Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - The Past Sure Is Tense 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
The little shoe generation man
I found your print on a dollar bill
I found 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
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
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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band The Past Sure Is Tense Comments
His last truly great song, I think. Builds up to a thundering apex of noise like "Big Eyed Beans for Venus" or "Moonlight in Vermont"
I'd like to form a tribute band: Sergeant Beerfart
The past sure is now, the past sure is now.
The opening guitar solo, so clean and beautiful!
Mike Pence sure is tense!
what a ripsnorter of a song - one of his best. Shows how he would return to his favourite tunes (Little Scratch)
As if the present wasn't tense enough...
Sorry, but what's that shrieking sound at 2:22 ? Whatever it is, it's not human ...
The title is great wordplay.
One of my fav of Capt!
The Captain Sure is Forever
"The little shoe generation man" GREAT!
Pure Poetry!