Frank Zappa (guitar, synclavier)
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Steve Vai (guitar)
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Ray White (guitar, vocals)
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Tommy Mars (keyboards)
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Chuck Wild (piano)
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Arthur Barrow (bass)
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Scott Thunes (bass)
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Jay Anderson (string bass)
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Ed Mann (percussion)
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Chad Wackerman (drums)
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Ike Willis (vocals)
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Terry Bozzio (vocals)
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Dale Bozzio (vocals)
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Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals)
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Bob Harris (vocals)
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson (vocals)
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THING-FISH:
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Welcome to the QUENTIN ROBERT DE NAMELAND VIDEO CHAPEL OF ECONOMIC WORSHIP!
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ENSEMBLE: (singing)
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Some take THE BIBLE
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For what it's worth
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When it says that THE MEEK
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Shall inherit THE EARTH
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Well, I heard that some Sheik
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Has bought New Jersey last week,
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'N you suckers ain't gettin' DOODLY!
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Is all de MAMMYS really wrong,
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If we's wandrin' aroun'
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Wit' de nakkin on?
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Big ol' lips like a duck,
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While we's singin' dis song,
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(EVIL PRINCE, people, he cain't do NOTHIN'!)
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THING-FISH:
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You say yo' life a 'BUM DEAL',
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'N yo' 'UP AGAINST DE WALL'?
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Well, people, you ain't got no kinda
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'DEAL' at all!
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Now de shit dey be doin'
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Down in WASHINGTUM,
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ENSEMBLE:
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Dey just takes care
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THING-FISH:
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Dey takin' care
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ENSEMBLE:
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Of number one
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THING-FISH:
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O' 'NUMBER ONE',
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ENSEMBLE:
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An' 'NUMBER ONE' ain't YOU!
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THING-FISH:
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Oh no! It ain't you or you!
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ENSEMBLE:
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YOU ain't even 'NUMBER TWO'!
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THING-FISH:
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(Push de button, pull dat chain,
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Out come dat lil' brown
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Choo-choo train!)
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ENSEMBLE:
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Those JESUS-FREAKS,
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Well, they're friendly, BUT,
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The SHIT they BELIEVE
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Has got their minds ALL SHUT,
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An' they don't even CARE
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When 'THE CHURCH' takes a 'CUT'!
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(Ain't it BLEAK when you've got so much NOTHIN'?)
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THING-FISH:
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So whaddya do?
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ENSEMBLE:
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EAT that PORK!
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EAT that HAM!
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Laugh till ya choke
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On BILLY GRAHAM!
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BROWN MOSES, AARON, 'n ABRAHAM:
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They're ALL a waste of TIME,
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'N it's YOUR ASS that's ON THE LINE!
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THING-FISH:
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Wohhhhhh, heah me talkin' to ya, now,
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IT'S YOUR ASS THAT'S ON THE LINE!
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ENSEMBLE:
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Do what you WANNA,
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THING-FISH:
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Ohh! Do what ya wanna!
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ENSEMBLE:
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Do WHAT YOU WILL,
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THING-FISH:
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Do what you will!
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ENSEMBLE:
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Just DON'T MESS UP
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THING-FISH:
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Don't mess it!
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ENSEMBLE:
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YOUR NEIGHBOR'S THRILL,
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THING-FISH:
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Dat's right!
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ENSEMBLE:
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'N when you PAY THE BILL,
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THING-FISH:
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Aww, when y'pay de bill...
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ENSEMBLE:
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Kindly LEAVE A LITTLE TIP,
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THING-FISH:
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One-Adam-Twelve...
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ENSEMBLE:
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And help the NEXT POOR SUCKER
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THING-FISH:
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See de sucker...
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ENSEMBLE:
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On his ONE WAY TRIP!
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(SOME TAKE THE BIBLE!)
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THING-FISH:
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Aw, gimme a half a duzzning fo' de hotel ruim!
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The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (in album Thing-Fish)
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| Frank Zappa |
