His father died and left him a little farm in New England

All the long black funeral cars left the scene

And the boy was just standin' there alone

Lookin' at the shiny red tractor

Him and his daddy used to sit inside

And circle the blue fields and grease the night It was as if someone had spread butter

On all the fine points of the stars

'Cause when he looked up, they started to slip

Then he put his head in the crux of his arms And he started to drift, drift to the belly of a ship

Let the ship slide open and he went inside of it

And saw his daddy 'hind the control boards

Streamin' beads of light

He saw his daddy 'hind the control board

And he was very different tonight

'Cause he was not human, he was not human The little boy's face lit up with such a naked joy

That the sun burned around his lids

And his eyes were like two suns

White lids, white opals, seein' everything

Just a little bit too clearly And he looked around and

There was no black ship in sight

No black funeral cars, nothin'

Except for him, the raven

And fell on his knees and

Looked up and cried out "No, Daddy, don't leave me here alone

Take me up, Daddy, to the belly of your ship

Let the ship slide open and I'll go inside of it

Where you are not human, you are not human" But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm

Nobody there 'cept for the birds

Around the New England farm

And they gathered in all directions

Like roses they scattered And they were like compass grass

Coming together into the head of a shaman bouquet

Slit in his nose and all the others went shootin'

And he saw the lights of traffic beckonin' him

Like the hands of blake

Grabbin' at his cheeks, takin' out his neck

All his limbs, everything was twisted and he said I won't give up, won't give up, don't let me give up

I won't give up, come here, let me go up fast

Take me up quick, take me up, up to the belly of a ship"

And the ship slides open and I go inside of it

Where I am not human I am helium raven and this movie is mine

So he cried out as he stretched the sky

Pushin' it all out like latex cartoon

Am I all alone in this generation?

We'll just be dreamin' of animation night and day

And won't let up, won't let up and I see them comin' in

Oh, I couldn't hear them before, but I hear 'em now It's a radar scope in all silver and all platinum lights

Movin' in like black ships, they were movin' in, streams of them

And he put up his hands and he said, It's me, it's me

I'll give you my eyes, take me up, oh Lord, please take me up

I'm helium, raven waitin' for you, please take me up

Don't leave me here" The son, the sign, the cross

Like the shape of a tortured woman

The true shape of a tortured woman

The mother standing in the doorway, lettin' her sons

No longer presidents but prophets

They're all dreamin', they're gonna bear the prophet He's gonna run through the fields dreamin' in animation

It's all gonna split his skull

It's gonna come out like a black bouquet shinin'

Like a fist that's gonna shoot them up

Like light, like Mohammed boxer Take them up up up up up up

Oh, let's go up, up, don't hold me back

Take me up, I'll go up, I'm goin' up, I'm goin' up

Take me up, I'm goin' up, I'll go up, tell

Go up go up go up go up up up up up up up

Up, up, to the belly of a ship

Let the ship slide open and we'll go inside of it

Well, we are not human, we're not human Well, there was sand, there were tiles

The sun had melted the sand

And it coagulated like a river of glass

When it hardened, he looked at the surface

He saw his face and where there were eyes

Were just two white opals, two white opals Where there were eyes, there were just two white opals

He looked up and the rays shot

And he saw raven comin' in

And he crawled on his back and he went up

Up up up up up up Sha da do wop, da sha da do way

Sha da do wop, da sha da do way

Sha da do wop, da sha da do way

Sha da do wop, da sha da do way

Shaman do wop, da shaman do way

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