E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)

"E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" is the fourth track from Blue Öyster Cult's fourth studio album, Agents of Fortune. Its lyrics describe the discovery of a UFO crash site and the government coverup that follows.

Blue Öyster Cult

 * Eric Bloom - lead vocals, guitar, percussion
 * Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser - lead guitar, vocals, synthesizer, percussion
 * Allen Lanier - keyboards, guitar, bass, vocals
 * Joe Bouchard - bass, piano, vocals
 * Albert Bouchard - drums, vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica

Production

 * David Lucas - producer, engineer
 * Murray Krugman - producer, engineer
 * Sandy Pearlman - producer, engineer
 * Shelly Yakus - engineer
 * Andy Abrams - engineer
 * Tony Stevens - mastering
 * John Berg - design
 * Andy Engel - design
 * Lynn Curlee - cover art

Lyrics
Psst…C’mere!

I hear the music daylight disc Three men in black said, “Don’t report this… Ascension,” and that’s all they said Sickness now the hour of dread

All praise He’s found the awful truth Balthazar He’s found the saucer news

Wait! there’s more…

I’m in fairy rings and tower beds “Don’t report this,” three men said Books by blameless and by the dead King in yellow, the Queen in red

All praise He’s found the awful truth Balthazar He’s found the saucer news

Dead leaves always give up motion I no longer feel emotion When prophecy fails the falling notion Don’t report this Agents of Fortune

All praise He’s found the awful truth Balthazar He’s found the saucer news

Trivia

 * Agents of Fortune gets its name from a lyric in this song, "Don't report this, Agents of Fortune."
 * The "men in black" from this song are referenced again in "Take Me Away," from 1983's The Revölution by Night.
 * During live performances, a short guitar solo is added before the first verse and an extended outro is added to the end. The phrase "books by blameless and by the dead" is also slightly changed to "books by many and by the dead."