
I wanta take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
For a fly, for a fly
Baby person told Elixir Sue
Oh, listen to me baby
I'm gonna tell it to you
You ain't too old
Oh, you ain't too old
Just what you been heard, just what you been told
You gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond

Baby person told Elixir Sue
Listen to me baby
Mice in the razors, clay in the heaters
Mice in the razors, clay in the heaters

You gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond

Automatic Sam told Everready Betty told Prestcold Milly
With the long black wavey mane
Oh listen little girl don't you understand?
Oh, you ain't too old
No you ain't too old
Well you ain't too old
As long as you can boogie you ain't too old
Little girl, little girl
Little girl, little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
Gonna take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
You goin' flyin'
You goin' flyin'

Come on little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
Come on little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
Come on little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my Tarotplane
In my Tarotplane
In my Tarotplane

In my Tarotplane
In my Tarotplane
In my Tarotplane

You gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond

 

[fox69]

"Telephone"

"Telephone"


Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too
And if you don't watch out
You know they're going to get you too
And if I don't watch out
You know they're going to get me too
Telephone
Telephone
Telephone
Telephone
Well I strangled the cord
Ripped it off of the phone
And I saw the bone
And I saw the twinkling lights
It must have been rats [?]
'Cause it sure was a drone
It sure was a drag
Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too
And if you don't watch out
You know they're going to get you
And if I don't watch out
You know they're going to get me too
Telephone
Telephone
Telephone
And I strangled
And I ripped the cord
And I saw the bone
And I heard these tweetin' things
N twinkling lights
N there was nobody home
Where are all those nerve endings coming out of the bone?
Telephone
Telephone
Well I ripped the cord right out of the phone
And I saw the bone
There the gleaming white bone
Telephone
Paper and wire killed my brother and my sister too
And if you don't watch out
You know they're going to get you
And if I don't watch out
You know they're going to get me too
Telephone
Telephone
And I can't get away
And I can't get away
It's like a grey adder at the end of the hall
It's like a plastic horned devil

 

[fox69]

"The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)"

"The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)"


You ready?
Ok, go

Master master
This is recorded through a flies ear
And you have to have a fly's eye to see it
It's the thing that's gonna make Captain Beefheart
And his magic band fat
Frank, it's the big hit
It's the blimp
It's the blimp, Frank
It's the blimp

When I see you floatin' down the gutter
I'll give you a bottle of wine
Put me on the white hook
Back in the fat rack
Shad rack ee shack

The somethin' hoop, the somethin' hoop
The blimp, the blimp
The drazy hoops, the drazy hoops
They're camp, they're camp
Tits, tits, the blimp, the blimp

The mothership, the mothership
The brothers hid under their hood
From the blimp, the blimp
Children stop your nursin' unless yer renderin' fun
The mothership, the mothership
The mothership's the one

The blimp, the blimp
The tapes a trip, it's a trailin' tail
It's traipsin' along behind the blimp, the blimp
The nose has a crimp
The nose is the blimp, the blimp
It blows the air, the snoot isn't fair
Look up in the sky, there's a dirigible there

The drazy hoops whir
You can see them just as they were
All the people stir
And the girls' knees trembles
And run and wave their hands
And run their hands over the blimp, the blimp

Daughter, don't you dare
Oh mama, who cares?
It's the blimp, the blimp

Hello? Sure is. I think it's beautiful

 

[fox69]

"The Buggy Boogie Woogie"

"The Buggy Boogie Woogie"


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
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
I bumped a mama spider 'n the babies begin' to fall off o' my broom
Now I gotta keep on sweepin' 'n sweepin'
'Fore they fill the room
Now that buggy boogie woogie sweeps me off my feet
I gotta keep on sweepin' 'n sweepin'
Seems like I could keep on sweepin' 'n sweepin'
'N there's still too many feet
What this world needs is a good two dollar room 'n a good two dollar broom
What this world needs is a good two dollar room 'n a good two dollar broom
Seems like I could keep on sweepin' 'n sweepin'
'N there's still too many feet
Well the way I must be sweepin', must be with too many feet
Ah, 'n I'll still keep on sweeping 'n sweepin'
'N there's still too many feet