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Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals) |
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Ike willis (rhythm guitar, vocals) |
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Ray white (rhythm guitar, vocals) |
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Bob harris (boy soprano, trumpet) |
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Steve vai (guitar) |
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Tommy mars (keyboards) |
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Arthur barrow (bass) |
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Ed mann (percussion) |
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David ocker (clarinet, bass clarinet) |
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Motorhead sherwood (tenor saxophone, vocals) |
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Denny walley (slide guitar, vocals) |
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David logeman (drums) |
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Craig steward (harmonica) |
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Jimmy carl black (vocals) |
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Ahmet zappa (vocals) |
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Moon zappa (vocals) |
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Do you know what you are? |
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You are what you is |
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You is what you am |
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(a cow don't make ham...) |
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You ain't what you're not |
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So see what you got |
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You are what you is |
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An' that's all it 'tis |
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A foolish young man |
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From a middle class fam'ly |
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Started singin' the blues |
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'cause he thought it was manly |
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Now he talks like the kingfish |
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("saffiiiee!") |
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From amos 'n andy |
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("holy mack'l dere...holy mack'l |
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Dere!") |
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He tells you that chitlins... |
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Well, they taste just like candy |
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He thinks that he's got |
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De whole thang down |
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From the nivea lotion |
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To de royal crown |
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Do you know what you are? |
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You are what you is |
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You is what you am |
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(a cow don't make ham...) |
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You ain't what you're not |
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So see what you got |
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You are what you is |
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An' that's all it 'tis |
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A foolish young man |
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Of the negro persuasion |
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Devoted his life |
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To become a caucasian |
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He stopped eating pork |
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He stopped eating greens |
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He traded his dashiki |
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("uhuru!") |
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For some jordache jeans |
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He learned to play golf |
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An' he got a good score |
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Now he says to himself |
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("i ain't no nigger no more...hey! hey! hey!") |
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"i don't understand you..." |
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Bwana ma-coo-bah |
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"would you please speak more clearly..." |
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Mercedes bainnnnnnnz |
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Who is who |
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(i don't know) |
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'n what is what |
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(somethin' i just don't know...) |
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'n why is this |
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(tell me now...) |
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Appropriot |
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(that's a funny pronunciation if'n ever |
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I heard one...) |
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If you don't like |
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(where'd you get that word?) |
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What you has got |
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(appropriot? the word is not...) |
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Drop it in the dirt |
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(drop it yeah...) |
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'n let it rot |
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(i can smell it now...) |
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Someone else |
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(here de come, here de come...) |
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Will surely come |
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(i told you they was comin') |
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'n pick it up |
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(that's right!) |
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'cause he wants some |
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(an' he wants it for free...) |
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And when one day |
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(there will come a day...) |
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You wonder who |
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(i wonder too...) |
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You used to was |
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(who i was anyway...) |
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'n what you do |
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(i used to work at the post office...) |
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You'll scratch your head |
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(but i don't wanna un-do my doo...) |
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'n look around |
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(just to see what's goin' on) |
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But what you lost |
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(can't seem to find it...) |
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Will not be found |
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(a mercedes benz...) |
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Do you what you are? |
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(i know...) |
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You are what you is |
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(i'm the kinda guy...) |
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You is what you am |
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(that ought to be drivin' a mercedes benz...) |
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A cow don't make a ham |
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(a four-fifty slc...) |
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You ain't what you're not |
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(a big ol' red one...) |
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So see what you got |
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(with some golf clubs stickin' out de trunk...) |
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You are what you is |
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(i'm gwine down to de links on saturday mornin'...) |
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An' that's all it is |
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(gimme a five dollar bill...) |
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You are what you is |
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(and an overcoat too...) |
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And that's all it is |
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(robbie, take me to greek town...) |
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You are what you is |
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(i'm harder than yer husband; harder than yer husband...) |
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An that's all it is |
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(i'm goin' down to white street, y'all...) |
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You are what you is |
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(gone down to the mudd club, 'n work |
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The wall...) |
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An that's all it is |
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('n work the floor 'n work the pipe 'n |
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Work the wall some more... |
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And here we are at the mudd club, |
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Y'all... |
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I hope you enjoy yourself, cause the |
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Show's about |
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To begin...) |
