The Importance of Evergreen

"The Importance of Evergreen" (also known as "VF The Cave 1" and "The Cave") is a suite by The Residents, originally written in the early 1970s for their unfinished feature film Vileness Fats. In the film, the song is an inspirational anthem sung by the villain Lonesome Jack to his gang The Bell Boys. 
Two recordings of the suite exist, created in 1984 and 2001 respectively.
==Background ==
A short edit of "The Importance of Evergreen" was featured on the compilation album Heaven? in 1986. This version has been cut down to 1:56.
== Lyrics ==
 The crystal clear is purest the world was ever taught
 It's in the dreams of Evergreen and what the bridesmaid caught
 A picnic day with newborn hay beside a fireplace
 Brings to eye a pumpkin pie and smiles on mother's face
 It's Xanadu and Camelot between Niagara Falls
 It's nightingales between the tales of ivy-covered halls
 In sunrise on a tropic I'll be seeing you again
 Evergreen! Oh, Evergreen! Your seeds must now be sown!
 Evergreen! Oh, Evergreen! On all the winds be blown!
== Releases ==
*Mole Show/Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? VHS (1984) 
*Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (1984) 
* Heaven? (1986) 
* Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents (1993) 
*Icky Flix DVD (2001) 
* Icky Flix (Original Soundtrack Recording) (2001)
* RZ VF (2011)
* Icky Flix - The Original Soundtrack Recording (2020)
*Triple Trouble (2022)
== See also ==
* Vileness Fats
*Mole Show/Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?
*Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (album)
* Icky Flix (DVD)
*Icky Flix (album)
* "Aircraft Damage"
* X Is For Xtra
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