Captain Beefheart

Golden Birdies

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Golden Birdies Lyrics

Those little golden birdies look at them
And the mystic Egypt tossle dangling down
Old sleeper-man shish, don`t wake him
Up one hand broom star was an obi-man

Revered throughout the bone-knob land
His magic black purse slit creeped open,
Let go flocks of them

Shish sookie singabus
Snored like a red merry-go-round horse
And an acid gold bar swirled up and down,

Up and down, in back of the singabus
And the panataloon duck white goose neck quacked
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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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by kaebeh

4y ago

It looks like it has something to do with Moses freeing the Israelites from Egypt (his magic slit the sea open to let go flocks of them). I hope the birdie (large nose?) and acid gold bar stuff are not some antisemitic references; I would like to keep enjoying Beefheart. By the way I think it is Obeah/Obia, not Obi.. it is apparently a west African mythical beast that comes and steals people from villages (was Moses an Obia? is the broom his staff?). What is sookie singabus? Red merry go-round horse?

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by kaebeh 4y ago

@kaebeh it is Obeah-man.. someone who uses his relationship with devil to gain fortune and bring revenge on his enemies. And "bone knob land" is the shape of African continent. And the Panataloon is "Pantalon de\' Bisognosi" a greedy venetian merchant... OK this song is antisemitic, I regret getting deep into it. Now Beefheart is another white guy who thinks if it wasn\'t for the flocks of dirty brown big nosed people the innocent white roman/christians would bestow Jesus\'s love upon humanity.. pfff, another disillusionment with an artist.

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