Then the serpent sea urchin climbed up onto land
On a big white beach in palm tree sand
In a skinny white robe he found under the sea
When he sunk his own ship back in '73
Been looking for a friend I haven't seen in a while
Gotta get a new job, gotta pay for the child
With a cotton-dry mouth and water-filled ears
Haven't seen a woman in ten-thousand years
And I walk down the street with hot tar on my bare feet
Smell like a toilet, look like a sheep
You better warn your wives and daughter not to come around
You better pack up your suitcase, get outta town now
Come on, take me down
I wanna live underwater waves
(Come on, dow-ow-ow-how-ow, do, do, oh, oh, oh...)
Then the serpent sea urchin climbed down from his land
On an ancient beach in black tar sand
With a skinny white girl he met walkin around
Who had been lost for years but said she'd been found now
credits
from Creatures (2012),
track released January 21, 2012
Produced, Written & Performed by City of Sound. Recorded by Karl Hilde, Danny Morrison & Jeremy Kindvall. Mixed & Mastered by Luke Frederickson. Artwork by Bryn Gleason.
This Dallas group specializes in knotty, proggy songs with corkscrewing guitar lines, tricky rhythms and big, yearning vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 17, 2022