WPLJ

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Lyrics


I say WPLJ, really taste good to me
WPLJ, won't you take a drink with me
Well, it's a good good wine
It really make you feel so fine
(So fine, so fine, so fine)

I went to the store when they opened up the door
I said: "Please please please gimme some more"
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

You take the bottle, you take the can
Shake it up fine, you get a good good wine.
White Port & Lemon Juice,
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah . . . )
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

The W is the White,
The P is the Port,
The L is the Lemon,
The J is the Juice
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

Well I feel so good, I feel so fine
I got plenty lovin', I got plenty wine
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
I said White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!

Roy: Por qué no consigues tu . . . tu carnal que nos compre some wine ese, ándale, pinche bato, puto, hombre, no te hagas nalga, hombre . . . (chale!) no seas tan denso, hombre (chale!), ándale, dile, porque no merecer, ándale, pinche vino, más sua . . . más suave es, más . . . más lindo que la chingada, hombre, ándale, pinche bato, hombre, quiere tu carnal, hombre, tu carnal ese, tú, tú sabes, tú sabes esto de la movida, tú sabes la movida, ese, tú sabes cómo es, tú sabes, pinche vino, puta, ándale, pinche bato, cabrón, ándale
?: This is getting me in trouble . . .
Roy: Ándale, hombre, por qué no, hombre?
?: Sorry!
Roy: Te digo que sí, hombre, te digo, chingao ese, está más . . . está más meco, hombre, ponemos más mecos que la chingada, ay! Ay, bato pinche, ay!

God, that's--They get to you after a while

Players On This Song

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

  • WPLJ (02:53) / My Guitar (03:32) - The Mothers Of Invention (1970)

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Tribute & Cover Albums

Notes About This Song

“W-P-L-J” was originally recorded by The Four Deuces (Music City 790, 1955); The B-side, Here Lies Love, was also covered by the Mothers. FZ sings lead with Lowell George. Roy Estrada’s Spanish ad-libs at the end of “WPLJ” include, when translated, the advice to Motorhead (who’s yelling replies in the background) that getting a girl buzzed on the drink might make him “more attractive to fuck.”

A different song "White Port And Lemon Juice" was recorded by The Bel-Aires; and The Feathers mention the drink on "Shake 'Em Up" the B side of Johnny Darling.

WPLJ was a big sensation when it was released, hence another song on the same topic. The song was so popular that a radio station in New York changed their call letters to 'WPLJ'. It's such a classic for R&B fans that there are many covers, including one by Darryl Hall (of Hall and Oates), played faster than the original. The Zappa/Mothers version is a bit slower than the original.

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