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Artist/Band: Frank Zappa
Lyrics for Song: The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (in album Thing-Fis
Lyrics for Album: Thing-Fish [1984]



THING-FISH:

Welcome to the QUENTIN ROBERT DE NAMELAND VIDEO CHAPEL OF

ECONOMIC WORSHIP!



ENSEMBLE: (singing)

Some take THE BIBLE

For what it's worth

When it says that THE MEEK

Shall inherit THE EARTH

Well, I heard that some Sheik

Has bought New Jersey last week,

'N you suckers ain't gettin' DOODLY!



Is all de MAMMYS really wrong,

If we's wandrin' aroun'

Wit' de nakkin on?

Big ol' lips like a duck,

While we's singin' dis song,

(EVIL PRINCE, people, he cain't do NOTHIN'!)



THING-FISH:

You say yo' life a 'BUM DEAL',

'N yo' 'UP AGAINST DE WALL'?

Well, people, you ain't got no kinda

'DEAL' at all!



Now de shit dey be doin'

Down in WASHINGTUM,



ENSEMBLE:

Dey just takes care



THING-FISH:

Dey takin' care



ENSEMBLE:

Of number one



THING-FISH:

O' 'NUMBER ONE',



ENSEMBLE:

An' 'NUMBER ONE' ain't YOU!



THING-FISH:

Oh no! It ain't you or you!



ENSEMBLE:

YOU ain't even 'NUMBER TWO'!



THING-FISH:

(Push de button, pull dat chain,

Out come dat lil' brown

Choo-choo train!)



ENSEMBLE:

Those JESUS-FREAKS,

Well, they're friendly, BUT,

The SHIT they BELIEVE

Has got their minds ALL SHUT,



An' they don't even CARE

When 'THE CHURCH' takes a 'CUT'!

(Ain't it BLEAK when you've got so much NOTHIN'?)



THING-FISH:

So whaddya do?



ENSEMBLE:

EAT that PORK!

EAT that HAM!

Laugh till ya choke

On BILLY GRAHAM!

BROWN MOSES, AARON, 'n ABRAHAM:

They're ALL a waste of TIME,

'N it's YOUR ASS that's ON THE LINE!



THING-FISH:

Wohhhhhh, heah me talkin' to ya, now,

IT'S YOUR ASS THAT'S ON THE LINE!



ENSEMBLE:

Do what you WANNA,



THING-FISH:

Ohh! Do what ya wanna!



ENSEMBLE:

Do WHAT YOU WILL,



THING-FISH:

Do what you will!



ENSEMBLE:

Just DON'T MESS UP



THING-FISH:

Don't mess it!



ENSEMBLE:

YOUR NEIGHBOR'S THRILL,



THING-FISH:

Dat's right!



ENSEMBLE:

'N when you PAY THE BILL,



THING-FISH:

Aww, when y'pay de bill...



ENSEMBLE:

Kindly LEAVE A LITTLE TIP,



THING-FISH:

One-Adam-Twelve...



ENSEMBLE:

And help the NEXT POOR SUCKER



THING-FISH:

See de sucker...



ENSEMBLE:

On his ONE WAY TRIP!

(SOME TAKE THE BIBLE!)



THING-FISH:

Aw, gimme a half a duzzning fo' de hotel ruim!


Album Lyrics: Thing-Fish [1984]


Frank Zappa
"Thing-Fish [1984]"


1. Mammy Nuns
2. Harry & Rhonda
3. Galoot Up-Date
4. The 'Torchum' Never Stops
5. That evil prince
6. You Are What You Is (in album Thing-fish)
7. Mudd Club (in album Thing-Fish)
8. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (in album Thing-Fis
9. Clowns On Velvet
10. Harry-As-A-Boy
11. The Massive Improve'lence
12. Artificial Rhonda
13. The Crab-Grass Baby
14. The White Boy Troubles
15. No Not Now (in album Thing-fish)
16. Briefcase Boogie
17. Wistful With A Fist-Full
18. Drop dead
19. Won Ton On