frank zappa - you are what you is lyrics
frank zappa (guitar, synclavier)
steve vai (guitar)
ray white (guitar, vocals)
tommy mars (keyboards)
chuck wild (piano)
arthur barrow (b-ss)
scott thunes (b-ss)
jay anderson (string b-ss)
ed mann (percussion)
chad wackerman (drums)
ike willis (vocals)
terry bozzio (vocals)
dale bozzio (vocals)
napoleon murphy brock (vocals)
bob harris (vocals)
johnny “guitar” watson (vocals)
ensemble: (displaying dummy #1)
do you know what you are?
thing-fish:
dat what i ast ya!
ensemble:
you are what you is you is what you am
thing-fish:
and dat de trufe!
ensemble:
(a cow don’t make ham…)
thing-fish:
i meant dat now!
ensemble:
you ain’t what you’re not
thing-fish:
not even hardly…
ensemble:
so see what you got
thing-fish:
and you got a lot o’ lookin’ t’do, junior!
ensemble:
you are what you is
thing-fish:
dat entirely too correct!
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it ’tis!
thing-fish:
uh-huhhhh!
ensemble:
a foolish young man
thing-fish:
bring dat dummy ovuh heah ‘n show it to ’em!
ensemble:
stashed away in san quentim ate de mys’try potatoes
thing-fish:
told ya ’bout dem ‘taters!
ensemble:
evil prince was inventin’ now he talk like de thing-fish
thing-fish: (manipulating the dummy)
(“hmmmm, saffiiiee!”)
ensemble:
an’ he look like a mammy!
thing-fish: (manipulating the dummy)
(“see de mammy, now! see de mammy, now!”)
ensemble:
his fav’rit co-log-numm…
thing-fish:
smell like…
sister potato head bobby brown, sister ghenghis adonis osmosis, sister jasmine noxema tapioca:
chitlins!
ensemble:
is de one dey call ‘sammy’!
thing-fish:
one-adam-twelve… see de mammy…
ensemble:
he finally layin’
thing-fish:
armed ‘n dangerous, reproach wit cautium!
ensemble:
de whole thang down, ‘cept de nivea lotium!
thing-fish:
rub it on good, now!
ensemble:
an de royal crown!
thing-fish:
take good care o’ dat “ash”!
ensemble:
do you know what you are?
thing-fish:
you’s a wimp… she’s a shrew!
ensemble:
you are what you is
thing-fish:
got dat?
ensemble:
you is what you am
thing-fish:
one-adam-twelve, see de mammy agin’!
ensemble:
(a cow don’t make ham…)
thing-fish:
and it never will…
ensemble:
you ain’t what you’re not,
thing-fish:
unless science do somethin’ ’bout it!
ensemble:
so see what you got!
thing-fish:
i know dey woikin’ on it…
ensemble:
you are what you is,
thing-fish:
underneath virginia!
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it ’tis!
thing-fish:
boog-boogmmm, dano…”mammy one”! they toss dummy #1 into the wings, an d introduce dummy #2 to harry & rhonda. their torture-chairs, (on a rolling platform), are wheeled to center
e. the action takes place all around them.
ensemble: (showing dummy #2)
a foolish young man
of de negro persuasion
devoted his life
to become a caucasian
he stopped eating pork
he stopped eating greens
he trade his dashiki
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon: (manipulating the dummy)
(“uhuru!”)
ensemble:
for some jordache jeans!
he learned to play golf
an’ he got a good score
now he says to himself:
“i ain’t no…”
thing-fish:
“nignint!”
ensemble:
no more… hey! hey! hey!”
thing-fish:
one-adam-twelve, see de “nignint” wit knife… proceed wif cautium… knife may be open…
ensemble:
bwana ma-coo-bah
harry:
all right! let’s go!
ensemble:
mercedes bainnnzzzzz!
ensemble:
who is who?
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon: (singing)
i don’t know…
ensemble:
‘n what is what
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
somethin’ i just don’t know…
ensemble:
‘n why is this
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
tell me now…
ensemble:
appropriot
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
that’s a funny pr-nunciation, if’n ever i heard one!
ensemble:
if you don’t like
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
where’d you get that word?
ensemble:
what you has got
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
appropriot? the word is not!
ensemble:
drop it in the dirt
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
drop it, yeah!
ensemble:
‘n let it rot
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i can smell it now!
ensemble:
someone else
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
here de come, here de come!
ensemble:
will surely come
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i told you he was comin’!
ensemble:
‘n pick it up
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
that’s right!
ensemble:
’cause he wants some
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
an’ he wants it for free!
ensemble:
and when one day
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
there will come a day!
ensemble:
you wonder who
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i wonder too!
ensemble:
you used to was
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
who i was, anyway!
ensemble:
‘n what you do
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i used to work at the post office!
ensemble:
you’ll scratch your head
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
but i don’t wanna un-do my doo!
ensemble:
‘n look around
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
to see what’s goin’ on!
ensemble:
but what you lost
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
can’t seem to find it!
ensemble:
will not be found
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
a mercedes benz!
ensemble:
do you know what you are?
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i know!
ensemble:
you are what you is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i’m the kinda guy…
ensemble:
you is what you am
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
that ought to be drivin’
ensemble:
a cow don’t make ham
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
a four-fifty slc…
ensemble:
you ain’t what you’re not
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
a big ol’ red one!
ensemble:
so see what you got
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
with some golf clubs stickin’ out de trunk!
ensemble:
you are what you is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i’m gwine down to de links on sat-rday mornin’!
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
gimme a five dollar bill!
ensemble:
you are what you is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
and an overcoat too…
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
where’s my waitress, yeahhhh!
ensemble:
you are what you is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
robbie, take me to greek town!
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i’m harder than yer husband; harder than yer husband!
ensemble:
you are what you is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i’m goin’ down to white street, to the mudd club, y’all!
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
i’m goin’ down ‘n work the wall! ‘n work the floor
ensemble:
you are what you is
sister owl-gonkwin-jane cow-hoon:
‘n work the pipe, ‘n work the wall some more!
ensemble:
an’ that’s all it is
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