New Mexico Dream

First page of the X Is For Xtra tape track listing, showing "New Mexico Dream" as the second track

### Album

* *Beautiful Eyes* ("Available Piece")
* *Not Available* pREServed editions ("New Mexico Dream")

### Released

* July 16th 2010 ("Available Piece")
* November 8th 2019 ("New Mexico Dream")

### Studio

Sycamore Street studio, San Francisco, California

### Length

* 5:08 ("Available Piece")
* 5:09 ("New Mexico Dream")

### Label

Robot Selling Device, Cherry Red Records, MVD Audio, New Ralph Too, Klanggalerie

### Producer

The Residents

***Not Available* pREServed**"Salome and Goiter" | ***Beautiful Eyes****N/A*

"**New Mexico Dream**" and **"Available Piece"** are two closely linked pieces by The Residents, recorded during the *X Is For Xtra* sessions between February and May 1974. The pieces eventually formed parts of the tracks "The Making of a Soul," "Never Known Questions" and "Epilogue" from their album *Not Available*, released October 9th 1978 by Ralph Records.

"Available Piece", an extended instrumental mix of a section heard in the aforementioned three *Not Available* tracks, was first released on the compilation album *Beautiful Eyes* in 2010.

In 2019, the expanded pREServed CD edition of *Not Available* was released, with a second disc of outtakes and "RDX" mixes from the original master tapes. The second disc included the track "New Mexico Dream", an alternate take of the Porcupine's monologue from "The Making of a Soul" with a previously unheard harp accompaniment.

The entirety of "Available Piece" can be faintly heard throughout "New Mexico Dream", indicating that the vocal and harp version of "New Mexico Dream" released to the public was extracted from an earlier mix of the recording that would become the instrumental "Available Piece".

## Lyrics

### New Mexico Dream

```
A huge easy cozy wants our kiss, our kiss to triumph
But unbelievable admits
Some questions, some questions
Receive a guarantee to shake you up
To shake you up, to shake you up
Yes, I've got some questions that are guaranteed
To shake you up
How much marriage urges a windmill to pinch infinity?
Is a magic hide-a-bed the final home of Spanish fire?
Is firm corn merrier under gifts of less important love?
We wonder.
But fantasy moves ahead;
For the iceman just took a turn for the better
And a small object flies from his mouth;
A daring jewel scales down the belted ear system
And you have the modular optimistic silver original
Welcome to the offshoots of Jupiter.

```

## List of releases

* *Beautiful Eyes* (2010)
* *Not Available* pREServed CD edition (2019)
* *Not Available* pREServed vinyl edition (2023)

### List of versions

1. ↑ Sycamore Street studio recording, February - May 1974 ("Available Piece" instrumental mix, 5:08)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sycamore Street studio recording, February - May 1974 ("New Mexico Dream" RDX mix, 5:09)

## See also

* *Not Available*
* *X Is For Xtra*
* "The Making of a Soul"
* "Available Nonsensical"
* *Beautiful Eyes*

## External links and references

* *Not Available* at The Residents Historical
* *Beautiful Eyes* at Discogs
* *Not Available* pREServed CD edition at Discogs
* *Not Available* pREServed vinyl edition at Discogs

**Side A**
Part One: "Edweena" · Part Two: "The Making Of A Soul"
**Side B**
Part Three: "Ship's A'Going Down" · Part Four: "Never Known Questions""Epilogue"
**Characters**
Edweena · Porcupine · The Catbird · Uncle Remus · The Enigmatic Foe · ~~Nobody~~
**Personnel**
The Residents · Sally Lewis · Reed Paulsen
**Related works**
"Russian Love Song" · *Vileness Fats* · *X Is For Xtra* · "Available Piece" · "Available Nonsensical" · *Fingerprince* · Shadowland ·"Nobody's Nos" (song) · *Not Available (Work in Progress)*
**Related articles**
N. Senada (Theory of Obscurity) · Residents, Uninc. · Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Pore-Know Graphics · *Eskimo*