The Spotlight Kid (LP Version)-Captain Beefheart

[00:00.000]Said the momma to the baby in the corn [00:04.009]You are my firstborn [00:08.051]You shall here on in be known as the Spotlight Kid [00:12.925]In the mornin' cry of the rooster [00:15.752]The baby lay alone [00:23.537]And the old cow in the green grass [00:26.415]Shed white tears in the red-hot sun [00:33.957]An' the Spotlight Kid stood under the moon that evenin’ [00:40.161]Givin' her alibis 'n eatin' her à la modes [00:49.870]Yeah now, ice cream man searchin' high 'n low [00:55.251]For his à la modes, for his à la modes [01:04.342]And the green frogs croakin' around his abode [01:15.985]And the mud cat pond by the old willow road [01:48.396]All night the village waited and the Spotlight Kid never showed [01:53.343]She was up on the mountain [01:55.104]Tellin' her alibis an' eatin' her à la modes [02:05.441]Momma still knew she was the one [02:10.288]She was the one who stole the pie from old mommy eye [02:22.119]Window bare, yeah, rockin' chair groanin' like a grizzly bear [02:31.651]An' the ice cream man searchin' high 'n low [02:36.187]For his à la modes, for his à la modes [02:49.673]All night the village waited and the Spotlight Kid never showed [02:54.623]She was up on the mountain [02:57.161]Tellin' her alibis an' eatin' her à la modes