Observatory crest song

[ninky_nonk]

In Captain Beefheart's Observatory Crest song, there are lines:

We'd just saw a concert and heard all the best
...
Thought we'd saw flying saucers and all of the rest

What does this "we'd saw" mean? Is it "would saw"? It looks incorrect, is it intentional? What does it look like for a native speaker?


Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Observatory Crest

 

[Glasguensis]

In standard English this would be “we had just seen”

 

[The Newt]

Note that the first line ("We'd just saw") is also non-standard. In standard English it would be "We had just seen."

 

[dojibear]

It looks incorrect, is it intentional? What does it look like for a native speaker?

It is song lyrics, so it is poetry. It is lines in a song, not "sentences" with grammar rules.

There are no rules. It cannot be "incorrect".

We'd just saw a concert and heard all the best
Thought we'd saw flying saucers and all of the rest

The bold syllables are stressed syllables, and "best" rhymes with "rest".
Those things matter in song lyrics (poetry). They don't matter in sentences (prose).