Orange Claw Hammer – Captain Beefheart – letras

Uh thick cloud caught uh piper cubs tailThe match struck blue on uh railroad railThe old puff horse was just pullin’ thru’n uh’ man wore uh peg leg foreverI’m on the bum where the hoboes runThe air breaks with filthy chatterOh I don’t care there’s no place thereI don’t think it mattersMy skin’s blazin’ thru’n my clothes in tatters’n the railroad looksLike uh « Y » up the hill of laddersOne shoe fell on the gravelOne stick poked downGray of age fell down on uh pair of earsAn eagle shined thru my hole watch pocketUh gingham girl baby girlPassed me by in tearsUh jack rabbit raised his folded earsUh beautiful sagebrush jack rabbit’n an oriole sang like an orangeHis breast full uh worms’n his tail clawed the evenin’ like uh hammerHis wings took t’ air like uh bomber’n my rain can caught me uh cup uh waterWhen I got into townOdd jobs mam ah’ yer horse I’ll fodderI’m the round house manI once was yer fatherUh little up the road uh woodenCandy stripe barber pole o’n above it read uh sign « painless parker »Licorice twisted around under uh fly’n uh youngster cocked ‘er eyeGod before me if I’m not crazyIs my daughterCome little one with yer littleole dimpled fingersGimme one ‘n I’ll buy you uh cherry phosphateTake you down t’ the foamin’ brine ‘n water’n show you the wooden titsOn the Goddess with the pole out full sailThat tempted away yer peg legged fatherI was shanghied by uh high hat beaver mustache man’n his pirate friendI woke up in vomit ‘n beer in uh banana bin’n uh soft lass with brown skinBore me seven babies with snappin black eyes’n beautiful ebony skin’n here it is I’m with you my daughterThirty years away can make uh seaman’s eyesUh round house man’s eyes flow out waterSalt water