A Very Cellular Song

Album: The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
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  • Winter was cold and the clothing was thin
    But the gentle shepherd calls the tune
    Oh, dear mother what shall I do?
    First please your eyes and then your ears, Jenny
    Exchanging love tokens say goodnight

    Lay down my dear sister
    Won't you lay and take your rest?
    Won't you lay your head upon your saviors breast?
    And I love you, but Jesus loves you the best

    And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
    Lord, I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

    One of these mornings bright and early and fine
    Goodnight, goodnight
    Not a cricket, not a spirit going to shout me on
    Goodnight, goodnight

    I go walking in the valley of the shadow of death
    Goodnight, goodnight
    And his rod and his staff shall comfort me
    Goodnight, goodnight

    Oh John, the wine he saw the sign
    Goodnight, goodnight
    Oh, John say, "I seen a number of signs"
    Goodnight, goodnight

    Tell a for the ark that wonderful boat
    Goodnight, goodnight
    You know they built it on the land getting water to float
    Goodnight, goodnight

    Oh, tell B for the beast at the ending of the wood
    Goodnight, goodnight
    You know it ate all the children when they wouldn't be good
    Goodnight, goodnight

    I remember quite well, I remember quite well
    Goodnight, goodnight
    And I was walking in Jerusalem just like John
    Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

    Who would lose and who would bruise
    Or who would live quite prettily?
    And who would love what comes along
    And fill the air with joyous song

    Who would go and who would come
    Or who would simply linger?
    And who would hide behind your chair
    And steal your crystallized ginger?

    Nebulous nearnesses cry to me
    At this timeless moment someone dear to me
    Wants me near, makes me high
    I can hear vibrations fly

    Through mangoes, pomegranates and planes
    All the same
    When it reaches me and teaches me
    To sigh

    Who would mouse and who would lion
    Or who would be the tamer?
    And who would hear directions clear
    From the unnameable namer?

    Who would skip and who would plot
    Or who would lie quite stilly?
    And who would ride backwards on a giraffe?
    Stopping every so often to laugh

    Amoebas are very small

    Oh ah ee oo
    There's absolutely no strife
    Living the timeless life, I don't need a wife
    Living the timeless life

    If I need a friend I just give a wriggle
    Split right down the middle
    And when I look there's two of me
    Both as handsome as can be

    Oh, here we go slithering, here we go
    Slithering and squelching on
    Oh, here we go slithering, here we go
    Slithering and squelching on

    Oh ah ee oo
    There's absolutely no strife
    Living the timeless life

    Black hair, brown hair feather and scale
    Seed and stamen and all unnamed lives that live
    Turn your quivering nerves in my direction
    Turn your quivering nerves in my direction
    Feel the energy projection of my cells wishes you well

    May the long time sun shine upon you
    All love surround you
    And the pure light within you
    Guide you all the way on

    May the long time sun shine upon you
    All love surround you
    And the pure light within you
    Guide you all the way on

    May the long time sun shine upon you
    All love surround you
    And the pure light within you
    Guide you all the way on Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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