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Monday, December 16, 2024

Song Lyric of The Day - Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk

My cigarette died when I washed my face

Dropped some drops for an ashtray, hit a wrong place

Whoa, open up my blinds to see spiders spinning nines

It's uh safe as milk, it's uh safe as milk

I never heard it put quite that way

The shape I'm in is worn away

They called the day, they called the day

Yesterday's paper headlines approach

Rain gutter teasing, rusty cat sneezing

Soppin' wet hammer, dusty and wheezing

Lusty alley whining trashcan blues

Children running after rainbows stocking poor

Gracious ladies nylon hanging onto line

Jumping onto leg, looking mighty fine

Sorrows lollipop lands stick-broken on a dark carnival ground

Pop up toaster cracklin', aluminum rhythm and sound

Everyday pencil, lazy and sharp

Icebox inside looking like a harp

Electric bulb been out for years 

Freezer fumes freezin' gas tears

Cheese in the corner with a mile long beard

Bacon blue bread dog-eared

Bacon blue bread dog-eared

Bacon blue bread dog-eared

Bacon blue bread dog-eared

Bread dog-eared

I may be hungry, but I sure ain't weird


Safe As Milk

Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band (live 1980) French TV 


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