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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Peaches

July 27, 2007 on 4:16 pm | In Friday Protest Songs |

The Friday Protest Song for July 27, 2007
Seem they’re just out of reach to me…
MP3 … Lyrics … Beefheart fan site … Cindy Sheehan’s blog

This week’s protest song is dedicated to Cindy Sheehan and John Conyers, who didn’t have a meeting of the minds this week on the issue of impeachment, which Sheehan sees as a method to end the Occupation of Iraq.

From the 1968 album Unconditionally Guaranteed
Peaches (MP3)

All of those peaches up in one tree,
I know one of them belongs to me.

I seem them peaches fallin down by me,
I know you see me standing under your tree.

Long as you’ve got so many peaches,
Why don’t you throw one down to me?
If I was a cherry-red bird
I’d fly up and take you off with me.

Throw me a peach outta your tree!
Ain’t no use in you being mean to me.
Guess I’ll stop hanging ’round your tree
If you don’t send one down to me!

You know I’m as hungry as a man can be,
And I’m down here begging under your tree.

All of those peaches up in your tree,
Seem they’re just out of reach to me.

Long as you’ve got so many peaches,
Why don’t you throw one down to me?
If I was a cherry-red bird
I’d fly up and take you off with me.

All of those peaches up in one tree,
I know one of them belongs to me.

I seem them peaches fallin down by me,
I know you see me standing under your tree.

Long as you’ve got so many peaches,
Why don’t you throw one down to me?
If I was a cherry-red bird
I’d fly up and take you off with me.

Throw me a peach outta your tree!
Ain’t no use in you being mean to me.

All of those peaches up in one tree,
I know one of them belongs to me.
(repeat and fade)