captain beefheart - don van vliet poetry - you should know by the kindness of uh dog the way uh human should be (1970)

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YOU SHOULD KNOW BY THE KINDNESS OF UH DOG THE WAY UH HUMAN SHOULD BE

from 1970 insert (original usa release) LICK MY DECALS OFF, BABY album
reproduced 197? book THE LIVES AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 1st edition
reprinted 198? book THE LIVES AND TIMES OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 2nd edition

you should know by the kindness of a dog
the way a human should be
you should feel the wet wood heart of the tree
wood sap pop like a frog's eye
open to the fly and the blood of the river
when it ripples and clicks like a waterbell
and the elephant in his beautiful grey leather suit
though he's wrinkled he looks smart as hell
and the turtle's eyes carry bags very well
and the snake is in shape
he rattles like a baby and wears his diamonds
better than a fine ladies finger
and his fangs are no more dangerous
than her slow aristicratic poison
and he plays his games on a grass bed
and a monkey never had a guilty masturbation
and a monkey wouldn't shit on another's creation
and the fatman cries through-out all creation
because he's got a cold
and the icebear dives through blue zero for a frozen fish
and the eskimo wears his hide and chews his heart
and the beautiful grey whale oils some bitches lighter
someday i'll have money and i can frame myself
what a picture i'll be chopping down a tree

don van vliet 1970

note: this is one of the three additional poems to the album which also included a painting

tip! if you like you can click clack to the other poems right away:
noon bouncin' ball
the first scene was the bathtub ring
or the painting:
'lick my decals off, baby'

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