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==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
  
[[Broadway The Hard Way]] version
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'''Act II'''<br>
 
 
<br>These executives have plooked the fuck out of me
 
<br>And there's still a long time to go
 
<br>Before I've
 
<br>Paid my debt to society.
 
<br>And all I ever really wanted to do was
 
<br>Play the guitar
 
<br>'N bend the string like:
 
<br>'Reent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee'
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>I've got it!
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'''SCENE FOURTEEN'''<br>
<br>I'll be sullen and withdrawn –
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'''OUTSIDE NOW'''<br>
<br>I'll dwindle off into the twilight realm
 
<br>Of my own secret thoughts!
 
<br>I'll lay on my back here 'til dawn,
 
<br>In a semi-catatonic state
 
<br>And dream of guitar notes
 
<br>That would irritate
 
<br>An EXECUTIVE KINDA GUY ...
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>Well, I guess that one did the trick!
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'''JOE:'''<br>
<br>If they only coulda heard it,
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These executives have plooked the fuck out of me<br>
<br>Half-a-dozen of 'em woulda strangled
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And there's still a long time to go before I've paid my debt to society.<br>
<br>While they was suckin' on each others' dick!
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And all I ever really wanted to do was play the guitar 'n bend the string like:<br>
<br>
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'Reent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee' <br>
<br>Yeah, but that was only a bunch of
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<br>Imaginary notes I played –
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I've got it!<br>
<br>Just a little extra somethin'
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I'll be sullen and withdrawn –<br>
<br>To keep me goin' from day to day
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I'll dwindle off into the twilight realm of my own secret thoughts!<br>
<br>But that's okay –
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I'll lay on my back here 'til dawn in a semi-catatonic state<br>
<br>I'm gettin' outta here pretty soon –
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And dream of guitar notes that would irritate<br>
<br>Then I won't have to live
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An EXECUTIVE KINDA GUY ... <br>
<br>In this ugly fuckin' room
 
<br>
 
<br>Hey! I can't wait to see what it's like
 
<br>On the outside now ...
 
<br>
 
<br>I can't wait to see what it's like
 
<br>On the outside now ... Listen here!  
 
<br>
 
<br>I can't wait to see what it's like
 
<br>On the outside now ... Listen here, yeah!
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>I can't wait to see what it's like
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''(And sure enough JOE dreams up a few of those guitar notes that every executive despises: those low ones. Every exec knows it's only the records with the high squeally ones that get to be hits, except for Duane Eddy.)''<br>
<br>On the outside now ...
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>Outside now
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Well, I guess that one did the trick!<br>
<br>Outside now
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If they only coulda heard it,<br>
<br>Outside now
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Half-a-dozen of 'em woulda strangled while they was suckin' on each others' dick! <br>
<br>Outside ...
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Yeah, but that was only a bunch of imaginary notes I played –<br>
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Just a little extra somethin' to keep me goin' from day to day<br>
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But that's okay –<br>
 +
I'm gettin' outta here pretty soon –<br>
 +
Then I won't have to live in this ugly fuckin' room <br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>Sing it! I can't wait to see what it's like  
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
<br>On the outside now ...  
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Can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Can’t wait to see,<br>
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I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now<br>
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Outside now...<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>I can't wait to see what it's like
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''(And JOE just lies there, dreaming imaginary guitar notes for years on end, until finally they let him out.)''<br>
<br>On the outside now ... Yeah!
 
<br>
 
<br>I can't wait to see what it's like
 
<br>On the outside now ... Yeah!
 
<br>
 
<br>I can't wait to see what it's like
 
<br>On the outside now ...
 
  
 
==Players On This Song==
 
==Players On This Song==
'''Variation On A Basic Theme #8''' on [[Sonora]] is played by '''Bebo Baldan'''.
 
  
 
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==
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===Zappa Albums===
 
===Zappa Albums===
 
* [[Joe's Garage Acts II &amp; III]]
 
* [[Joe's Garage Acts II &amp; III]]
* [[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]]
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* [[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]] as [[Outside Now|Outside Now Again]]
 
* [[Broadway The Hard Way]]
 
* [[Broadway The Hard Way]]
 
* [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]]
 
* [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]]
  
 
===Tributes &amp; Cover Albums===
 
===Tributes &amp; Cover Albums===
* Various Artists: [[Sonora]] as '''Variation On A Basic Theme #8'''
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* Various Artists: [[Sonora]] as [[Outside Now|Variation On A Basic Theme #8]]
 
* [[The Wrong Object]]: [[Play Zappa]]
 
* [[The Wrong Object]]: [[Play Zappa]]
  
 
==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
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*[[Time signature]]: 11/8 (6+5/8)
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==CC Clues In This Song==
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
 
[[Category:Singles]]
 
[[Category:Singles]]
 
[[Category:Tracks]]
 
[[Category:Tracks]]
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[[Category:Tracks with sexual topics]]

Revision as of 09:35, 5 December 2010

Lyrics

Act II

SCENE FOURTEEN
OUTSIDE NOW

JOE:
These executives have plooked the fuck out of me
And there's still a long time to go before I've paid my debt to society.
And all I ever really wanted to do was play the guitar 'n bend the string like:
'Reent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee'

I've got it!
I'll be sullen and withdrawn –
I'll dwindle off into the twilight realm of my own secret thoughts!
I'll lay on my back here 'til dawn in a semi-catatonic state
And dream of guitar notes that would irritate
An EXECUTIVE KINDA GUY ...

(And sure enough JOE dreams up a few of those guitar notes that every executive despises: those low ones. Every exec knows it's only the records with the high squeally ones that get to be hits, except for Duane Eddy.)

Well, I guess that one did the trick!
If they only coulda heard it,
Half-a-dozen of 'em woulda strangled while they was suckin' on each others' dick!
Yeah, but that was only a bunch of imaginary notes I played –
Just a little extra somethin' to keep me goin' from day to day
But that's okay –
I'm gettin' outta here pretty soon –
Then I won't have to live in this ugly fuckin' room

Can’t wait to see,
Can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Can’t wait to see,
I can't wait to see what it's like on the outside now
Outside now...

(And JOE just lies there, dreaming imaginary guitar notes for years on end, until finally they let him out.)

Players On This Song

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

Zappa Albums

Tributes & Cover Albums

Notes About This Song

CC Clues In This Song