The Carpet Crawlers (live at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, 1/24/75)

There is lambs wool under my naked feet
It feels soft and warm, gives off some kind of heat
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid
The fleas cling to the golden fleece, hoping they'll find peace
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid
There's no hiding in my memory, there's no room to avoid

The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing on the poor

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out

There's only one direction in the faces that I see
It's upward to the ceiling where the chamber's said to be
Like the forest fight for sunlight that takes root in every tree
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they are free

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out

Mild-mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright
Through the door, a harvest feast is lit by candlelight
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out

The porcelain mannequin with shattered skin fears attack
And the eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack
And the liquid has congealed which has seeped out through the crack
And the tickler takes his stickleback

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out

We've got to get in to get out (we've got to get in to get out)
(We've got to get in to get out)
We've got to get in to get out (got to get in to get out)
(We've got to get in to get out)
We've got to get in to get out (get in to get out)
(We've got to get in to get out)
We've got to get in to get out (get in to get out, get out)

The carpet crawlers heed their callers
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out
We've got to get in to get out