Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Blue Öyster Cult
Performer
Buck Dharma
Vocals
Eric Bloom
Vocals
Albert Bouchard
Drums
Allen Lanier
Keyboards
Joe Bouchard
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Buck Dharma
Composer
Albert Bouchard
Composer
Eric Bloom
Composer
Sandy Pearlman
Composer
Joe Bouchard
Composer
Allen Lanier
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sandy Pearlman
Producer
Murray Krugman
Producer
David Lucas
Engineer
Bill Robertson
Engineer
Songteksten
By silverfish imperatrix, whose incorrupted eye
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
By salamander, drake, and the power that was undine
Rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closed
They know me by my black telescope
Your green tree mantle from which these things derive
A lens of quartz and refract spoke
That crystal lens whose crystal rope
Once bound me to those Doctors and wives
When my vision was oh, so cloudy
And I saw things through two eyes
I am a sailor on the raging depths
And I know a thing or two
Back to the corner mates and over the side
Yes I know a thing or two
By silverfish imperatrix, whose incorrupted eye
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
By salamander, drake, and the power that was undine
Rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closed
You'll know me by my black telescope
Before my great conversion when the ridge was closed
Before my visit to the workshop of telescopes
By silverfish imperatrix, whose incorrupted eye
Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives
By salamander, drake, and the power that was undine
Rise to claim Saturn, ring and sky
By those who see with their eyes closed
You'll know me by my...
Black telescope
Written by: Albert Bouchard, Allen Lanier, Buck Dharma, Eric Bloom, Joe Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman