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Taco, Buffalo, Birddog And Jesus

Date Recorded: 1989.

Credits:

Author/Publisher
Publisher	Needmore Songs
Songwriter	Robert Pollard
Musicians
Vocals	Robert Pollard
Guitar	Robert Pollard
Guitar	Jim Pollard
Bass Guitar	Mitch Mitchell
Drums and Percussion	Kevin Fennell
Lead Guitar	Steve Wilbur
Production
Engineer	John Shough
Engineer	Gary King
Engineer	Steve Wilbur
Engineer	John Croslin
Engineer	Dave Doughman
Mastering	Mike Hearst
Producer	John Shough
Producer	Gary King
Producer	Steve Wilbur
Producer	John Croslin
Producer	Dave Doughman
Studio
Mastering Location	Urban Geek Studios

Lyrics:

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Taco, Buffalo, Birddog and Jesus
are chasing the eyeball to see
how they can casually crop a revival,
the merriest thing we'd agree

They can drive an old pickup or Plymouth
straight through them holes in your teeth
As they whistle the spirits above them
Disturb us in sewers beneath

Irrepressable flockings of people
who thinks that the others he know
That the ones who erect their own steeple
live in a black smoky hole

Nobody opens his eyes
It's hard to look up in the sun
And so, they shut them and run

And the progress is who I am, boy
something to carry us along
Makes a hell of a breakfast on Sunday
it's based on the vultures of 'Nam

Nobody opens his eyes
It's hard to look up in the sun
And so, they shut them and run

Beyond the bars and churches of Midwestern factory towns, evil minds click consistently. Some of us think it odd that a larger percentage of bona-fide miracles are witnessed in these areas. But I've seen Taco take a big long drag off his self-whittled pipe, sit back and laugh and in ten minutes the rednecks are hugging and buying each other beers again. And then Jesus blows the clouds away with one puff, falls back into his cage and goes to sleep.

Taco, Buffalo, Birddog & Jesus
are chasing the eyeball to see

Nobody opens his eyes
It's hard to look up in the sun
And so, they shut them and run

Source: GBV.com - Transcribed By Adam Oliansky

Notes:

From the aborted "Learning To Hunt" LP.

Appears On:

Artist	Title	Year	Format	Label	Catalog #
Guided By Voices	Briefcase (Suitcase Abridged: Drinks And Deliveries)	2000	LP	Fading Captain Series	7
Guided By Voices	Suitcase: Failed Experiments And Trashed Aircraft	2000	4 CD Box Set	Fading Captain Series	6
Guided By Voices	To Trigger A Synapse	1996	Fan Rarity Compilation
Guided By Voices	Bee Thousand (Hardcore UFOs)	1993	Proposed/Aborted Album
Guided By Voices	Learning To Hunt (Version 1)	1989	Proposed/Aborted Album
Guided By Voices	Goldstar For Fatboy		Fan Rarity Compilation