Workshop of the Telescopes

"Workshop of the Telescopes" is the ninth track from Blue Öyster Cult's first studio album, Blue Öyster Cult. Its lyrics tell the story of an alchemist (possibly Desdinova) who has attained a higher state of being.

Blue Öyster Cult

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

Production

 * David Lucas - producer, engineer
 * Murray Krugman - associate producer
 * Sandy Pearlman - associate producer
 * Bill Robertson - engineer

Lyrics
By Silverfish Imperetrix 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

Your green tree mantle from which these things derive A lens of quartz and refract scope 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 Imperetrix 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 telescope

By Silverfish Imperetrix 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

Trivia
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