Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Cardboard Cutout Sundown Lyrics

You hardly know a day goes by
In the cardboard cutout sundown
The moon popped up like a gallery duck
Sipped up gold from the sunny cup
And longhorns sawed the buggy grass

And a cowboy blew a harp sitting on his chapped ass
And the prairie flowers didn't look a bit queer
And the stars struck the sand cartwheeled
And poked in the prairie
A cactus juice stand the only place the crows couldn't land
The bluebottle flies were as big as a cowboy's eyes
And their buzz was as loud as rattlers
A fire engine red whistle blows raspberries
In a cloud of whipped steam
A tunmble weed ran out black patent yarn stinkbug hoops
From above a living mail thriving dot

In perfect sympathy with the cardboard cutout sundown
You hardly know a day goes by
In the cardboard cutout sundown

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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Cardboard Cutout Sundown Comments

günther Zaruba

The escence of Rythm and Lyric
tim jones

I'm surprised more people don't have this as the first dance at their wedding
Jon Neville

In the Rock world, Beefheart and his cohorts define the Avant Garde. Nothing like him before or since. Totally original.
John Perry

And the cowboy blew a harp sitting on his chapped ass...
oldhippy 101

Classic Beefheart.
AdrianMutu87

where is the syncing?

Thomas van den Reydt

AdrianMutu87 It starts getting in sync around the 2 minute mark.
Craig Usselman

raspberries steeeam thanks for making me smile rip beefy
Jesse

bye bye.

Jesse

+jess muzak turn but though tho

Jesse

+jess muzak who.

Jesse

+jess muzak err ah, who? whom oh no, or not or no m whom
Sebastian Rodriguez

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagical
small hell

damn, so this album is experimental like TMR and lick my decals off? i always thought it was another one of his commercialized albums

faterock9876543

No, this and doc at the radar station are the good stuff. Also the original Bat Chain Puller, recently released

small hell

@faterock9876543
shiny beast has the accessibility of his commercial stuff and the excitement and fun of his experimental stuff. i think its one of his best.

Stoned Meadow Of Doom

@Deep Frigid Winter Yep the last 3 albums were some of his all time best. Especially Shiny Beast and Doc.
deliverstringbeans

Imagine the compositions Don came up with after quitting the music business. To some it might seem hollering madness. I for one must shed a tear or two. Pure joy! Thanks Don!
Johnny Solipsis

Back in the early 70's John Peel claimed Captain Beefheart to be 20 years ahead of his time. I think he was out by about 50 years.

Felton Gailey

At least.
Christophe Bassett

A picture is worth a thousand words, and Captain Beefheart said them all.
Kelly Carpenter

it's such a catchy tune! why the don't play this on the radio is beyond me.
aakkoin

nice song
nice
Neil Barrett

@Bram25 For something almost totally meaningless, he manages to infuse it with as much irony as I've ever heard used in song.
David Fulcher

in 200 years captain beefheart will be in the same regard as mozart
jackhillty

please check out the gary lucas interview re this piece
sofalugger

there aint no santa-claus on the evening stage
Gray David

Could have easily been titled "Trout Mask Replica Revisited". His voice is starting to lose its range. Just as good he decided to get out. Very listenable (relatively speaking).
jon spilde

extraordinary, this music knock me out of the regular into something huh whtever tht is....but its jawdropping fascinating