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Dedicated to Don Van Vleit - aka Captain Beefheart. When he passed away a bit of me went with him.
lyrics
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I woke up this morning I knew there was something wrong
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The ashtray was still burning, my whiskey was all gone.
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From the grey gun metal morning, came a distant jungle song
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It crept up without warning, the Obeah Man (pause) is gone.
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Tell the oldJack Rabbit, the Rooster and the Crow
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Tell them all about it, they’ll all want to know.
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Sing it down the Delta, ring it in Vermont,
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In every hobo shelter, the Obeah Man (pause) is gone
Down in the sailor’s tavern, they’ve closed their doors for good
And every hard-luck sailor, would join him if he could.
They’ll sing his praises loudly, and crown his name in song
Then let salt tears run down their beards, the Obeah Man is gone.
Some say that he was voodoo, like the gris gris gumbo man
He could hoe down with the hoodoo, to the sound of a magic band.
But he went back to the desert, when he thought his work was done,
And now a message come back along the track, that the Obeah Man, is gone
Now I’m too old to be foolish, too young to be wise
But there’s a veil of mystery, that’s fallen from my eyes
There’s no magic in the moonlight no gold inside the sun
No flicker in the firelight, the Obeah Man has gone
credits
from
Waterside [full album],
released January 7, 2014
Ian 'the Pump' Macintosh - Guitar, Maracas, Vocals
Marcus Holden, Fiddle, Dobra,Vocals.
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