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==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
 
<br>And in your dreams
 
<br>And in your dreams
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<br>Saving the world
 
<br>Saving the world
 
<br>The words from your lips
 
<br>The words from your lips
<br>(I AM NOT A CROOK)
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<br>(''"I am not a crook!"'')
 
<br>I just can't believe you are such
 
<br>I just can't believe you are such
 
<br>A fool  
 
<br>A fool  
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<br>I just can't believe
 
<br>I just can't believe
 
<br>You are such a fool
 
<br>You are such a fool
<br>I just can't believe
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I-I-I just can't believe
 
<br>You are such a fool  
 
<br>You are such a fool  
<br>I just can't believe
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I-I-I just can't believe
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<br>You are such a fool
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I-I-I just can't believe
 
<br>You are such a fool
 
<br>You are such a fool
<br>I just can't believe
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<br>You are such a fool
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I-I-I-I...
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<br>
  
 
==Players On This Song==
 
==Players On This Song==
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==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
  
[[Richard Nixon]] was born in Yorba Linda, Orange County, California. On November 18, 1973 in a television interview Nixon declared "I am not a crook".
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*The song consists of '''three parts''':
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**A re-arranged low-tempo version of the coda of "[[Oh No]]" (including the lyrics)
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**A guitar solo
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**The theme of "[[The Orange County Lumber Truck]]"
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*The title is a reference to [[Richard Nixon]], who was born in Yorba Linda, Orange County, California.
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*The lyrics also quote Nixon's statement "'''I am not a crook'''" from a television interview on November 18, 1973.
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*The ''[[Roxy &amp; Elsewhere]]'' track was recorded at [[74/05/08 Edinboro PA US Edinboro State College|Edinboro State College in Pennsylvania on August 5, 1974]] along with [[More Trouble Every Day]].
  
The [[Roxy &amp; Elsewhere]] track was recorded at [[74/05/08 Edinboro PA US Edinboro State College|Edinboro State College in Pennsylvania on August 5, 1974]] along with [[Trouble Every Day|More Trouble Every Day]]
 
  
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
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*This is one of the two Zappa songs that make reference to [[Richard Nixon]] and the [[wikipedia:Watergate Scandal|Watergate Scandal]]; the other one is [[Dickie's Such An Asshole]].
  
 
[[Category:Tracks]]
 
[[Category:Tracks]]

Latest revision as of 08:14, 8 December 2021


Lyrics


And in your dreams
You can see yourself
As a prophet
Saving the world
The words from your lips
("I am not a crook!")
I just can't believe you are such
A fool


I just can't believe
You are such a fool

I-I-I just can't believe
You are such a fool

I-I-I just can't believe
You are such a fool

I-I-I just can't believe
You are such a fool

I-I-I-I...

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