Frank Zappa & The Mothers

Frank Vincent Zappa ( ; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock rock music , jazz, electronic electronic music , orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released... [read more]

Playground Psychotics (51 Lyrics)

A Typical Sound Check
Mark: All skate. Men only! Aynsley: Man, shou . . . shoulda put the ***in' [...] ?: Gotta put that sign on the front, man ?: Got to get that sign on the front ?: [...] sign of the bass player Aynsley: Because I . . ....
Concentration Moon, Part 1
Concentration Moon(Over the camp in the valley)Over the camp in the valley(Concentration Moon)(OH WHAT A)Concentration Moon(I wish I was back in the alley)Wish I was back in the alleyWith all of my friends,Still...
Getting Stewed
Howard: Yes, ladies and gentlemen, coming to you direct from high atop the Konrad Adenauer Inn. Just a short forty five minute rocket flight, from where Cape Canaveral meets the Alcan Highway, twenty minutes down...
Sharleena
I'm cryin'I'm cryin'I'm cryin' for Sharleena,Don't you know?I called up all my baby's friends'N ask'n umWhere she done wentBut nobody 'round here seems to knowWhere my Sharleena's beenWhere my Sharleena's been I'm...
Childish Perversions
?: Oh, still drinks it, man . . . what a man! Gotta prove himself! ?: Talk about childish perversions! ?: Where's Simmons? ?: It don't matter, he's in the, he's gettin' out of it, man, he's no. . . Aynsley: He knew...
Champagne Lecture
FZ: You know, a lotsa of people don't bother about their friends in the VEGETABLE KINGDOM. They think, "What can I say? What can a person who is new to the Midwest say to a vegetable?"Howard: Suss it out, wankers!...
Beer Shampoo
Mark: That's the kind of guy [...] Aynsley: When you just stopped it was running on your head Howard: Well I had to do an Edward Arnold slow-burn, man, there was nothing else I could do, 'cept play it for all it was...
It's A Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This
Mark: It's a good thing we get paid to do this. I could be in L.A., getting reamed, listening to an Elton John albumHoward: Don't even talk about getting reamed. Listen, I've been without female companionship for so...
I Could Be A Star Now
Martin: What do you do? You join the Mothers and you end up working for Zappa! And he makes you be a creep! You could have played the blues with John Mayall, or far-out exciting jazz with Blood, Sweat & Tears Don: You...
A Version Of Himself
Mark: Well uh . . . I play a v-, a version of myself a-, as Frank sees me, you know, like, you know what I mean?Interviewer: No Mark: It's not, uh, he sees the group from . . . like we see him from one point of view...
Intro To Music For Low Budget Orchestra
Howard: Ready, Madge? FZ: You have to feel like . . . Art Laboe Howard: Grow, little trees! FZ: It's spring, the time of the year when all things grow and little buds are sprouting off of them . . .
Status Back, Baby
FZ: Of course we'll send the penguin through the flaming hoop tonight! Guy In The Audience: "Concentration Moon"! FZ: Of course we'll play "Concentration Moon" for you! One, two, three, four . . . Ooo-Ooo-Ooo etc.,...
Learning "*** Dimension"
Mark: "Hi, friends. Now just be honest about it, friends and neighbours. Did you ever consider the possibility that your ***, and in the case of many dignified ladies, that size of the tities themselves might...
A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono
FZ: Good night! John Lennon: Good night, thank you! Yoko Ono: Thank, thank you John Lennon: We'd like to thank Frank for having us on here Yoko Ono: Yeah, he's great, isn't he? He's the greatest . . .
Jeff Quits
Jeff: This is what I joined for. This I don't think is pretty good.FZ: In other words, you don't wanna be in the movie Jeff: Yeah FZ: You're sure? Jeff: Mm-mh FZ: Is there anybody else that doesn't want to be in the...
Concentration Moon, Part 2
FZ: Carl Sanzini will now join in on the second verse of "Concentration Moon"! Howard: Why don't you? Concentration MoonOver the camp in the valley(OH WHAT A)Concentration MoonWish I was back in the alleyWith all of...
Going For The Money
?: Smurf mee! ?: Smurf meee! ?: Metz Jeff: Right Howard? Howard: Right Jeff, we're going for the money, all the way
There's No Lust In Jazz
?: Okay, it's, uh, just about time, you guys, what d'you say? ?: [...] ?: Uh . . . ?: One? ?: Rolling? ?: Rolling . . . Frank is rolling ?: Rolling? It's rolling . . . ? ?: One! ?: Test two ?: Test . . . three ?: Oh,...
If You're Not A Professional Actor
FZ: If you're not a professional actor, the easiest thing for you to do, when you only have a week to make a movie is just to be yourself on the screen, so the lines that the people speak in the film, with the...
Playground Psychotics
?: Put that mike down, Frank, it's obscene ?: [...] George: Give me my little cup of brown sauce, let me dip my meat in ?: Oh, man Jeff: Hundred dollars for Pinto beans, playground psychotics ?: I slipped my burning...
The Living Garbage Truck
Bruce: Bruce [...] . . . FZ: What? Bruce: From Reprise Records FZ: Hi, there, how you doing? Bruce: How you doing? Nice to see you again FZ: Alright Bruce: How's it going? FZ: Well, it's alright Bruce: Good. Hey, we...
You There, With The Hard On!
Howard: You, you there with the hard on! FZ: With the hard on the little napkin in the small pocket mirror, would you please rise . . . Mark: Brian Hyland, ladies and gentlemen! Howard: Sit down, Aynsley! Not you ?:...
Cruisin' For Burgers
Me! I(My oh my oh my)(Ay ay ay)Must be freeMy(My oh my oh my)(My oh my oh my oh my)Fake I.D.Freeeeeees meGotta do a few thingsTo make my life complete(SURE YOU DO!)Gotta live my life(Where?)Out on the streetThe...
A Bunch Of Adventures
FZ: From the point that Jeff Simmons quit the group we had a bunch of adventures trying to find somebody to replace him. Non only for the bass parts in the music, but to play the role that he was supposed to play in...
Don't Take Me Down
Dick: (Snorks) Howard: "Not duke, not queen, but king." You haven't lost your touch, Gnarler, you can snort with the best of 'em Mark: This guy said that a couple of guys have broken in the doors and shit Howard: Oh,...
The Worst Reviews
Howard: From 200 Motels he expects the worst reviews of any movie ever put out, and I said, "Yeah, Frank? Why is that?" And he says, "Well, nobody's ready for it . . . " But it doesn't really matter, you know? He...
The Sanzini Brothers
FZ: The Sanzini Brothers! Howard: The Sanzini Brothers! Howard: Ladies and gentlemen, tonight by special request, we're going to repeat a trick that we performed last night. We hope that you will bear with, if you saw...
Billy The Mountain
BILLY the MountainBILLY the MountainA regular picturesquePostcardy mountainResiding between lovelyRosamond and GormanWith his stunning wife ETHELL,A tree!A tree! BILLY was a mountainETHELL was a treeGrowing off of his...
Bad Acting
Mark: Ever since you left the jazz world to seek fame and fortune in the rock'n'roll industry Martin: Rock'n'roll! What d'ya mean rock'n'roll? This *** band doesn't even play rock'n'roll, it's all that comedy crap
Don't Eat There
Waitress: Are you having breakfast for lunch? Howard: I'm having breakfast and he's lunched. I'll tell you what, what can you give me immediately? If not sooner, nothing hot, nothing . . . So that by the time he's...
Diptheria Blues
Back [...] a hundred years ago There wasn't anyway you can go down here in Florida Mississippi [...] Any of [...] things Then you got your home [...] And you got your own things And you got your soul brothersHundred...
He's Watching Us
Howard: It's him, he's watching us! Mark: You think he heard us? Ian: I've been in the band for years, and . . . you can bet that he hears everything Jeff: Let's go over and pretend to be nice to him Howard: Let's go...
Super Grease
Ooooooh Aaaaaah Ooooh Aaaah Howard: Poor baby! FZ: Oooooh . . . Don't like the Greek food in this neighborhood, hey? Oooooh . . . FZ: Tell me the truth, what did you eat? Mark: I ate . . . FZ: Tell me the truth, what...
A Great Guy
Howard: Well, the character I play is a great guy, you see, right away that gives me a start. Uh, on the other hand, half of it's reality and half of it isn't, you know? Where the line is, it's sometimes even hard for...
Wonderful Wino
Bringing in the sheaves Bringing in the sheaves We will come rejoicing Bringing in the sheaves L.A. in the summer of '69I went downtown and bought some wineI wasted my head on 3 quarts of juiceAnd now the grapes won't...
Scum Bag
Scum Bag, Scum Bag Scum Bag, Scum Bag Scum Bag, Scum Bag Scum Bag, Scum Bag Scum Bag, Scum Bag Scum Bag, Scum Bag Eh, yo, yeah, yo Scum Bag (Gonna put all my posessions in a) Scum Bag (Gonna shut my damn pa-jamas in...
He's Right
Mark: Howard, he's right! Ha ha ha! Howard: I know he is, you might as well admit it too, Simmons Jeff: Alright, it's pathetic, he's making me do this, I can't help myself, suicide is imminent Mark: By the time we...
The Motel Room
Aynsley: Leaving in fifteen minutes, Frank Howard: I've never been . . . underwear! " . . . funny"Mark: Fantastic! The world were meant for you Howard: Hey man, anyone checked out that show that's on called "TV . . ....
The Spew King
Howard: I think the big problem, Ian, is that it sort of gotta go "HOO-HAA!" as you do it. HOO-WAAARGH! Ian: You're gonna be the king, the spew king, really ?: Disintegrated in two seconds Howard: Walter Dale ?: Oh,...
Mom & Dad
Mama! Mama!Someone said they made some noiseThe cops have shot some girls & boysYou'll sit home & drink all nightThey looked too weird . . . it served them right Never take a minute just to show a real emotionIn...
Well
You know I love you, baby, please, don't go, well, well You know I love you, baby, please, don't go, well, well You know I love you, honey, child 'Cause nothing I wouldn't do for you right now You know I love you,...
Divan
Ballen von ZeckenUnd alten Sporthemden, Sporthemden, Sporthemden Lachen von Feuer Lachen von Gummi Lachen von Tränen (Sheets of tears) Ooh ooh ooh awh . . . Lachen von getrocknetem Wasser (Sheets of drywall and...
The London Cab Tape
Howard: This *** guy is flipped out, man! I'll be locked up! ?: Who, me . . . ? Yeah, you too! ?: It was anti-semitic of me to bring it up ?: Why, you don't like Jews, man? ?: Let me make it perfectly clear, [...]...
Martin Lickert's Story
Martin: I just went out to get some cigarettes for him one day and came back and walked into the dressing room and there's Frank and the rest of the Mothers and, uh, Ringo, the other people, and I walked in the room...
You Got Your Armies
Jeff: Let me tell you right now, man, you got your armies, you got your rock bands. You try and turn a rock band into an army, this is what you get
The Motel Lobby
Howard: Sure, man, and I'll go until two and I'm gonna be in there supporting 'em, in fact I'll sit in with those guys. I'm into it, I'll sing a little "Blue Moon . . . " Mark: Hey man . . .Dick: Listen, this is a...
Botulism On The Hoof
Howard: Oh, that's really great! Botulism on the hoof! Dick: Don't even look at it, Howard, you're over the deadline Jeff: The new fascist ensemble says that you can't have anything to eat, man, 'cause you're over the...
I'm Doomed
Howard: We gotta do two shows tonight? Dick: Yeah, I hope you don't use up your vital . . . statisticsHoward: I'm doomed. Two shows, man . . . Dick: Never two shows important, I mean Howard: Couldn't have spared me...
The Mudshark Interview
FZ: What's your name? Mr Tickman: I'm Martin Tickman FZ: And what is your position here? Mr Tickman: Front office manager FZ: The name of this stablishment is . . . ? Mr Tickman: This is the Edgewater Inn FZ: In...
The Dressing Room
Big John Mazmanian! Gas Rhonda! Funny Car! Sunday! FZ: Thank you Aynsley: You're welcome Howard: Hey, listen! Mark: My throat . . . Howard: Send me twelve eight by ten glossies in Monday's mail ?: Fifty bucks a piece...
This Is Neat
Howard: This is neat! Jeff: Spending a night in the motel Howard: This is about the neatest Holiday Inn I've seen in days. The rooms are in Foon's name, hey? Look at that, wild coyotes! FZ: Ha ha ha ha! Mark: Okay,...