Don Van Vliet - Safe as Milk

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Well, my cigarette died when I washed my face
Dropped some drops in an ashtray hit a wrong place
Woman at my blinds to see spiders spinning lines
It's a safe as milk it's a safe as milk

I never heard it put quite that way
The shape I'm in is a gone a way
They called a day they called a day
Yesterday's paper headlines approach
Rain gutter teasing rusty cat sneezing

Sopping wet hammer dusty and wheezing
Lusty alley whining trash can blues
Children running after rainbows stocking poor
Gracious ladies nylon hanging on to line
Jumping onto leg looking mighty fine

Sorrows lollipop lands stick-broken on a dark carnival ground
Pop up toaster crackling aluminum rhythm and sound
Everyday pencil lazy and sharp
The icebox inside looking like a harp

Electric bulb been out for years
Freezer fumes feed the gas tears
Cheese in the corner with a mile long beard
Begging blue bread dog eared

Sorrows lollipop lands stick-broken on a dark carnival ground
Pop up toaster crackling aluminum rhythm and sound
Everyday pencil lazy and sharp
The icebox inside looking like a harp

Electric bulb been out for years
Freezer fumes feed the gas tears
Cheese in the corner with a mile long beard
Begging blue bread dog eared

I may be hungry but I sure ain't weird

Remixes

Release History

01 January 2006

Amsterdam '80

1. Abba Zaba (2:43)
2. Hot Head (3:40)
3. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
4. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
5. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
6. Safe as Milk (4:47)
7. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (2:58)
8. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
9. Doctor Dark (2:58)
10. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
11. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
12. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
13. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
14. Dropout Boogie (2:21)
15. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
16. Kandy Korn (4:26)
17. Suction Prints (4:25)
18. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)

1989

Another Chapter From The Lives And Times Of Captain Beefheart

1. Somebody In my Home
2. Somebody's Leaving
3. Call On Me (Alternate Version) (3:02)
4. Sure 'Nuff & Yes I Do (Alternate Version) (2:05)
5. Yellow Brick Road (Alternate Version) (1:50)
6. Plastic Factory (Alternate Version) (2:55)
7. Yellow Brick Road (2:26)
8. Abba Zabba (3:26)
9. Sure 'Nuff And Yes I Do (2:15)
10. Safe as Milk (4:47)
11. Kandy Korn (4:26)
12. Trust Us (8:10)
13. Funeral Hill #1 (4:00)
14. Drink Paint Run Run
15. Can't Do This Unless I Can Do That (2:04)
16. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
17. Sun Zoom Spark (2:14)
18. Kiss Me My Love (2 Lips In A Haystack) (2:40)
19. Little Scratch (2:30)
20. Sun Zoom Spark (Jam Version) (5:08)
21. Little Scratch (Instrumental) (3:15)
22. Flaming Autograph (Instrumental) (4:12)
23. Best Batch Yet (Instrumental) (2:53)

1981

Best Batch Yet

1. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (4:03)
2. I Wanna Find Me A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go (1:57)
3. Hot Head (3:40)
4. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
5. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
6. The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or The Big Dig) (2:10)
7. Sue Eygpt (1:44)
8. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
9. Safe as Milk (4:47)
10. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
11. China Pig (4:03)
12. Spitball Scalped The Baby (3:23)
13. Doctor Dark (2:58)
14. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
15. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
16. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
17. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
18. Kandy Korn (4:26)
19. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
20. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)
21. Hard Workin' Man (3:14)
22. Light Reflected Off The Oceands Of The Moon (4:47)

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2000

Case Of The Punks

1. Abba Zabba (3:26)
2. Hot Head (3:40)
3. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
4. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
5. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
6. Safe as Milk (4:47)
7. Flavor Bud Living (1:50)
8. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (2:58)
9. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
10. One Man Sentence (0:55)
11. Doctor Dark (2:58)
12. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
13. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
14. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
15. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
16. Dropout Boogie (2:21)
17. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
18. Kandy Korn (4:26)
19. Suction Prints (4:25)
20. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)

0000-00-00

Don's Birthday Party

1. Suction Prints (Intro Version)
2. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
3. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (4:03)
4. Hot Head (3:40)
5. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
6. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
7. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
8. Safe as Milk (4:47)
9. A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (1:39)
10. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
11. Doctor Dark (2:58)
12. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
13. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
14. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
15. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
16. Suction Prints (Full Band Version)
17. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)

1981

Flavor Bud Living

1. Abba Zabba (3:26)
2. Hot Head (3:40)
3. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
4. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
5. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
6. Safe as Milk (4:47)
7. Flavor Bud Living (1:50)
8. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (2:58)
9. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
10. One Man Sentence (0:55)
11. Doctor Dark (2:58)
12. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
13. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
14. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
15. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
16. Dropout Boogie (2:21)
17. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
18. Kandy Korn (4:26)
19. Suction Prints (4:25)
20. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)

2000

Hoboism

1. Little Scratch (2:30)
2. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
3. Funeral Hill (3:12)
4. Flash Gordan's Ape (4:14)
5. Sun Zoom Spark (2:14)
6. Key To The Highway (6:42)
7. Hot Head (3:40)
8. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
9. Safe as Milk (4:47)
10. China Pig (4:03)
11. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
12. Kandy Korn (4:26)
13. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
14. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)
15. Hoboism (7:24)

1980

Hot Dog Night

1. Full Moon, Hot Sun (4:21)
2. Sugar Bowl (3:01)
3. Crazy Little Thing (2:39)
4. This Is The Day (7:58)
5. New Electric Ride (3:00)
6. Abba Zaba (2:43)
7. Peaches (5:51)
8. Direct News Interview
9. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (4:03)
10. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
11. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
12. Safe as Milk (4:47)
13. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
14. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)
15. Tropical Hot Dog Night (4:49)

2003

Hot Head - Introducing...Captain Beefheart

1. Safe as Milk (4:47)
2. Upon The My-Oh-My (2:42)
3. Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man (5:20)
4. Party Of Special Things To Do (2:49)
5. Floppy Boot Stomp (3:57)
6. Tropical Hot Dog Night (4:49)
7. Hot Head (3:40)
8. This Is The Day (7:58)
9. You Know You're A Man (3:14)
10. Ice Cream For Crow (4:34)
11. Pompadour Swamp (3:33)
12. Suction Prints (4:25)
13. Semi Multi-Coloured Caucasian (4:22)
14. Gimmie That Harp Boy (5:03)
15. Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee (3:10)
16. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
17. Witch Doctor Life (2:38)

2000

I'm Going To Do What I Wanna Do (Live At My Father's Place 1978)

1. Tropical Hot Dog Night (4:49)
2. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (4:03)
3. Owed T'Alex (3:19)
4. Dropout Boogie (2:21)
5. Harry Irene (3:26)
6. Abba Zaba (2:43)
7. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (2:58)
8. Old Fart At Play (1:51)
9. Well (2:08)
10. Ice Rose (3:38)
11. Moonlight On Vermont (3:59)
12. The Floppy Boot Stomp (3:51)
13. You Know You're A Man (3:14)
14. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
15. Apes-Ma (0:44)
16. When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy (5:04)
17. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
18. Safe as Milk (4:47)
19. Suction Prints (4:25)

1982

It's Too Hard- It's Beefheart

1. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
2. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
3. Safe as Milk (4:47)
4. Flavor Bud Living (1:50)
5. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
6. Big Eyed Beens From Venus
7. The Talking Asshole
8. Tupelo Mississippi (4:11)
9. Somebody In my Home
10. Old Folks Boogie (3:17)
11. Evil (2:23)

25 January 2005

Live 'N' Rare

1. Abba Zabba (3:26)
2. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
3. Bass Solo
4. Beatle Bones 'N Smokin Stones (3:12)
5. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)
6. Old Black Snake (5:52)
7. Crazy Little Thing (2:39)
8. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
9. Electricity (3:36)
10. Flavor Bud Living (1:50)
11. Gimme Dat Harp Boy (3:36)
12. Golden Birdies (1:37)
13. Grow Fins (5:08)
14. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (2:58)
15. Hot Head (3:40)
16. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
17. Nowadays A Woman's Got To Hit A Man (3:44)
18. One Man Sentence (0:55)
19. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
20. Orange Claw Hammer (4:18)
21. Safe as Milk (4:47)
22. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
23. Suction Print (6:02)
24. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
25. Click Clack (3:31)

2000

Merseytrout - Live In Liverpool 1980

1. Toaster (Bass Solo)
2. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (4:03)
3. Abba Zabba (3:26)
4. Hothead
5. Dirty Blue Jean (3:40)
6. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
7. One Man Sentence (Poem)
8. Safe as Milk (4:47)
9. Flavour Bud Living
10. Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles (2:58)
11. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
12. Doctor Dark (2:58)
13. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
14. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)
15. Sugar 'n Spikes (2:30)
16. Veteran's Day Poppy (5:06)
17. Dropout Boogie (2:21)
18. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
19. Kandy Korn (4:26)
20. Suction Prints (4:25)
21. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)

1998

Out Here Over There

1. Yellow Brick Road (2:26)
2. Abba Zabba (3:26)
3. Sure Nuff 'N' Yes I Do
4. Electricity (3:36)
5. Beatle Bones 'N Smokin Stones (3:12)
6. Safe as Milk (4:47)
7. Kandy Korn (4:26)
8. Trust Us (8:10)
9. Rollin' And Tumblin' (10:50)
10. Tarotplane (9:02)
11. Sun Zoom Spark (2:14)

1994

Puller Man

1. Metal Man Has Won His Wings
2. Instrumental/Electricity
3. Tupelo Missisippi
4. Somebody Walking In My Home
5. Avalon (Old Folks) Boogie
6. Evil (2:23)
7. Somebody's Leaving
8. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do (1)
9. Call on Me
10. Yellow Brick Road (1)
11. Plastic Factory (3:07)
12. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do (2)
13. Yellow Brick Road (2)
14. Abba Zabba (3:26)
15. Kandy Korn (4:26)
16. Safe as Milk (4:47)
17. Trust Us (8:10)
18. Can't Do This Unless I Do That
19. Flaming Autograph
20. Kiss Me My Love
21. Sun Zoom Spark Blues
22. Drink Paint Run Run

01 June 1999

Safe As Milk

1. Abba Zaba (2:43)
2. Autumn's Child (4:00)
3. Call on Me
4. Dropout Boogie (2:21)
5. Electricity (3:36)
6. Grown So Ugly (2:22)
7. I'm Glad
8. Plastic Factory (3:07)
9. Safe as Milk (4:47)
10. Sure Nuff 'N' Yes I Do
11. Where There's a Woman
12. Yellow Brick Road (2:26)
13. Zig Zag Wanderer (2:37)

0000-00-00

Strictly Personal

1. Safe as Milk (4:47)
2. Trust Us (8:10)
3. Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man (5:20)
4. On Tomorrow (3:27)
5. Gimme Dat Harp Boy (3:36)
6. Kandy Korn (4:26)

19 May 2006

The Captain's Last Live Concert Plus...

1. Hair Pie Bake III (Bass Solo) (1:05)
2. Hair Pie Bake III (Full Band Version) (2:32)
3. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (4:03)
4. I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe (1:49)
5. Hot Head (3:40)
6. Ashtray Heart (3:34)
7. Dirty Blue Gene (3:43)
8. The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or The Big Dig) (2:10)
9. Best Batch Yet (5:12)
10. Band Intro (0:40)
11. Safe as Milk (4:47)
12. One Red Rose That I Mean (2:04)
13. Sue Egypt (2:57)
14. My Human Gets Me Blues (2:47)

Disc 2

15. Doctor Dark (2:58)
16. Bat Chain Puller (5:45)
17. Sheriff Of Hong Kong (6:46)
18. Kandy Korn (4:26)
19. Suction Prints (4:25)
20. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (4:45)
21. Orange Claw Hammer - Rare Studio Version (4:10)
22. Captain Beefheart Speaks (2:31)
23. Ry Cooder Talks About Working With The Captain And The Magic Band (1:19)