The Spotlight Kid Lyrics - Captain Beefheart

Said the momma to the baby in the corn 

You are my first born 

You shall here on in be known as The Spotlight Kid 

And the mornin' cry of the rooster 

The baby lay alone 

And the old cow in the green grass 

Shed white tears in the red hot sun 

And The Spotlight Kid stood under the moon that evenin' 

Givin' her alibis and eatin' her a la modes 

And the green frogs croakin' around his abode 

And the mud cat pond by the old willow road 

All night the village waited and The Spotlight Kid never showed 

She was up on the mountain 

Tellin' her alibis and eatin' her a la modes 

Momma still knew she was the one 

She was the one who stole the pie from old Momma Eye 

Window bare rockin' chair groanin' like a grizzly bear 

And the ice cream searchin' high and low 

For his a la modes for his a la modes 

All night the village waited and The Spotlight Kid never showed 

She was up on the mountain tellin' her alibis 

And eatin' her a la modes 

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