Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
the witch doctor life 2006 digital remaster
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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 to mama kangaroo
insecure pouches wherein hide beggars and drones
and babies and bums and buzzards
mama crouches and smiles her old useful smile
and ego roars, laughs yesterday's gases
while children and angels gasp
and follow a shepherd on crutches
when the witch doctor life throws his silent bones
some flee the dream, some turn to stone
and the children sing and the heavens ring
worn by the shepherd with the folded wings
and the bones that sing of silence
(repeating of parts)
- Album:
- Safe as Milk
- Miscellaneous
- Live At Knebworth Park Saturday 5th July
- Magneticism: The Best of Captain Beefheart & His Magic...
- Merseytrout - Live In Liverpool 1980
- Live in GB 1970 - 1980
- Magnetic Hands: Live in the UK 72-80
- Ice Cream For Crow
- Doc At The Radar Station
- An Ashtray Heart (Live) - Toronto Broadcast 1981
- Magnetism – The Best of Captain Beefheart & His Magic...
- The Dust Blows Forward
- Railroadism: Live in the USA 72-81
- CB & MB in GB
- The Spotlight Kid, Outtakes 1971-1972
- Dichotomy
- Dust Sucker
- Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
- The New York Hot Dog Night
- Trademark of Quality: 1996 Reprise Sampler