Artist/Band:
Frank Zappa
Lyrics for Song: Mudd Club (in album Thing-Fish)
Lyrics for Album: Thing-Fish [1984]
SISTER OWL-GONKWIN-JANE COW-HOON:
And here we are, At the Mudd Club, y'all! I hope you enjoy yourself, 'Cause
the show's about to begin!
ENSEMBLE:
Hey, they're really dancin', (They're on AUTO-DESTRUCT) On the floor On
the pipe Bouncin' off-a the wall
Hey, the people here are really Tearin' it up On the side In the back By the
front of the stage
They ain't really crazy (You can take it from me) I should know, 'Cause I go
Every time I'm in town
If you never tried it, Lemme straighten you out: It's the best kinda place To
un-fasten yerself!
ENSEMBLE: (contd.)
MUDD CLUB!
THING-FISH:
All the way downtown!
ENSEMBLE:
MUDD CLUB!
THING-FISH:
They ain't messin' around!
ENSEMBLE:
MUDD CLUB!
THING-FISH:
Just turn to the left 'n look around, Because it's there SOMEWHERE! If you
ain't found it, Better hurry up! The folks down there's on AUTO-DESTRUCT,
And so can YOU be, TOO! (De fact o' de matter, it's MADE FOR YOU!)
Try it on a Saturday 'Bout four o'clock in the mornin', Or even a Monday,
At midnight, When there's just a few Of them severely ignint white folks
Doin' the Peppermint Twist (for real)
In a black sack dress, (With nine-inch heels), And then a guy With a BLUE
MOHAWK come in, In Serious Leather...
(And all the rest Of whom For which To when-so-never Of partially
indeterminate Biochemical degradation SEEK 'THE PATH' To the sudsy
yellow nozzle Of their Foaming nocturnal Parametric-digital
Whole-wheat/inter-faith Geo-thermal Terpsichorean Ejectamenta)
In Serious Leather! In Serious Chains!
'N Den dey works de wall! Dey works de floor! Dey works de pipe! 'N dey
works de wall SOME MORE!
In Serious Leather! Serious Chains! Serious Clothing!
From when they come downtown From the ruins of Studio '54 To Twist 'n
Frugg, In an arrogant gesture to THE BEST Of what de 20th Century have
to offer, Including a generous supply Of 'IGNINT McNUGGET'!
QUENTIN ROBERT DE NAMELAND Down there right now, With a whole face-
full of 'IGNINT McNUGGET', Looking for a virgin with nice breath!
SISTER JASMINA NOXEMA-TAPIOCA & SISTER POTATO-HEAD BOBBY
BROWN: (two-part harmony)
Why, maybe it's YOU!
THING-FISH:
And YOU don't even know it!
ENSEMBLE:
Hey, they're really dancin',
THING-FISH:
Dey REALLY dancin'...
ENSEMBLE:
They're on AUTO-DESTRUCT! On the floor On the pipe Bouncin' off-a the
wall!
THING-FISH:
Right offa dat wall, too!
ENSEMBLE:
Hey, the people here are really Tearin' it up
THING-FISH:
Dey tearin' it off!
ENSEMBLE:
On the side In the back By the front of the stage
THING-FISH:
Took de boy's Mohawk off!
ENSEMBLE:
They ain't really crazy (You can take it from me)
THING-FISH:
Uh-OH! I smells trubba!
ENSEMBLE:
I should know, 'Cause I go Every time I'm in town
THING-FISH:
CHRISTIANS comin' up!
ENSEMBLE:
If you never tried it, Lemme straighten you out:
THING-FISH:
Lemme straighten you out, now...
ENSEMBLE:
It's the best kinda place To un-fasten yerself, while you
THING-FISH:
Get off dat wall now, boy!
ENSEMBLE:
WORK THE WALL!
THING-FISH:
Dey workin' de wall!
ENSEMBLE:
WORK THE FLOOR!
THING-FISH:
Dey not only woikin' it, dey turnin' de damn thing!
ENSEMBLE:
WORK THE PIPE!
THING-FISH:
De pipe?
ENSEMBLE:
(IN SERIOUS PAIN)
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