suddenly, out of the blue mists of time, captain beefheart's yellow brick road haunts me as an earworm ... so then i play it over and over, trying to catch the words and the sense, if coherent ...

 

(1018) Captain Beefheart - Yellow Brick Road - YouTube

... unable to pin the exact words into place, i start looking for notes about the co-writer ... 

... the track was co-written with Herb Bermann, who turns out to be a deeply interesting character ...

Herb Bermann – Captain Beefheart Radar Station

I was a scribe for Captain Beefheart – Herb Bermann speaks part 1 – Captain Beefheart Radar Station

Herb Bermann speaks part 2 – Captain Beefheart Radar Station