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==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
 
===[[Roxy & Elsewhere]] Version===
 
===[[Roxy & Elsewhere]] Version===
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Let me see!<br />
 
Let me see!<br />
  
Jeff: Not only do you get the Desenex burger ... not     only the Desenex burger ... but you are in for a real treat, Jim<br />
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Jeff: Not only do you get the Desenex burger ... not only the Desenex burger ... but you are in for a real treat, Jim<br />
Napoleon: Wait a minute, I think I like that dance better     than this ... What are you talkin' about, creep?<br />
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Napoleon: Wait a minute, I think I like that dance better than this ... What are you talkin' about, creep?<br />
Jeff: What I'm talkin' about is you've been in this killer     fog down here too long<br />
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Jeff: What I'm talkin' about is you've been in this killer fog down here too long<br />
 
Napoleon: What?<br />
 
Napoleon: What?<br />
 
Jeff: You need somethin' to get up and go to school with<br />
 
Jeff: You need somethin' to get up and go to school with<br />
Napoleon: Wait a minute, you're not talkin' to an old     fool now, you know, I wasn't born yesterday!<br />
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Napoleon: Wait a minute, you're not talkin' to an old fool now, you know, I wasn't born yesterday!<br />
 
FZ: (Heh heh heh!)<br />
 
FZ: (Heh heh heh!)<br />
 
Napoleon: Wait a minute ... I think I'll take ...<br />
 
Napoleon: Wait a minute ... I think I'll take ...<br />
Jeff: I like that little dance you were doin' down there     ...<br />
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Jeff: I like that little dance you were doin' down there ...<br />
FZ: Jeff Simmons tries to corrupt Napoleon Murphy Brock     by showing him a lewd dance and suggesting that he'd smoke a high-school diploma     ...<br />
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FZ: Jeff Simmons tries to corrupt Napoleon Murphy Brock by showing him a lewd dance and suggesting that he'd smoke a high-school diploma ...<br />
Napoleon: Hey! What you ... what you ... ? Wait a     minute!<br />
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Napoleon: Hey! What you ... what you ...? Wait a minute!<br />
 
Jeff: Hey this, this stuff ...<br />
 
Jeff: Hey this, this stuff ...<br />
Napoleon: I've never seen one of these before ... that's     not a menu?<br />
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Napoleon: I've never seen one of these before ... that's not a menu?<br />
 
Jeff: This stuff is expensive<br />
 
Jeff: This stuff is expensive<br />
 
Napoleon: What is that?<br />
 
Napoleon: What is that?<br />
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Jeff: No, man! Where you been in livin'? Reseda?<br />
 
Jeff: No, man! Where you been in livin'? Reseda?<br />
 
Napoleon: No, San Jose<br />
 
Napoleon: No, San Jose<br />
FZ: The evil dope pusher is cutting up a white gym sock,     formerly owned by Carl Zappa and still damp. The shredded sock will be placed     inside of a high-school diploma And ignited with a sulphur preparation . .     .<br />
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FZ: The evil dope pusher is cutting up a white gym sock, formerly owned by Carl Zappa and still damp. The shredded sock will be placed inside of a high-school diploma and ignited with a sulphur preparation ...<br />
 
Napoleon: Wait a minute ...<br />
 
Napoleon: Wait a minute ...<br />
 
FZ: His first taste of big city life<br />
 
FZ: His first taste of big city life<br />
 
Napoleon: That's okay, wait a minute ... wait ...<br />
 
Napoleon: That's okay, wait a minute ... wait ...<br />
(DUMMY UP ... )<br />
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(DUMMY UP ...)<br />
Jeff: Hey! The roach of this is really gonna be good,     so I'll save it ...<br />
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Jeff: Hey! The roach of this is really gonna be good, so I'll save it ...<br />
  
 
FZ: Have mercy!<br />
 
FZ: Have mercy!<br />
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FZ: Now the next step of this operation<br />
 
FZ: Now the next step of this operation<br />
 
Napoleon: Wait a minute!<br />
 
Napoleon: Wait a minute!<br />
FZ: The evil corrupter of youth is going to take him from Step One , which is a mere high-school diploma stuffed with a gym sock,     to Step Two , which is a college-degree stuffed with absolutely nothing     at all. Smoke that and it'll really get you out there!<br />
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FZ: The evil corrupter of youth is going to take him from Step One, which is a mere high-school diploma stuffed with a gym sock, to Step Two, which is a college-degree stuffed with absolutely nothing at all. Smoke that and it'll really get you out there!<br />
  
 
Napoleon:<br />
 
Napoleon:<br />
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Gimme a ...<br />
 
Gimme a ...<br />
  
FZ: No no, the college-degree is stuffed with absolutely     nothing at all, you get ... you get nothing with your college-degree . .     .<br />
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FZ: No no, the college-degree is stuffed with absolutely nothing at all, you get ... you get nothing with your college-degree ...<br />
  
 
Napoleon:<br />
 
Napoleon:<br />
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But that's what I want<br />
 
But that's what I want<br />
  
FZ: A true Zen saying: Nothing is what I want ...     The results of a higher education!  
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FZ: A true Zen saying: Nothing is what I want ... The results of a higher education!  
 
==Players On This Song==
 
==Players On This Song==
 
==Albums In Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
==Albums In Which This Song Has Appeared==
 
*[[Roxy & Elsewhere]]
 
*[[Roxy & Elsewhere]]
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* [[The Roxy Performances]]
 
==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
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It is revealed in The Roxy Performances that Dummy Up was actually the second half of [[Pygmy Twylyte]]. It follows a similar tune.
 
==CC In This Song==
 
==CC In This Song==
  
 
[[Category:Tracks]]
 
[[Category:Tracks]]

Latest revision as of 08:12, 8 December 2021


Lyrics

Roxy & Elsewhere Version

Napoleon:
Sunrise
Get up in the mornin'
You know, I think it's mornin'
Sun is shinin' bright
I'm gonna get outside
Gonna wash my face
Grab my hat
Put it on my head
I take a walk downtown
Yeah-hey ...
Because I feel so-oh good
I think I'm gonna take a walk downtown
Hey! Sunlight!
Wo!
Somethin' I never seen before
Been a-walkin' down the street every day
Nobody like you ever passed my way
Maybe there must be too much sun
Couldn't be my hat, must be too much ...
Wait a minute!
What's that you ... ?
What's that?
What ... ?
What's that?
What ... ?
What's that?
What ... ?

FZ:
Dummy Up

Napoleon:
What is that?
I know what that is, I know what that is ...
I bet you that's a restaurant menu ...
Let me see!
Let me see!

Jeff: Not only do you get the Desenex burger ... not only the Desenex burger ... but you are in for a real treat, Jim
Napoleon: Wait a minute, I think I like that dance better than this ... What are you talkin' about, creep?
Jeff: What I'm talkin' about is you've been in this killer fog down here too long
Napoleon: What?
Jeff: You need somethin' to get up and go to school with
Napoleon: Wait a minute, you're not talkin' to an old fool now, you know, I wasn't born yesterday!
FZ: (Heh heh heh!)
Napoleon: Wait a minute ... I think I'll take ...
Jeff: I like that little dance you were doin' down there ...
FZ: Jeff Simmons tries to corrupt Napoleon Murphy Brock by showing him a lewd dance and suggesting that he'd smoke a high-school diploma ...
Napoleon: Hey! What you ... what you ...? Wait a minute!
Jeff: Hey this, this stuff ...
Napoleon: I've never seen one of these before ... that's not a menu?
Jeff: This stuff is expensive
Napoleon: What is that?
Jeff: You shoot it, you'll conserve all winter
Napoleon: I do what?
Jeff: It last longer
FZ: Not only do you get the Desenex burger
Napoleon: No ... no ...
Jeff: Now come on, try it
Napoleon: No, no, no
Jeff: It's really good
Napoleon: No ... Smoke THAT?!
Jeff: Have I ever lied to you? Have I ever seen you before?
Napoleon: I don't, I don't even know you!
Jeff: Look ...
Napoleon: I don't even know what that is!
Jeff: Just bef ...
Napoleon: And you're tellin' me to smoke it?!
Jeff: Just before, we smoked the tapes that you made
Napoleon: Smoked the tapes?
Jeff: Smoked the tapes of your group
Napoleon: I think I'd rather dance
Jeff: You can really get off! Let's try a joint of this
Napoleon: A WHAT?!
Jeff: A joint!
Napoleon: You mean this kinda joint?
Jeff: No, man! Where you been in livin'? Reseda?
Napoleon: No, San Jose
FZ: The evil dope pusher is cutting up a white gym sock, formerly owned by Carl Zappa and still damp. The shredded sock will be placed inside of a high-school diploma and ignited with a sulphur preparation ...
Napoleon: Wait a minute ...
FZ: His first taste of big city life
Napoleon: That's okay, wait a minute ... wait ...
(DUMMY UP ...)
Jeff: Hey! The roach of this is really gonna be good, so I'll save it ...

FZ: Have mercy!
George: Awright ... awright ...

Napoleon:
What d'you do with that thing?
What do you do with that thing that you have?
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
What do you do
With that thing?
I wanna know

Napoleon: Wait a minute
FZ: Now the next step of this operation
Napoleon: Wait a minute!
FZ: The evil corrupter of youth is going to take him from Step One, which is a mere high-school diploma stuffed with a gym sock, to Step Two, which is a college-degree stuffed with absolutely nothing at all. Smoke that and it'll really get you out there!

Napoleon:
I still don't feel as good as I felt this mornin' ... yeah yeah ...

FZ: You'll grow out of it ...

Jeff:
DUMMY UP!

Napoleon:
I heard it again, somebody said ...

Jeff: You see this?

Napoleon:
What d'you mean? College!

FZ: College!

Jeff:
That's college-rhythm

Napoleon:
You mean if I smoke that
It's the same as if ...
As if I was at college?
Roll it over up!
Roll it over up!
Roll it over up!
Gimme a ...

FZ: No no, the college-degree is stuffed with absolutely nothing at all, you get ... you get nothing with your college-degree ...

Napoleon:
Oh ...
But that's what I want

FZ: ... I forgot, I'm sorry

Napoleon:
Well,
You get nothin',
But that's what I want

FZ: A true Zen saying: Nothing is what I want ... The results of a higher education!

Players On This Song

Albums In Which This Song Has Appeared

Notes About This Song

It is revealed in The Roxy Performances that Dummy Up was actually the second half of Pygmy Twylyte. It follows a similar tune.

CC In This Song