Lyrics Captain Beefheart – Dachau Blues

Dachau blues, those poor Jews
Dachau blues, those poor Jews
Dachau blues, Dachau blues, those poor Jews
Still cryin’ ’bout the burnin’ back in World War Two’s

The world can’t forget that misery
And the young ones now beggin’ the old ones «Please»
To stop bein’ madmen
‘Fore they have to tell their children ’bout the burnin’s back in World War Three’s

War One was balls and powder and blood and snow
War Two rained death and showers and skeletons
Dancin’ and screamin’ and dyin’ in the ovens
Cough and smoke and dyin’ by the dozens
Down in Dachau blues
Down in Dachau blues

Sweet little children with doves on their shoulders
Their eyes rolled back in ecstasy
Cryin’, «Please old man stop this misery.»
They’re countin’ out the devil with two fingers on their hands
Beggin’ the Lord don’t let the third one land
On World War Three
On World War Three