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Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals) |
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Ian Underwood (alto saxophone, piano) |
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Bunk Gardner (tenor saxophone, clarinet) |
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Motorhead |
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Sherwood (baritone saxophone, tambourine) |
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Roy Estrada (bass, vocals) |
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Don Preston (electric piano) |
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Arthur Tripp (drums, percussion) |
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Jimmy Carl |
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Black (drums) |
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Members of |
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The BBC Symphony |
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Orchestra (Were The Mothers of Invention Ahead of their time? at least in the case of AGENCY MAN (written in 1967), about |
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Ronald Reagan running for president. (Since Bill Casey was Reagan campaign manager, and later became head of the CIA, the idea of a political sales pitch emanating from an agency man takes on a whole new dimension). |
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Sell us a president, agency man |
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Smiling Big |
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Brother stern father perhaps |
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Sell us a president, agency man (A gay?) smiling up we know never craps |
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Let's try |
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California, |
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Pay us first before we do it |
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We get a smilin nazi |
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March him right on through |
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Wham a baby |
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Kiss a baby |
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Ladies in for tea |
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And here's a bunch of speeches |
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Well toss 'em in for free |
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Sell us a president, agency man |
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Smiling Big |
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Brother stern father perhaps |
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Sell us a president, agency man (A gay?) smiling up we know never craps |
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We'll sell him in the movies |
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On the tube throughout the year |
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We'll sell him by the bucket |
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To the Okies drinking beer |
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We'll teach him how to walk and talk |
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We'll putty up his chin |
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We'll print his picture everywhere |
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Of course the shmuck will win |
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From the heart of |
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Death Valley |
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To the ruling of our land |
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A simple trick you simple pig |
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It's just the way we planned |
