Lyrics: Once Eric said Come gather around I'll tell a tale That is sure to astound
Un-somnambulist That's awake see He don't sleep Talking taking no break Walking But you don't believe No you don't believe (x2)
As to his fame well He has two claims He is a Don And as well a Captain
Un-somnambulist He was awake see For eighty-five weeks With no sleep It's crazy maybe But you don't believe No you don't believe (x2)
They called him freak And he lost all his friends Could only speak To the boys in the band
Un-somnambulist You stay awake and see What happens every eighty-five weeks With no napping But you don't believe No you don't believe (x2)
Please will you listen To what then did occur? The world to him Was all covered in fur
Un-somnambulist Let me explain See the fur Changed to wood grain Everything can you believe it? But you don't believe No you don't believe (x5)
Quotes: "We were just sitting around, I told him a story about Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) and his lack of sleeping at one point in his life." - Eric Drew Feldman, "Fool the World: The Oral History of a Band Called Pixies" (US Edition, Pg. 241).
Definitions and References: som·nam·bu·list (n.) A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.
Eric Eric Drew Feldman, off and on keyboardist for Frank Black and the Catholics.
"Don/Captain" Don Glen Vliet, aka Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart.
