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The Turn of The Worm

by Limpid Green

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1. There Were Giants in Those Days 8:24 a. The Nephilim Pt 1 Back in the days before Christ Was a land of The Giants Born of the Sons Of God And the Daughters of Men They were the heroes of old Anaqim Og and Goliath They lived in Ur of Chaldees They were the Men of Renown But they grew too large And they got too strong And they got too evil And they lived too long So God sent rain And the skies grew dark But they weren’t invited On Noah’s Ark In the days of the Giants There were Giants in those days b. Sometimes Clowns Sometimes Clowns Disrupt your train of thought Sometimes Clowns Invade your story line Sometimes Clowns Ruin a perfectly good tale c. The Nephilim Pt 2 Og was the name of their king He could step over mountains With his feet on the ground And his heads in the clouds His bed was 9 cubits long It was forged out of iron Tall as the cedars If it was stood up on end But they grew too large And they got too strong And they got too evil And they lived too long So God sent rain And the skies grew dark But they weren’t invited On Noah’s Ark d. Weights and Measures The hook on the wall keeps your spine inline The roof up above deflects the dust The rabbit and the bird hang at 3 and 9 The leaf and acorns - The antlers and the horn The musket cross adorns - the peak above the door A spring latch opens up the door Releasing a parasitic bird Wooden men dance spinning circles on the floor Weights pull the chains turning wheels in your brain Bellows pump the air through passages up there And you are out of time
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2. The Ballad of Blurt & Glurnie 4:22 There once was a man called Blurt He whistled through his teeth Always wore a chambray shirt Embroidered with a laurel wreath Glurnie was his faithful friend He drove an electric car His sidekick to the bitter end Determined to become a star Blurt believed the Earth was flat Avoided lengthy trips Kept his head beneath his hat His teeth he kept behind his lips Blurt and Glurnie went up town To share a pint of rum But something else was going down Unbeknownst to both of them Blurt and Glurnie were about to learn Fate can take an unexpected turn A circus train was rolling through Attracting quite a crowd Shoulder to shoulder shoe to shoe The clamoring was deafly loud Blurt and Glurnie jumped the train And rode for weeks and weeks Blurt and Glurnie went insane The circus car was full of freaks Blurt had a pumpkin head Glurnie’s was a gourd Blurt sawed a woman in half Glurnie swallowed a sword
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The Creeps 10:59
4. The Creeps 11:00 Rest assured the sky is blue Except of course for when it isn’t You must believe in what is true As proclaimed by brilliant brains Place your faith in modern science As determined by consensus All those academic giants Know what’s best for the rest of us I never watch the news I don’t believe their lies I prefer to use my own eyes Tell me have you heard? It’s all so absurd No I don’t believe a single word Still they creep below the surface Mutely scheming to usurp us But when exposed they flail wildly They lose their minds to put it mildly They think they’re winning, it ain’t likely They’re the Unhinged Lunatic Fringe I never read the news I don’t believe their lies I prefer to use my own eyes Crooked fingers pointing accusing us Of what they themselves are guilty of Twisting language until the meaning’s lost Arbitrating hate where there is none Where there is none Where there is love It’s just a horse apiece or six of one Or half a dozen of the other Doesn’t matter which way the fingers point The Creeps’ crooked fingers will point at you They’re pointing at you Listen to what your mother says And eat your leafy greens They keep the creeps out of your head And out of your dreamy dreams Keep the Creeps out of your head Don’t forget your lessons learned Indoctrination class Sure as shit the worm will turn And bite you in the ass Have you heard the news? I don’t believe their lies I prefer to use my own eyes Tell me have you heard? It’s all so absurd No I don’t believe a single word
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5. You Can’t Get There From Here 2:34 With a brand new pair of eyes And a brand new pair of wings You can fly the friendly skies And see amazing things But you can’t get there from here Or here from there You can’t get there from here Higher than a satellite Lower than a submarine Propelled by kryptonite In a blue-green limousine But you can’t get there from here Or here from there You can’t get there from here Some said it couldn’t be done Some even said they knew it But he faced what couldn’t be done And he couldn’t bloody do it He could not get there from here Or here from there
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Space Jalopy 03:53
7. Space Jalopy 3:54 Climb aboard my space jalopy Supercharge your soul Let’s check the gauges and the Switches and the gyroscope Have a look at Callisto You can see it through my telescope Energizers generating Cold cranking amps Fuel tanks undulating like lava lamps Strap on the goggles and flip that switch And then we’ll hurtle through outer space Climb aboard my space jalopy Turn my starter crank Space Jalopy Space Jalopy Supercharge my soul So grab the lever and hold tight now pull it forward and push right but never ever push the red button Now hold on tight while we’re in flight We’re not quite at the speed of light Space Jalopy Space Jalopy Activate my soul Space Jalopy Space Jalopy Turn my starter crank It cuts like butter through black skies You’ll see Nirvana through both eyes You’re looking through the porthole window
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8. Under the Bovine Moon 18:12 a. The Farmall Tractor Beam Plow - Hoe - Germinate - Grow b. Bob’s Your Uncle Rows of shoes on crooked stairs Floral wallpaper, carved oak chairs Rusty tractor, in the rain Back to earth from whence it came Bob’s your uncle Dark brown sugar on daily bread Can’t remember what the old man said Bob’s your uncle, or get off my lawn Something profound to dwell upon Bob’s your uncle c. She Wasn’t Very Tall but She Was Long Though she wasn't very tall - Some would say that she was long And she wasn't very fast - But suffice to say that she was strong She lived over by the railroad tracks down by the river She wore a copper bell on a chain around her neck She wandered through the hills and fields of grasses and clover One day she came across an open gate and she was all over She wasn't very tall - But she was long She wasn't very smart d. Immovable Object; Irresistible Force Instrumental e. It’s a Bovine Moon So tell me - why was she so strewn? Look in the sky for the Bovine Moon She found herself right in the middle (In the middle of the tracks) Her bones were brittle Sing the refrain: Hey diddle-diddle To the merry strains of a corn-stalk fiddle She learned to fly with the dish and spoon Up in the sky - she’s a Bovine Moon f. Orbit 1 Have you seen the Bovine Moon? It will be eclipsing soon Among those clouds, between those stars Eight degrees north of Mars g. A Minor Wobble Instrumental h. A Merry Ride on the Gloomy-Go-Round Take a ride on the gloomy-go-round And around and around Take a ride on the gloomy-go-round And around and around Ashes ashes, we all fall down Ring around the orbit of years And around and around Ring-a-rosie and a pocket full of tears And around and around Ashes ashes, we all fall down i. Orbit 2 Instrumental j. Peace Porridge Peace Porridge hot Peace Porridge cold Peace Porridge in the pot Nine days old

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All songs were written by:
Greg Mathieson and Bernard Olson

Greg Mathieson:
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Arrangement, Voices
Bernard Olson:
Drums, Percussion, Keyboards

Cast a Long Shadow contains some notes
borrowed from Park Avenue Beat (aka The Perry
Mason Theme) by Fred Steiner

Any Ol’ Macaroni was inspired by the music of
Ennio Morricone

Recorded in the Batcave (Bernard’s basement)
Mixed and enhanced in Greg’s living room

Children’s voices on Under the Bovine Moon:
Anika and Marissa

Artwork, design, illustration by Greg Mathieson

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released October 6, 2019

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Limpid Green Minneapolis, Minnesota

Our music always starts as impromptu sketches. Sometimes we embellish them by mixing and matching clips or by adding found- sounds. Lyrical content comes from out-of-context dialog of many diverse sources.

Greg Mathieson
guitars, synths, bass, electronics, devices, mixing, post-production

Bernard Olson
drums & percussives, synths, electronics, mixing
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