Uncle Ted might be famous for his straight-edge lifestyle now, but with The Amboy Dukes he created music directed towards a more alternative lifestyle. The title of the album alludes to using hallucinogenic drugs to expand one’s mind, but Ted claims he had no idea! Drugs aside, this album produced by Bob Shad — the producer best known for his work in the jazz genre — is sure to please. Hard-hitting and psychedelic, this record is bursting at the seams with intricate and fascinating guitar stylings. Unlike some of the other lighter psychedelic fare of the 1960s, this album packs a punch!
First the world
Then boy then girl
Six days it took in all
In His image he designed us
With no thought of flaw
Now the question of perfection
Lingers in my mind
Why is a carrot more orange than an Orange?
Why are you greener than green?
Why do we sometimes believe
In things we’ve never seen?
Never doubt what it’s about
And you’ll get along fine
But thy seeing the true meaning
Proves you’ve got a mind
My suggestion is inspection of humanity
I see why the ground is lower than the sky
And why sound can penetrate your mind
But why is a carrot oranger than an Orange?
Oranger than an Orange?
Oranger than an Orange?
Things are getting much worse
People will actually curse
Ladies are sighing and babies are dying
And happiness comes with a hearse
Time heals all wounds it’s been said
But try healing wounds of your dead
No matter how you try they’ll pass you right on by
You and your future’s been wed
Whats the use? There’s no excuse
Death is life
Seems that you never will learn
The only thing is to return
Do what you care and hope your not there
When all your world start to burn
Happiness just came in,
It pierced my skin
Insights of Christmas lights right now
I’m so deeply in,
For I’m Saint Philips friend
I’ve left my mind and soul behind somehow
But my life means more to me than before
And I’m not afraid to walk out the door
Calling my name doesn’t seem such a chore
So deeply in Saint Philips friend
Look into my eye,
And You’ll realize,
That I’m not handing you a line
Whether right or wrong,
I must go along
Saint Philips friend until the end of time
No handwriting on the wall
tells me to stop it all
But I must be there when my Saint Philip calls
For without him I surely would fall
So deeply in Saint Philips friend
People blush each time I rush
The cry for peace is heard the least
Some day man will understand,
Or he will destroy this land
I found the best way out,
I found what life’s about
Philip taught me not to fear my death
He’s shown me through the maze,
For this I’ll sing his praise
And worship him with my last dying breath
So if you want happiness listen to me
Look only at the things you want to see
life is a joke, and it always will be
So deeply in Saint Philips friend
Now my journey is ended
And I’m back where I began
For I’ve seen things beyond you wildest dreams
And I’ve searched the soul of man
Though I dye unknown and unrecognized
I’m glad I found the time
To take the journey
To the center
To the center of my mind
