Captain Beefheart Dachau Blues Lyrics

Dachau Blues Lyrics

Dachau blues those poor Jews  
Dachau blues those poor Jews  
Dachau blues, Dachau blues those poor Jews  
Still cryin` `bout the burnin` back in World War Two`s  
One mad man six million lose  
Down in Dachau blues, down in Dachau blues  
The world can`t forget that misery  
`n the young ones now beggin` the old ones please  
t` stop bein` madmen  
`fore they have t` tell their children  
`bout the burnin`s back in World War Three`s  
War One was balls `n powder `n blood `n snow  
War Two rained death `n showers `n skeletons  
Dancin` `n screamin` `n dyin` in the ovens  
Cough `n smoke `n dyin` by the dozens  
Down in Dachau blues  
Down in Dachau blues  
Sweet little children with doves on their shoulders  
Their eyes rolled back in ecstasy cryin`  
Please old man stop this misery  
They`re countin` out the devil  
With two fingers on their hands  
Beggin` the Lord don`t let the third one land  
On World War Three  
On World War Three  
 
Spoken:  
"and, it attracted a lotta rats, and, uh, they close the doors, and uh,
they all got shotguns and rush out on the grass. Nothing happened, they
couldn`t get the rats to move, see. So, they got one fella down there, he said,
er, ah, heeeeeeeeee s-stammered; when he got excited he couldn`t talk at all.
They got him down there and er, Walt said, "I`ll get `em outta there,"
and he took a stick, beating them, started hitting them, tryin` to get them
outta there. Then he started shooting from all directions. And `ole Walt
thought he was gonna get killed..."