Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band — Dachau Blues

[Chorus] Dachau blues, those poor Jews Dachau blues, those poor Jews Dachau blues, Dachau blues, those poor Jews Still crying 'bout the burning back in World War Two's One mad man, six million lose Down in Dachau blues, down in Dachau blues [Verse 1] The world can't forget that misery And the young ones now beggin' the old ones please To stop bein' madmen 'Fore they have to tell their children 'Bout the burnings back in World War Three's [Verse 2] War One was balls an' powder an' blood an' snow War Two rained death an' showers an' skeletons Danced an' screaming an dying in the ovens Cough an' smoke an' dying by the dozens [Chorus] Down in Dachau blues Down in Dachau blues [Verse 3] Three little children with doves on their shoulders Their eyes rolled back in ecstasy Crying, "Please, old man Stop this misery" They're countin' out the devil With two fingers on their hands Begging the Lord don't let the third one land On World War Three, on World War Three [Outro: Mark Boston] And it attracted a lot of rats, and er They closed the doors, and er They all got shotguns and shot in the grass And nothing happened They couldn't get the rats to move, see So they got one fellow down there, and he said um He-e-e-e- s-stammered at you; When he got excited he couldn't talk at all, see They got him down there and uh Walt said, "I'll get them out of there" And he took a stick and, beatin' them Tryin to- tryin to get 'em out of there Then they started to shoot in all directions And old Walt thought he was gonna get killed