Ozark Melody
Cowritten by Jeff Buckley/F. Reed/J. Tripician
Studio Released
Cowritten by Jeff Buckley/F. Reed/J. Tripician
Studio Released
| Lyrics: Well the aliens are coming They're coming while i'm strummin' They fill me up with such a sense of pride When the aliens do take me I hope that they will let me Bring my little sister for my bride. The space men with skin of gray Took my baby child away Now they say they want a second date I'm really kind of flattered Though I know it doesn't matter Just think of it as interstellar rape. The aliens will help me I know that they can lift me Lift me out of earth's velocity The aliens have shown me In their space craft as they hold me Their space-age Ozark moonshine recipe. In the kitchen I've gone wild With spices hot and mild Yes, I'm the planet's new age Julia child. I'm cookin' up a present A ten-pound frisky pheasant They'll stuff it like they stuffed me - with a smile The aliens are recruiting Over hill and dale they're lootin' For kins and cows and even chickens, too. They took my cousin Billy Now he's more than silly I wish they'd take my auntie Mary lou. Now the aliens don't like me 'Cause I guess I tried to bite 'em It's just my way of being kind of close They threw me in a pasture Now i'm aging faster Faster than a free-range country roast. Well the aliens are coming They're coming while i'm strummin' They fill me up with such a sense of pride When the aliens do take me I hope that they will let me Bring my little sister for my bride. | Notes: Music by Frederick Reed and Jeff Buckley Lyrics by Joe Tripician 'Jeff Buckley recorded the song 'Ozark Melody' with me and my musical partner Fred Reed in the summer of 1996. While I wrote the lyrics, Jeff and Fred worked out the tune, strummed mandolin and guitar, and recorded the entire song in one breakneck four-hour session. Jeff received wide acclaim and notoriety with his 1994 debut album 'Grace' (Sony Records). His death in 1997 shocked everyone who knew him and loved his music. Jeff loved recording this alien song. Everything fascinated him, including aliens and UFOs. During the session I could see, behind his incredible musical virtuosity, a mad and mischievous twinkle in his eye. ' -- Joe Tripician (from his website http://www.joetripician.com) this song can be freely downloaded here: http://www.joetripician.com/jeffbuckley.html |