Tryin' To Grow A Chin
Lyrics
Hey! I'm only fourteen
Sickly 'n thin
Tried all of my life
Just to grow me a chin
It popped out once
Yeah, but my dad pushed it in
Tell me, why did he hurt me?
Lord, he's my next of kin . . .
He's a mex-i-kin
I'm lonely 'n green;
Too small for my shirt
If Simmons was here
I could feature my hurt
Scared of the future
'N I hope I don't grow
Listen, I know nobody likes me
'Cause everywhere that I go
They say NO
They say NO
They say NO
NO
They say NO
Now I am older
Got a place in the town, babe
Got a chin on my shoulder
'N it keeps growing down 'n down 'n down
I'm horny 'n lonely
'N I wish I was dead
Somebody tell me
Why am I livin'?
Lord, I wanna be dead instead
That's right, I said
I wanna be dead instead
Now dig this:
I wanna be dead
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(Get the picture?)
I wanna be dead
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
(Yes, I wanna be dead instead)
In bed
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(Be dead in bed, yeah)
I wanna be dead
(Ow . . . )
In bed
(Yes it sure is my name, it's Terry Ted, Terry Ted)
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
(Kill me)
I wanna be dead
(Thrill me)
In bed
(Thrill me)
Please kill me
(Will somebody)
'Cause that would thrill me
(Kill me)
I wanna be dead
(Thrill me)
In bed
(Yea-ah-ow!)
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
One more time for the world!
I wanna be dead
(Yeah-hey!)
In bed
(I wanna be dead instead)
Please kill me
(Be dead in bed)
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
(Come on, little girl)
In bed
(Gimme some head, hey-hey-hey)
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
('Cause I'm only fourteen)
In bed
(Sickly 'n thin)
Please kill me
'Cause that would thrill me
I wanna be dead
(Too small for my shirt)
In bed
(Feature my hurt)
Please kill me
(Yeah-hey!)
'Cause that would thrill me
Players On This Song
Terry Bozzio sang lead vocals until his departure from the band in 1978. Denny Waley sang lead vocals after that (Any Way The Wind Blows (BTB))
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Zappa Albums
- An Evening In Detroit
- Sheik Yerbouti. Same take on:
- Philly '76
- Hammersmith Odeon (The Album)
- Halloween 77
Tributes & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
In Tryin' To Grow A Chin Zappa uses a motif from a Paul Buff recording of The Velveteens single Dog Patch Creeper The Velveteens hailed from Pomona, California and were headed by bandleader Johnny Valenzuela Jr. In junior high he took up trumpet and saxophone but switched to guitar after seeing Ritchie Valens play at a concert at El Monte Legion Stadium. He formed a band called "The Velveteens" which included members:
- Danny Espinoza - Sax
- Rod Rodriguez - Guitar
- Johnny Valenzuela - Piano
- Poly Rodriguez - Bass
- Danny Valenzuela - Drums
Their first record was a pair of instrumentals "Dog Patch Creeper" and "Johnny's Jump" which were released on Paul Buff's Emmy label (Emmy 1005) in 1960 recorded at The Pal Studios in Cucamonga, California
