Zebra Skeleton Imposter - (Beefheart Homage)

from Spectrum Ride - RPM Challenge 2011 by Alex Xander Jacobs

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video montage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ80O3XwOS0

My parents were often playing his records, and so The Captain and The Magic Band have been part of my life's soundtrack since birth. It was with sadness that I learned of the Captain's passing in December, 2010. In February, 2011, while working on an album for RPMchallenge, I decided to compose a tribute to the captain and his legacy. It took a week to put it all together. If the results make you feel curious, I only hope you follow the stream to the source and majesty of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.

lyrics

My eyes are dotted across your cup of tea
Waiting for the chili dog to bark
It pays to have friends in green places
May your liver spots be ever clear

Zebra skeleton flash
Lost on the real thing
Flicker flash
Like a merry go round
Once per green horse
Horse hound
Pulled from the bar
Gaping wound of play fun
Bolt holes and paint chipped eyes
Staring for the ride to stop

Radiator laughs hiss stops into the
Glottal nightmare music darkness
The painting pony trots along the fence of your mine your mine he says
Mining for diamonds in the rough hands around your plywood past

Ocean tears pouring from the eye of the Sun
Roaring toward you in the night light sky
Night light night light day liquor.

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from Spectrum Ride - RPM Challenge 2011, released February 28, 2011
All music, and lyrics composed and performed by: Alex Jacobs. All inspiration thanks to: Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet, 1941-2010) and The Magic Band.

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