Top Songs By Captain Beefheart
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Captain Beefheart
Vocals
Cliff Martinez
Drums
Gary Lucas
Guitar
Hatsize Snyder
Marimba
Jeff Moris Tepper
Guitar
Richard Midnight
Musician
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Captain Beefheart
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Captain Beefheart
Producer
Phil Brown
Engineer
Lyrics
The past sure is tense
they're heading up for the main event
all those people seem to be hell-bent
see those people up on top of the fence
and the man down there
selling knotholes through the fence
the little shoe generation man
I found your print on a dollar bill
I founf your print on an Indian mound
I found your print on the statue at the sound
I found your print on the elephant ground
I found your print in the beautiful mountains
the grass no longer grew around
I found your print in my mind -
the past sure is tense
the pastsureistense
no you got the wrong idea
no you got the wrong intent
the carpenter carpenterized my vent
the only peephole
where is my dent
the past sure is tense
the past sure is tense
the past sure is now
I don't see how
see those people that used to
throw those tents
you can't see them now
they're in past tense
the past sure is tense
Writer(s): Don Van Vliet
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