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Artist: Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Canonical path: /captain-beefheart/tarotplane
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Tarotplane
Read Tarotplane lyrics by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Tarotplane
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Baby person told elixir sue
Listen to me baby
I'm gonna tell it to you
Gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
I say bear this in mind
I say bear this in mind
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Ya done put mice in the radiator
Razors in the clay
Well, they keeps us working all night
Don't give us no pay
Don't give us no pay
Automatic sam told everready betty told prestcold milly
With the long...
Automatic sam told everready betty told prestcold milly
With the long black wavy mane
With the long black...
With the long black wavy mane
Little girl, little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my tarotplane
I wanta take you for a ride in my tarotplane
For a fly, for a fly
Baby person told elixir sue
Oh, listen to me baby
I'm gonna tell it to you
You ain't too old
Oh, you ain't too old
Just what you been heard - just what you been told
You gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Baby person told elixir sue
Listen to me baby
Mice in the razors, clay in the heaters
Mice in the razors, clay in the heaters
You gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Automatic sam told everready betty told prestcold milly
With the long black wavey mane
Oh listen little girl don't you understand?
Oh, you ain't too old
No you ain't too old
Well you ain't too lold
As long as you can boogie you ain't too old
Little girl, little girl
Little girl, little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my tarotplane
Gonna take you for a ride in my tarotplane
You goin' flyin'
You goin' flyin'
Come on little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my tarotplane
Come on little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my tarotplane
Come on little girl
Gonna take you for a ride in my tarotplane
In my tarotplane
In my tarotplane
In my tarotplane
In my tarotplane
In my tarotplane
You gonna need somebody on your bond
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
Just you bear this in mind
True friends is hard to find
You gonna need some bodies on your bond
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