There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage (LP Version)-Captain Beefheart

[00:25.345]There ain't no Santa Claus on the evenin' stage [00:37.873]There ain't no way to pull the curtain [00:40.963]And hide from hunger's rage [00:50.652]There ain't no town to stop in [00:53.935]There ain't no time to stop in [00:57.332]There ain't no straw for my horse [01:00.230]There ain't no straw for my bed [01:06.646]There ain't no comfort in cold boards [01:09.921]There ain't no rumor or food for my stomach [01:16.329]And someday I'm gonna be saved [01:22.702]'Cause I gotta eat 'n drink 'n breathe 'n sleep [01:26.656]And I'm a slave [01:42.591]Down in hominy's grotto [01:45.499]There's a soul dying 'n leavin' [01:48.443]Every second on the evenin' stage [01:56.200]There's a soul dying 'n rottin' [01:58.542]And pickin' some new kinda cotton [02:01.833]With his fingers broken [02:04.588]And his heart, back and forgotten [02:08.005]And there ain't no Santa Claus on the evenin' stage [02:19.245]Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho [02:22.412]Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho...