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Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals) |
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Lowell george (guitar, vocals) |
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Roy estrada (bass) |
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Don preston (keyboards) |
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Buzz gardner (trumpet) |
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Ian underwood (alto saxophone) |
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Bunk gardner (tenor saxophone) |
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Motorhead sherwood (baritone saxophone) |
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Jimmy carl black (drums) |
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Arthur tripp (drums) |
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Well I'm about to get up sick |
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From watchin my t.v. |
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Been checkin' out the news |
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Until my eyeballs fail to see |
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I mean to say that every day |
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Is just another rotten mess |
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And when it's gonna change, my friend |
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Is anybody's guess |
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So I'm watching and |
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I'm waiting |
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Hopin' for the best |
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Even think |
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I go to praying |
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Every time |
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I hear them sayin' |
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That there's no way to delay |
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That trouble comin' everyday |
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No way to delay |
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That trouble comin' every day |
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Wednesday |
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I watched the riot |
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I've seen the cops out on the street |
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Watch them throwing rocks and stuff and choking in the heat |
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Listen to reports |
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About the whiskey passin' round |
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Seen the smoke and fire |
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And the market burnin' down |
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Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn |
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They stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust 'n burn |
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And I'm watching and |
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I'm waitin hopin' for the best |
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Even think |
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I go to prayin' |
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Every time |
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I hear em sayin' |
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That there's no way to delay |
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That trouble comin' every day |
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No way to delay |
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That trouble comin' everyday |
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You can cool it |
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You can heat it |
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Cause baby |
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I don't need it |
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Take your t.v. tube and eat it |
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And all that phony stuff on sports |
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And all those unconfirmed reports |
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You know I watch that rotten box |
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Until my head begin to hurt |
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From checkin' out the way |
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The newsmen say they get the dirt |
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Before the guys on channel so and so |
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And further they assert |
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That any show they litter up |
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They bring you news if it comes up |
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They say that if the place blows up |
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They will be the first to tell |
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Cause the boys they got downtown |
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Working hard and doin swell |
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And if anybody gets the news |
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Before it hits the streets |
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They say that no one blams it faster |
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Their coverage can't be beat |
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And if another woman driver |
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Gets machine gunned from her seat |
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They'll send some joker with a brownie |
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And youll see it all complete |
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So I'm watching and |
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I'm waiting |
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Hopin for the best |
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Even think |
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I go to praying |
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Every time |
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I hear them saying |
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That there's no way to delay |
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That trouble comin' everyday |
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No way to delay |
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That trouble comin' every day |
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Well I've seen the fires burnin' |
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And the local people turnin' |
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All the merchants and the shops |
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Who use to sell their brooms and mops |
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And every other household item |
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Watch the mob just turn and bite em |
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And they say it serve them right |
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Because a few of them are white |
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And it's the same across the nation |
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Black and white discrimination |
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Yell and you can understand me |
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And all that other crap they hand me |
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In the papers and t.v. |
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And all that mass stupidity |
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That seems to grow more everyday |
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These time of year some asshole say |
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He wants to go and do you in |
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Cause the color of your skin |
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Just don't appeal to him |
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No matter if it's black or white |
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Because he's out for blood tonight |
