From
Long John Silver (1972) by
Jefferson Airplane
Long John Silver (Casady, Slick) - 4:25
Long John Silver ring in his ear he's the hero, make that clear
Does the same thing his father did sailing around the
Caribbean robing king with his talking parrot this time I
Think he's on the high side
Scabs are forming, scraped his knee guards are warning, a
Bad man is free
He's like electric clock that needs no winding keeps the time
Without your hands western feet need no binding take a
Barefoot run through old Japan he's seen a thousand
Countries, they're all the same some men crazy - some men
Sane but all men are ruled by a flag or a game he knows
Nobody's got you if you don't sign your name
Long John Silver serves no king no land holds him--that's
Why he feels like singing every country now & then roars
Like Irish--drunk & singing every monk will now & then call
His men to hear the wenches night bells ringing
Aerie (Gang of Eagles) (Slick) - 3:56
How he knows where he's going -
Never lost -
No one, well there's no one faster
Direction born in his brain
He's got no reason to hide
He's got no laws to cross
He's got
Well he's got no master
Freedom born in his name
Aerie (3x)
Well you can't fly human master
No you can't fly - fly by yourself
You can't fly dying master
Without a rifle on your shelf
Aerie (3x)
Twilight Double Leader (Kantner) - 4:45
Get down now and roll around me
Get down now and be my queen
Get down now and roll around me
Chinese dance around the queen.
Twilight double leader
Comin' home to feed her
Charioteer - already been here
Determination structure.
Have you heard about your brothers and your sisters
Livin' in the mountains...free from the city life.
You can feel it in the streetime
Hunin' for the lifeline
Twilight all around you - around & around you
You can make it in the nitetime.
And if you're lost midway - third of the week
She gonna find the right way to get to you.
Twilight double leader
Comin' home to please her
Walkin' on the water..disappearing daughter
Citadel redeemer.
Ain't got time to hang around - movin' slow...
I just got to go
I just got to go
I just got to go.
Milk Train (Creach, Slick, Spotts) - 3:22
I don't want to stop your milk train running,
I just want to ride it - some of the time.
I don't think you'd mind if I mention it -
Don't leave the cow juice behind, it'll cost you nothing
Now I've got the time to talk to you.
If you've got the time to laugh
I don't have to pay for your open mouth and
You don't have to buy it - I'll give you a free milk tongue bath.
It'll cost you nothing.
Some men just talk me dry
Some men are just liquid in the mind.
Some men are absolutely rigid
Some men are easy feeling but they're hard to find.
You've got most of my body - damn near all of my mind unwinding
Milk train comes by here everyday.
The Son of Jesus (Kantner) - 5:30
Jesus had a son by Mary Magdalene and he rode the land like the man who
Went before
Young Jesus raised him loud, mother Mary raised him proud and he tracked
The men who laid his father down
One day the Pilate died with the fire in his side Herod did die too not the=
Way
He wanted to y'see the child knew the secrets of Egypt & Isis
Magdalene remembered when the people smiled and had been looser looser
Than they'd been since the day young Jesus died public execution enhanced
By levitation fancy mutilation for 2.000 years of time
Jesus could walk on the water the man could dance on the sea of Galilee
But don't try breathing the water miracles go only so far you see
So you think young Jesus Christ never a lady and you think young Mary
Never saw him smile wide & free you won't read it in the bible & if you
Look you're liable ta come across the truth about the man from Galilee she=
The man upon the water they had a son they had a daughter she hid them
From the slaughter in the deep Black Sea
God loved the son of Jesus Ol' God got off on the spaklin' daughter too, yes=
He did Jesus could walk on the water the man could dance on the Sea of
Galilee
Watch him dance watch him dance watch him dance dance dance
Easter? (Slick) - 4:02
Golden velvet robes on Pope Paul, he's talking--he's stalking devils of
Flesh. Rides through the streets instead of walking. I think his holy story
Is a mess. All I did last Easter all I did was paint some eggs. It was a
Resurrection holy day-- no more nails in the holy legs. Only one true holy
Book in your hand. Singing in latin nobody understands. Licking wafers
Paper thin.
Ah, stupid christian isn't it grand? Is that your reason for this day? Do
You have a little something holy you'd like to say? Something about a magic,
Sacred, holy day. You look holy and humble on your knees, but it looks
Funny when you run that way. Pope Paul taking all your money for turning
Your feet into clay (pigeon).
One man of peace dies, and a hundred wars begin. You keep murdering
People in his christian name--I thought he said--I thought he said that was
A sin. Soldier where have you been? What is your reason for this day? Do you
Have a little something holy you'd like to say to me? Something about a
Magic, sacred, holiday. All I'm going to do this easter--I'm just going to
Look for eggs. It's a resurrection holy day--no more nails in the holy legs. No
More brains in the christian.
Trial By Fire (Kaukonen) - 4:35
Gonna move out on the highway, make this moment last
Til it closes with the future, blending with the past.
Rollin' on and doin' fine, what do you think I see?
That boney hand comes a beckonin', saying buddy come go with me.
That engine just ain't strong enough to get you round the turn
Lie on your back in the middle of a field, and watch your body burn.
Don't try to tell me just who I am when you don't know yourself
Spend half your time running out on the street
With your mind home on a shelf.
Lookin' at me with your eyes full of fire
Like you'd rather be seein' me dead
Lying on the floor with a hole in my face
And a ten gauge shotgun at my head
You can leave me here, but I won't tell
Things I know about you and know so well
The way you smile at me, try to set me free
And keep me wondering what the future will be
Rollin' on, won't be long
I won't leave here til' I sing this song.
Alexander the Medium (Kantner) - 6:40
When the time does come near again
When the day does seem clear again
Make it in the night time
The dreams ands in the light time
All of you come away
Just a bow shot away
Let me tell you 'bout a story now
A tale of glory and power
And I don't even know your name
But I thought I'd tell you all about it just the same
We are all creatures of fame, lightness and liberty
In the times of the olden times
Of ancient ladies and maritime splendor
Priests of Karnak and Thebes
Could walk through the ocean and the seas
When the pyramid she would sigh
The waters streamed from the sky
The ocean you know is your firend
Your brother and sister just as sure as sin
Put your hands in the water
Rest your feet on the sea
You don't have to let your body die
You can come back again if you try, if you try
This song was made then by you and me
A billion years before these oceans rolled
Oh I can see you burning brightly
You shine like silver like sun gold
And a hundred years from today
All you people will be gone away
Down into the heart of the sea
Bak to the time of wonderwhy you and me
And I don't even know your name
But I thought I'd tell you all about it just the same
If you laugh real hard you win the game - hands down
Before old Alexander 'twas just the same as now
Can you smell the blood of fame, lightness and liberty?
Eat Starch Mom (Kaukonen, Slick) - 4:36
He's just an american boy & he loves his machine. No back-talk from a
Machine. When was the last time a television set--gave you shit about who
You met last night? No back-talk machine. If your motor doesn't turn over
Smooth for you, you don't feed it right.
Give it a little grease--give it a little gas, drive
Straight on through the night. Man-made
Mechanical mover--love your machine. You say
Nothing's right but natural things--
You fool.
Poison oak is a natural plant why don't you
Put some in your food.
I don't care if there's chemicals in it
S long as my lettuce is crisp!
Preservatives might just be preserving you,
I think that's something you missed!
Ya you missed it.
Man-made mechanical mover, I love his machine.
He's just an american boy & I love his machine.
Smooth moving steel.
Keep your engine warm & wet
Be friendly to your steel.
Feed it right, your mechanical pet
Then get behind the wheel.
Put a little statch in the old corvette
Then give it a feel.
Smooth moving steel--give it a feel
Man-made mechanical mover--it'll move faster than
You can--vegetable lover.