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==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
[[Image:SunVillage8.jpg|frame|right|'''Teenage ZappaWorld:'''<br>Sun Village, Air Force Plant 42, Lancaster & Palmdale.]]
 
 
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===[[Roxy & Elsewhere]] Version===
 
===[[Roxy & Elsewhere]] Version===
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Goin' back home<br />
 
Goin' back home<br />
 
To the Village of the Sun<br />
 
To the Village of the Sun<br />
Out in back of Palmdale<br />
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Out in back of [[Palmdale]]<br />
 
Where the turkey farmers run, I done<br />
 
Where the turkey farmers run, I done<br />
 
Made up my mind<br />
 
Made up my mind<br />
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But I guess they do<br />
 
But I guess they do<br />
 
Cause they're all still there,<br />
 
Cause they're all still there,<br />
Even Johnny Franklin too<br />
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Even [[Johnny Franklin]] too<br />
 
In the Village of the Sun<br />
 
In the Village of the Sun<br />
 
Village of the Sun<br />
 
Village of the Sun<br />
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==Players On This Song==
 
==Players On This Song==
The track on [[Sonora]] is played by '''Isabelle Antena'''.
 
  
 
==Records In Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
==Records In Which This Song Has Appeared==
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]]
 
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2]]
 
*[[Bubble Cream Cheese]]
 
*[[Bubble Cream Cheese]]
 
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*[[Roxy By Proxy]]
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*[[Chicago '78]]
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* [[The Roxy Performances]]
 
===Tributes &amp; Cover Albums===
 
===Tributes &amp; Cover Albums===
* Various Artists: [[Sonora]]
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* Various Artists: [[Sonora (Compact Disc)|Sonora]]
  
 
==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
A more or less nostalgic song about FZ's early years which were mostly spent in Southern California, near the Mojave Desert. [[Glendale]], [[Palmdale]], [[Sun Village]], [[Lancaster]] are some of the places mentioned.
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A song about [[Sun Village]] where Zappa had worked early in his career.
  
 
==CC In This Song==
 
==CC In This Song==

Latest revision as of 12:18, 16 November 2021


Lyrics

Roxy & Elsewhere Version

FZ: Thank you ...thank you very much ...awright, does anybody here know where Palmdale is? You do? Good, do you, have you ever heard of a place called Sun Village? You, some, some of you know where Sun Village is, awright, it's out in back on Palmdale, awright. At one time, that used to be a, uh, big place for ...raisin' turkeys, and, uh, I went to high school in Lancaster which is not far from, uh, from, uh, Palm ...Oh! Is it very good for other things out there now? Good ...(Ken, turn me up so they can hear what I'm saying) Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a song about this place where I used to live where they used to raise turkeys (ready ...?)

Goin' back home
To the Village of the Sun
Out in back of Palmdale
Where the turkey farmers run, I done
Made up my mind
And I know I'm gonna go to Sun
Village, good God I hope the
Wind don't blow

It take the paint off your car
And wreck your windshield too,
I don't know how the people stand it,
But I guess they do
Cause they're all still there,
Even Johnny Franklin too
In the Village of the Sun
Village of the Sun
Village of the Sun, son
(Sun Village to you-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo, well!)

Little Mary, and Teddy, and Thelma too, now
Where Palmdale Boulevard, wo!
Cuts on through
Past the Village Inn, well, & Barbecue now, yeah
(I heard it ain't there . . .
Well I hope it ain't true)
Where the stumblers gonna go
To watch the lights turn blue?
Where the stumblers gonna go
To watch the lights turn blue-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-wahhh?

Goin' back home
To the Village of the Sun
Out in back of Palmdale
Where the turkey farmers run, I done
Made up my mind
And I know I'm gonna go to Sun
Village, good God I hope the
Wind don't blow

It take the paint off your car
And wreck your windshield too,
I don't know how the people stand it,
But I guess they do
Cause they're all still there,
Even Johnny Franklin too
In the Village of the Sun
Village of the Sun
Village of the Sun, son
(Sun Village to you-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo, well!)

Players On This Song

Records In Which This Song Has Appeared

Zappa Albums

Tributes & Cover Albums

Notes About This Song

A song about Sun Village where Zappa had worked early in his career.

CC In This Song