Astronomy

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Astronomy
Secret treaties cover.jpg
Artist Blue Öyster Cult
Album Secret Treaties
Imaginos
Released April 1974
Length 6:28 (Secret Treaties)
6:47 (Imaginos)
4:10 (edit, 7" single)
5:42 (edit, CD single)
6:02 (edit w/ intro, CD single)
7:11 (album version w/ intro, CD single)
6:24 (Wild Mix, 12" single)
7:09 (Wild King Mix, 12" single)
Writers Joe Bouchard
Albert Bouchard
Sandy Pearlman
Lead vocals Eric Bloom (Secret Treaties)
Donald Roeser (Imaginos)

Astronomy is the eighth and final track from Blue Öyster Cult's third studio album, Secret Treaties, as well as the sixth track from their eleventh studio album, Imaginos.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]


Clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Like acid and oil on a madman's face
His reason tends to fly away
Like lesser birds on the four winds
Like silver scrapes in May
And now the sand's become a crust
Most of you have gone away

Come Suzy dear, let's take a walk
Just out there upon the beach
I know you'll soon be married
And you'll want to know where winds come from
Well, it's never said at all
On that map that Carrie reads
Behind the clock, back there you know
At the four winds bar

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Four winds at the four winds bar
Two doors bought and windows barred
One door's let to take you in
The other one just mirrors it

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Hellish glare and inference
The other one's a duplicate
The queenly flux, eternal light
Or the light that never warms
Yes, the light that never, never warms
Or the light that never
Never warms
Never warms
Never warms

The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Miss Carrie nurse and Suzy dear
Would find themselves at the four winds bar

It's the nexus of the crisis
And the origin of storms
Just the place to hopelessly
Encounter time and then came me

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Call me Desdinova
Eternal light
These gravely digs of mine
Will surely prove a sight
And don't forget my dog
Fixed and consequent

Astronomy
A star
Astronomy
A star
Astronomy
A star
Astronomy
A star


The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Like acid and oil on a madman’s face
Reason tends to fly away
Like lesser birds on the four winds
Like silver scrapes in May
Now the sand's become a crust
And most of you have gone away

Come Suzy dear, let's take a walk
Just out there upon the beach
I know you'll soon be married
And you'll want to know where wind comes from
Well, it's never said at all
On the map that Carrie reads
Behind the clock back there you know
At the four winds bar

Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!

Four doors at the four winds bar
Two doors locked and windows barred
One door's let to take you in
The other one just mirrors it

Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!

In hellish glare and inference
The other one's a duplicate
The queenly flux, eternal light
Or the light that never warms
Or the light that never, never warms
Or the light that never, never, never, never, never warms

The clock strikes twelve and moondrops burst
Out at you from their hiding place
Miss Carrie nurse and Suzy dear
Find themselves at the four winds bar

It's the nexus of the crisis
And the origin of storms
Just the place to hopelessly
Encounter time and then came me

Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!

Call me Desdinova
Eternal light
These gravely digs of mine
Will surely prove a sight
And don’t forget my dog
Fixed and consequent

Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!

Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!
Hey! Hey—hey!

Astronomy
A star
Astronomy
A star
Astronomy
A star
Astronomy
A star

A star!

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Two lines in the lyrics were changed for the Imaginos version, as according to Albert Bouchard, Eric Bloom originally sang the part incorrectly and it was never corrected before the album's release.
    • "Four winds at the four winds bar / Two doors bought and windows barred" was changed to "Four doors at the four winds bar / Two doors locked and windows barred."

Songs

Blue Öyster Cult

Transmaniacon MC • I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep • Then Came the Last Days of May • Stairway to the Stars • Before the Kiss, a Redcap • Screams • She's as Beautiful as a Foot • Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll • Workshop of the Telescopes • Redeemed

Tyranny and Mutation

The Red and the Black • O.D.'d on Life Itself • Hot Rails to Hell • 7 Screaming Diz-Busters • Baby Ice Dog • Wings Wetted Down • Teen Archer • Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)

Secret Treaties

Career of Evil • Subhuman • Dominance and Submission • ME 262 • Cagey Cretins • Harvester of Eyes • Flaming Telepaths • Astronomy

Agents of Fortune

This Ain't the Summer of Love • True Confessions • (Don't Fear) The Reaper • E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) • The Revenge of Vera Gemini • Sinful Love • Tattoo Vampire • Morning Final • Tenderloin • Debbie Denise

Spectres

Godzilla • Golden Age of Leather • Death Valley Nights • Searchin' for Celine • Fireworks • R. U. Ready 2 Rock • Celestial the Queen • Goin' Through the Motions • I Love the Night • Nosferatu

Mirrors

Dr. Music • The Great Sun Jester • In Thee • Mirrors • Moon Crazy • The Vigil • I Am the Storm • You're Not the One (I Was Looking For) • Lonely Teardrops

Cultösaurus Erectus

Black Blade • Monsters • Divine Wind • Deadline • The Marshall Plan • Hungry Boys • Fallen Angel • Lips in the Hills • Unknown Tongue

Fire of Unknown Origin

Fire of Unknown Origin • Burnin' For You • Veteran of the Psychic Wars • Sole Survivor • Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver • Vengeance (The Pact) • After Dark • Joan Crawford • Don't Turn Your Back

The Revölution by Night

Take Me Away • Eyes on Fire • Shooting Shark • Veins • Shadow of California • Feel the Thunder • Let Go • Dragon Lady • Light Years of Love

Club Ninja

White Flags • Dancin' in the Ruins • Make Rock Not War • Perfect Water • Spy in the House of the Night • Beat 'Em Up • When the War Comes • Shadow Warrior • Madness to the Method

Imaginos

I Am the One You Warned Me Of • Les Invisibles • In the Presence of Another World • Del Rio's Song • The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria • Astronomy • Magna of Illusion • Blue Öyster Cult • Imaginos

Bad Channels

Demon's Kiss • The Horsemen Arrive

Heaven Forbid

See You In Black • Harvest Moon • Power Underneath Despair • X-Ray Eyes • Hammer Back • Damaged • Cold Gray Light of Dawn • Real World • Live For Me • Still Burnin' • In Thee

St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings

What Is Quicksand? • I'm on the Lamb • Gil Blanco County • Donovan's Monkey • Ragamuffin Dumplin' • Curse of the Hidden Mirrors • Arthur Comics • A Fact About Sneakers • St. Cecilia • Bonomo's Turkish Taffy

Curse of the Hidden Mirror

Dance on Stilts • Showtime • The Old Gods Return • Pocket • One Step Ahead of the Devil • I Just Like to Be Bad • Here Comes That Feeling • Out of the Darkness • Stone of Love • Eye of the Hurricane • Good to Feel Hungry

The Symbol Remains

That Was Me • Box in My Head • Tainted Blood • Nightmare Epiphany • Edge of the World • The Machine • Train True (Lennie's Song) • The Return of St. Cecilia • Stand and Fight • Florida Man • The Alchemist • Secret Road • There's a Crime • Fight

Ghost Stories

Late Night Street Fight • Cherry • So Supernatural • We Gotta Get Out of This Place • Soul Jive • Gun • Shot in the Dark • The Only Thing • Kick Out the Jams • Money Machine • Don't Come Running to Me • If I Fell • Roadhouse Blues

Rarities

Steppin' Razor • Double Talk • Rebel • Summa Cum Laude • John L. Sullivan

Live songs and covers

Buck's Boogie • 5 Guitars • Wings of Mercury • Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes • Born to be Wild • Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You) • I Want You (She's So Heavy) • It's Not Easy

Unreleased
(Soft White Underbelly and Stalk-Forrest Group)

Allen's Song • All Night Gas Station • Home from the Hills • Bark in the Sun • The Burning Man • Checkout Girl • Fantasy Morass • Four Door Blues ('57 Chevy) • Green • Hangin' Round • Highway Song • Hoedown on Your Pelt • Jay Jay • Memphis Slim Jam • Mothra • Mystic Stump • Patron of the Arts • Port Jefferson • Pot Bust • Queen's Boulevard • Rain is Falling • Rationale Passionale • Sitting on the Buddha's Knee • Siren Sing Along • Sun Comes Up • You Make Me Feel • You
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