Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!ima!ism70!peggy From: peggy@ism70.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Captain Beefheart Message-ID: <49@ism70.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Nov-84 01:36:28 EST Article-I.D.: ism70.49 Posted: Sat Nov 10 01:36:28 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 21:20:42 EST Lines: 38 Nf-ID: #N:ism70:16100009:000:1047 Nf-From: ism70!peggy Nov 9 11:59:00 1984 For the Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) Fans, here are some of my favorite lyrics from the "Bat Chain Puller" album: 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'VE NEVER SEEN THE FLOOR WAS MADE OF OAK THE DOOR WAS SMOKEY 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 IRRENE WERE A COUPLE THAT RAN-A-CANTEEN HARRY IRENE WERE A COUPLE THAT LIVED IN THE GREEN RAN-A-CANTEEN RANA CANTEEN TOOK HARRY FOR ALL OF HIS GREEN 'N IRENE HARRY WAS LEFT HOLDIN' AN EMPTY CANTEEN 'N 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