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Turning Into Salt

from Parakeetfishhead by Brian Cutean QTN

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QTN: guitar and voice
Ike Eichenberg: mandolin
Gene Elders: violin
Mark Williams: fretless electric bass
Scott Wade: tambourine

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TURNING INTO SALT

Everybody's sugar is turning into salt
not because of what someone did, it's nobody's fault
Birds are sitting in the top of the trees
watching the sun go down
Alberto Campesino lived in Enquentabo town

Alberto Campesino lived in Enquentabo town
his days were effervescent and his socks kept falling down
The people all pointed and whispered too loud
and called him "Apfleppy Donado"
and the children hung 'round like grapes on a vine
and sung of the magic Alberto

Well, he knew every joke and riddle and rhyme
and laughter had wrinkled his skin
Alberto Campesino had every convenience built in
Tuesday mornings he'd go to the laundry
to look for forgotten old clothes
and whenever he found something holey or torn
he was happier than anyone could know

You know he had an old stick he'd carved long ago
with pictures of Eagle and Deer
Whenever he spoke of the animals he'd seen,
the children would all gather near
Then he'd talk of wild horses in fields of green
and water so cold and clean
and sometimes he'd stare right through everyone around
while his eyes watched those faraway scenes

When Purple Glowbeeza came falling from the sky,
Alberto would lay on the ground
All the people would run to their houses and hide
from the purple falling all over town
"Such a strange man" they'd say with their heads in their shoes
and their tongues moving faster than sound
and the children would long for the chance to play
splashing Purple Glowbeeza all around

Now everybody's sugar is turning into salt
not because of what someone did, it's nobody's fault
but the birds are sitting in the top of the trees
watching the sun go down singing:
"Alberto Campesino died in Enquentabo town!"
He forever invented a thousand new ways
to keep the world spinning around
and people were amazed when they emptied his house
because they only found pictures of angels...
and the children hung 'round like bats in a cave
and sung of the magic Alberto

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from Parakeetfishhead, released June 21, 1999

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Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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