The Thousandth And Tenth Day Of The Human Totem Pole (2006 Digital Remaster)

The Thousandth And Tenth Day

Of The Human Totem Po - Captain Beefheart

The thousandth and tenth day

Of the human totem pole

The morning was distemper grey

Of the thousandth and tenth day

Of the human totem pole

The man at the bottom was smiling

He had just finished his breakfast smiling

It hadn't rained or manured

For over two hours

The man at the top was starving

The pole was a horrible looking thing

With all of those eyes and ears

And waving hands for balance

There was no way

To get a copter in close

So everybody was starving together

The man at the top

Had long ago given up

But didn't have nerve enough

To climb down

At night the pole would talk to itself

And the chatter wasn't too good

Obviously the pole didn't like itself

it wanted to walk

It was the summer and it was hot

And balance wouldn't permit skinning

To undergarments

It was an integrated pole

It was taking on an reddish brown cast

Exercise on the pole was isometric

Kind of a flex and then balance

Then the highest would roll together

The ears wiggle hands balance

There was a gurgling and googling heard

A tenth of the way up the pole

Approaching was a small child

With Statue of Liberty doll