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Beat the boots III - Disc 4

 

  1 The Eric Dolphy memorial barbecue
  2 Hungry freaks, daddy
  3 The Wild Man Fischer story [Larry Fischer]
  4 I’m the meany [Larry Fischer]
  5 Bacon fat [Andre Williams, Devora Brown]
  6 King Kong

 

All compositions by Frank Zappa, except as noted above.


1. The Eric Dolphy memorial barbecue


[Instrumental]

2. Hungry freaks, daddy


Mister America, walk on by
Your schools that do not teach
Mister America, walk on by
The minds that won’t be reached
Mister America, try to hide
The emptiness that’s you inside
When once you find that the way you lied
And all the corny tricks you tried
Will not forestall the rising tide
Of hungry freaks, daddy
 
They won’t go for no more
Great midwestern hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren’t afraid to say
What’s on their minds
(The left-behinds of the Great Society)
 
[Instrumental]
 
Hungry freaks, daddy
 
[Instrumental]
 
Mister America, walk on by
Your supermarket dream
Mister America, walk on by
The liquor store supreme
Mister America, try to hide
The product of your savage pride
The useful minds that it denied
The day you shrugged and stepped aside
You saw their clothes and then you cried:
“Those hungry freaks!”, daddy
 
They won’t go for no more
Great midwestern hardware store
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren’t afraid to say
What’s on their minds
(The left-behinds of the Great Society)

3. The Wild Man Fischer story


[Larry Fischer] The name of this song is called “The Wild Man Fischer story”
 
In the year of 1961 I did it all in fun
“Davy!”
“What, mother?”
Larry is in the bathroom, Dave, and he’s singing”
Larry, are you singing?”
 
“Mother, I don’t know what he’s doin’ but he’s not singing”
 
In the year of 1962 I got thrown out the school
Larry, you’re not supposed to sing in class”
What’s wrong with singing in class?”
“I’m sorry, Larry, I’m gonna have to throw you out of school”
 
In the year of 1963 I was committed to a mental institution
“David, I don’t know what we’re gonna do about it, David. But, David, I don’t know what we’re gonna… we gonna have to get rid of Larry, David. He keeps singing”. “You gotta understand, Larry, mother loves you. But it’s my […], Larry, you know I love you, I’ll always love you. Why can’t you be like every other Jewish boy in the neighborhood, a nice decent boy?”
“Mother I only wanna sing”
“I’m sorry, Larry
 
In the year of 1964 I was released from the mental institution
I was…
Yeah, tell ‘em
“Mother, I’m back, I’ve changed, mother, I’m gonna be normal, I’m gonna go out and get a job, I’m gonna be… I’m gonna be alright, you’ll see, I’m not… I’m gonna do what you want. I’ll be alright”
“Can I have this job sir?”
“OK, you’re hired”
Fischer, sing us a song, sing us a song, Fischer, yeah, sing us a song”
“I can’t sing you a song or I get fired”
“Come on, Fischer, sing us a song”
Fischer, sing me a song”
Come on let’s merry-go, merry-go, merry-go-round
Poo poo poo, merry-go, merry-go, merry-go-round
Poo poo poo, merry-go, merry-go, merry-go-round
“You’re fired”
 
In the year of 1965 I was committed to the mental institution again
“I’m sorry, Larry, but what will I do, this is your last chance, you haven’t stayed […] yet, you haven’t had a job, I’m gonna have to commit you again”
 
In the year of 1966 I was released from the mental institution again
“This time I’m gonna be alright, I’m… be normal, you know”
 
In the year of 1967
“Do you wanna hear a new kinda song for a dime?”
“Pardon me, sir, would you like to hear a new kinda song for a dime?”
“I’m sorry, man, I’m late for my last class, I can’t…”
“It’s just… only cost a dime”
“OK go ahead”
Uhmm puppu uhm

“The leaves are falling”
“The leaves are what?”
 
In the year of 1968 have I made a mistake. Will I end up a bum, will I end up a crumb, will I end up in hell, will I end up in jail, will I end up in Jezus, will I end up in trees, will I end up Wild Man Fischer, Wild Man Fischer.
Merry-go
Merry

4. I’m the meany


[FZ] Larry is going to unveil for you now a new song that he has written called “The meany”. This is a song about why he doesn’t like the Beatles.
 
John ksssh, Paul ksssh
George ksssh, Ringo ksssh
Dylan ksssh
 
I’m the meany
I’m the meany
I am wicked and vicious and stingy
I’m the meany
I’m the meany
The Beatles talk about me in their movie, movie
 
I once had a girlfriend named Sue
I took her out to the zoo
She told me she was pregnant
So I hit her in the stomach
 
I’m the meany
I’m the meany
I am wicked and vicious and stingy
I’m the meany
I’m the meany
The Beatles talk about me in their movie, movie
 
I once had a girlfriend called Tina
I took her out to the show
She told me she didn’t love me anymore
So I hit ‘r in the face
 
I’m the meany
I’m the meany
I am wicked and vicious and stingy
I’m the meany
I’m the meany
The Beatles talk about me in their movie, movie, movie
 
[FZ] That’s pretty good! Haven’t heard that one before.
[Larry Fischer] It’s a new one
[?] Larry will be back in a few moments, boys and girls. Meanwhile, here’s a few words from the Mothers of Invention.

5. Bacon fat


[Instrumental]
 
While I was down in Tennessee
All my friends was glad to see me
We sat down by the railroad tracks
Seein’ some cotton pickers with their sacks on their backs
They said: “Hey, man, we’re glad to see you back
We got a new dance they call ‘The Bacon Fat’
 
It goes:
Diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly wah
Diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly wah
Diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly wah”
 
[Instrumental]
 
Then I went down to see my local DJ
His name is King, he lives down Tennessee way
I said: “Hey, man, what’s this new kind of jump
Where you wind up twice and then you end up with a bump?”
He said: “Dig, daddy, it’s a natural fact
It’s sweeping the south, that thing, The Bacon Fat
 
It goes:
Diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly wah
Diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly wah
Diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly diddly wah”
 
[Instrumental]

6. King Kong


[FZ] The name of this song is “King Kong”.
It’s actually the story of a large gorilla. You all know the story I’m sure. The gorilla is on an island, eats bananas, has a good time all day long. Plays out there in the bushes and uh… some Americans find out about the gorilla and they hear how big he is, you know. They’re very impressed with the size of the beast. So they make it to the island, you know, they check out the gorilla. And… And they get a… a thing and they catch him, you know. They catch the gorilla and they stick him in a boat and they bring him back to the United States. And they show him off to everybody. And they make a bunch of money on the gorilla, and then they kill him.
 
[Instrumental]