frank zappa (guitar, synclavier)
steve vai (guitar)
ray white (guitar, vocals)
tommy mars (keyboards)
chuck wild (piano)
arthur barrow (bass)
scott thunes (bass)
jay anderson (string bass)
ed mann (percussion)
chad wackerman (drums)
ike willis (vocals)
terry bozzio (vocals)
dale bozzio (vocals)
napoleon murphy brock (vocals)
bob harris (vocals)
johnny
"guitar"
watson (vocals)

ensemble: (displaying dummy #1)
do you know what you are?

thing-fish:
dat what i ast ya!

ensemble:
you are what you is
you is what you am

thing-fish:
and dat de trufe!

ensemble:
(a cow don't make ham...)

thing-fish:
i meant dat now!

ensemble:
you ain't what you're not

thing-fish:
not even hardly...

ensemble:
so see what you got

thing-fish:
and you got a lot o'
lookin' t'do, junior!

ensemble:
you are what you is

thing-fish:
dat entirely too correct!

ensemble:
an' that's all it 'tis!

thing-fish:
uh-huhhhh!

ensemble:
a foolish young man

thing-fish:
bring dat dummy ovuh
heah 'n show it to
'em!

ensemble:
stashed away in san
quentim ate de
mys'try potatoes

thing-fish:
told ya 'bout dem 'taters!

ensemble:
evil prince was
inventin' now he talk
like de thing-fish

thing-fish:
(manipulating the
dummy)
("hmmmm, saffiiiee!")

ensemble:
an' he look like a mammy!

thing-fish:
(manipulating the
dummy)
("see de mammy,
now! see de mammy,
now!")

ensemble:
his fav'rit co-log-numm...

thing-fish:
smell like...

sister potato head
bobby brown, sister
ghenghis adonis
osmosis, sister
jasmine noxema
tapioca:
chitlins!

ensemble:
is de one dey call 'sammy'!

thing-fish:
one-adam-twelve...s
ee de mammy...

ensemble:
he finally layin'

thing-fish:
armed 'n dangerous,
reproach wit cautium!

ensemble:
de whole thang down,
'cept de nivea lotium!

thing-fish:
rub it on good, now!

ensemble:
an de royal crown!

thing-fish:
take good care o' dat
"ash"!

ensemble:
do you know what you are?

thing-fish:
you's a wimp...she's a shrew!

ensemble:
you are what you is

thing-fish:
got dat?

ensemble:
you is what you am

thing-fish:
one-adam-twelve, see
de mammy agin'!

ensemble:
(a cow don't make ham...)

thing-fish:
and it never will...

ensemble:
you ain't what you're not,

thing-fish:
unless science do
somethin' 'bout it!

ensemble:
so see what you got!

thing-fish:
i know dey woikin' on it...

ensemble:
you are what you is,

thing-fish:
underneath virginia!

ensemble:
an' that's all it 'tis!

thing-fish:
boog-boogmmm,
dano..."mammy
one"! they toss
dummy #1 into the
wings, an d introduce
dummy #2 to harry
& rhonda. their
torture-chairs, (on a
rolling platform),
are wheeled to center
stage. the action
takes place all
around them.

ensemble: (showing dummy #2)
a foolish young man
of de negro persuasion
devoted his life
to become a caucasian
he stopped eating pork
he stopped eating greens
he trade his dashiki

sister
owl-gonkwin-j
a n e
cow-hoon:
(manipulating
the dummy)
("uhuru!")

ensemble:
for some jordache jeans!

he learned to play golf
an' he got a good score
now he says to himself:
"i ain't no..."

thing-fish:
"nignint!"

ensemble:
no more...hey! hey! hey!"

thing-fish:
one-adam-twelve,
see de
"nignint&qu
o t ; wit
knife... proceed
wif
cautium...knife
may be open...

ensemble:
bwana ma-coo-bah

harry:
all right! let's go!

ensemble:
mercedes bainnnzzzzz!

ensemble:
who is who?

sister owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon: (singing)
i don't know...

ensemble:
'n what is what

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
somethin' i just don't know...

ensemble:
'n why is this

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/VLFtell me now...

ensemble:
appropriot

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
that's a funny
pronunciation, if'n
ever i heard one!

ensemble:
if you don't like

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
where'd you get that word?

ensemble:
what you has got

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
appropriot? the word is not!

ensemble:
drop it in the dirt

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
drop it, yeah!

ensemble:
'n let it rot

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i can smell it now!

ensemble:
someone else

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
here de come, here de come!

ensemble:
will surely come

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i told you he was comin'!

ensemble:
'n pick it up

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
that's right!

ensemble:
'cause he wants some

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
an' he wants it for free!

ensemble:
and when one day

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
there will come a day!

ensemble:
you wonder who

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i wonder too!

ensemble:
you used to was

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
who i was, anyway!

ensemble:
'n what you do

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i used to work at
the post office!

ensemble:
you'll scratch your head

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
but i don't wanna un-do my doo!

ensemble:
'n look around

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
to see what's goin' on!

ensemble:
but what you lost

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
can't seem to find it!

ensemble:
will not be found

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
a mercedes benz!

ensemble:
do you know what you are?

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i know!

ensemble:
you are what you is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i'm the kinda guy...

ensemble:
you is what you am

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
that ought to be drivin'

ensemble:
a cow don't make ham

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
a four-fifty slc...

ensemble:
you ain't what you're not

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
a big ol' red one!

ensemble:
so see what you got

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
with some golf clubs
stickin' out de trunk!

ensemble:
you are what you is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i'm gwine down to de
links on saturday
mornin'!

ensemble:
an' that's all it is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
gimme a five dollar bill!

ensemble:
you are what you is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
and an overcoat too...

ensemble:
an' that's all it is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
where's my waitress, yeahhhh!

ensemble:
you are what you is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
robbie, take me to greek town!

ensemble:
an' that's all it is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i'm harder than yer
husband; harder than
yer husband!

ensemble:
you are what you is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i'm goin' down to
white street, to the
mudd club, y'all!

ensemble:
an' that's all it is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
i'm goin' down 'n
work the wall! 'n
work the floor

ensemble:
you are what you is

sister
owl-gonkwin-jane
cow-hoon:
'n work the pipe, 'n
work the wall some
more!

ensemble:
an' that's all it is