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==Lyrics==  
 
==Lyrics==  
  
Well well well, now, dis de nasty sucker dat be respondable fo de en-whiffment o' de origumal potium. Now, in his infinate respondable party personaged as THE EVIL PRINCE, and through de magik o' stage-kraft of course, we's about to see what gwine on in his magikal conjurance up of his lil' cauldrom o' doom! Now check it on out now . . .
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Thing-Fish: Well well well, now, dis de nasty sucker dat be respondable fo de en-whiffment o' de origumal potium. Now, in his infinate respondable party personaged as THE EVIL PRINCE, and through de magik o' stage-kraft of course, we's about to see what gwine on in his magikal conjurance up of his lil' cauldrom o' doom! Now check it on out now . . .
  
Somewhere, over there, I can tell, (I guess so)
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There's a voice of
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Evil Prince: Somewhere, over there, I can tell, (I guess so)<br>
A potato-headed whatchamacallit (Whoo, do tell!)
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There's a voice of<br>
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A potato-headed whatchamacallit (Whoo, do tell!)<br>
 
Who does not wish me well!
 
Who does not wish me well!
  
His clothes are quite stupid,
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And also his shoes! (Ain't no biznis like show biznis)
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His clothes are quite stupid,<br>
He's got a big ol' duck-mouth!
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And also his shoes! (Ain't no biznis like show biznis)<br>
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He's got a big ol' duck-mouth!<br>
 
(Who knows how he chews!)
 
(Who knows how he chews!)
  
He thinks he knows something
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About THE GREAT PLAN!
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He thinks he knows something<br>
How ULTIMATE BLANDNESS
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About THE GREAT PLAN!<br>
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How ULTIMATE BLANDNESS<br>
 
Must RULE and COMMAND
 
Must RULE and COMMAND
  
He knows not a drop,
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Not a crumb,
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He knows not a drop,<br>
Not a whit,
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Not a crumb,<br>
Of the reason for doing
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Not a whit,<br>
This criminal shit
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Of the reason for doing<br>
And then, if he did,
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This criminal shit<br>
Would it matter a bit?
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And then, if he did,<br>
Not at all!
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Would it matter a bit?<br>
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Not at all!<br>
 
Because IT IS WRIT:
 
Because IT IS WRIT:
  
Our BEIGE-BLANDISH GOD
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Our BEIGE-BLANDISH GOD<br>
 
Tends to CERTIFY IT:
 
Tends to CERTIFY IT:
  
"Only the boring and bland shall survive!
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Only the lamest of lameness will thrive!"
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"Only the boring and bland shall survive!<br>
Take it or leave it, you won't be alive,
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Only the lamest of lameness will thrive!"<br>
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Take it or leave it, you won't be alive,<br>
 
If you are overtly ''CREATIVE''!
 
If you are overtly ''CREATIVE''!
  
Fairies and faggots and queers are 'CREATIVE'
 
All the best music on Broadway is 'NATIVE'
 
  
Who will step forward
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Fairies and faggots and queers are 'CREATIVE'<br>
And end all this trouble?
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All the best music on [[Broadway]] is 'NATIVE'
For beige-blandish citizens,
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Clutching the rubble
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Of vanishing dreams
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Who will step forward<br>
Of wimpish amusement,
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And end all this trouble?<br>
Replaced by a rash
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For beige-blandish citizens,<br>
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Clutching the rubble<br>
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Of vanishing dreams<br>
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Of wimpish amusement,<br>
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Replaced by a rash<br>
 
Of 'CREATIVE' confusement!
 
Of 'CREATIVE' confusement!
  
Soon, my brave Zombies,
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You'll make your return!
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Soon, my brave Zombies,<br>
Broadway will glow!
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You'll make your return!<br>
Broadway will burn!
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Broadway will glow!<br>
(Along with the remnants of
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Broadway will burn!<br>
EVERYTHING NEW)
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(Along with the remnants of<br>
My ''HOLY DISEASE'' will do
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EVERYTHING NEW)<br>
Wonders for you!
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My ''HOLY DISEASE'' will do<br>
Those lovely producers
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Wonders for you!<br>
Who paid for you 'then'
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Those lovely producers<br>
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Who paid for you 'then'<br>
 
Will do it again, and again, and again!
 
Will do it again, and again, and again!
  
The spying potato (the spying potato!)
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With horrible diction (that terrible diction!)
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The spying potato (the spying potato!)<br>
Will rot in the garbage (I can smell it right now!)
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With horrible diction (that terrible diction!)<br>
When this show's eviction
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Will rot in the garbage (I can smell it right now!)<br>
Takes place shortly after
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When this show's eviction<br>
My alternate skill
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Takes place shortly after<br>
Of THEATRICAL SABOTAGE
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My alternate skill<br>
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Of THEATRICAL SABOTAGE<br>
 
Triumphs YOUR will!
 
Triumphs YOUR will!
  
I've a special review
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(Yes I know you really do)
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I've a special review<br>
I've been saving for years
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(Yes I know you really do)<br>
(Yes I know you really have)
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I've been saving for years<br>
For a show just like this,
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(Yes I know you really have)<br>
(For a really stupid show)
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For a show just like this,<br>
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(For a really stupid show)<br>
 
With POTATOES and QUEERS
 
With POTATOES and QUEERS
  
I'll say it's disgusting, atrocious, and dull
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I'll say it makes boils inside of your skull
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I'll say it's disgusting, atrocious, and dull<br>
I'll say it's the worst-of-the-worst of the year,
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I'll say it makes boils inside of your skull<br>
No wind down the plain, and it's hard on your ear
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I'll say it's the worst-of-the-worst of the year,<br>
I'll say it's the work of an infantile mind
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No wind down the plain, and it's hard on your ear<br>
I'll say that it's tasteless, and that you will find
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I'll say it's the work of an infantile mind<br>
A better excuse to spend money or time
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I'll say that it's tasteless, and that you will find<br>
At a Tupper-Ware Party,
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A better excuse to spend money or time<br>
So, do be a smarty!
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At a Tupper-Ware Party,<br>
Hold on to that dollar
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So, do be a smarty!<br>
A little while longer
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Hold on to that dollar<br>
For spending it here,
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A little while longer<br>
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For spending it here,<br>
 
Why, it couldn't be wronger!
 
Why, it couldn't be wronger!
  
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?
 
WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?
 
THE 'HEART' AND 'SOUL'
 
THE PATTER?
 
THE PITTER?
 
  
And after this deadly review hits the paper,
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WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?<br>
In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,
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WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?<br>
To legally exercute all that remains
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THE 'HEART' AND 'SOUL'<br>
Of this tragic amusement for drug-addled brains
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THE PATTER?<br>
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THE PITTER?<br>
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And after this deadly review hits the paper,<br>
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In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,<br>
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To legally exercute all that remains<br>
 +
Of this tragic amusement for drug-addled brains<br>
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Hold on to that G-string
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Hold on to that G-string<br>
A little while longer
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A little while longer<br>
For bending it here,
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For bending it here,<br>
 
Why, it couldn't be wronger!
 
Why, it couldn't be wronger!
  
WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?
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WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?
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WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?<br>
THE 'HEART' AND 'SOUL'
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WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?<br>
THE PATTER?
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THE 'HEART' AND 'SOUL'<br>
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THE PATTER?<br>
 
THE PITTER?
 
THE PITTER?
  
And after this deadly review hits the paper,
 
In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,
 
To legally execute all that remains
 
Of this tragic amusement for drug-addled brains
 
Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, brai-hains . . .
 
  
==Players On This Song==  
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And after this deadly review hits the paper,<br>
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In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,<br>
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To legally execute all that remains<br>
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Of this tragic amusement for drug-addled brains<br>
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Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, brai-hains . . .
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==Players On This Song==
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[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]] version:
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] lead guitar
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*[[Ike Willis]] guitar, vocals
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*[[Ray White]] guitar, lead vocals
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*[[Bobby Martin]] keyboards, sax, vocals
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*[[Allan Zavod]] keyboards
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*[[Scott Thunes]] bass
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*[[Chad Wackerman]] drums
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==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==  
 
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==  
 
===Singles===  
 
===Singles===  
 
===Zappa Albums & Side Projects===
 
===Zappa Albums & Side Projects===
 
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*[[Thing-Fish]] as part of '''The Torchum Never Stops'''
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]]
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*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], same version on
*[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler]]
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**[[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler]]
  
 
===Tribute & Cover Albums===  
 
===Tribute & Cover Albums===  
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==CC Clues In This Song==
 
==CC Clues In This Song==
  
[[Category:Tracks|Evil Prince, The]]
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[[Category:Tracks|Evil Prince]]
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)|Evil Prince, The]]
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[[Category:Fictional characters|Evil Prince]]

Latest revision as of 13:46, 30 November 2021


Lyrics

Thing-Fish: Well well well, now, dis de nasty sucker dat be respondable fo de en-whiffment o' de origumal potium. Now, in his infinate respondable party personaged as THE EVIL PRINCE, and through de magik o' stage-kraft of course, we's about to see what gwine on in his magikal conjurance up of his lil' cauldrom o' doom! Now check it on out now . . .


Evil Prince: Somewhere, over there, I can tell, (I guess so)
There's a voice of
A potato-headed whatchamacallit (Whoo, do tell!)
Who does not wish me well!


His clothes are quite stupid,
And also his shoes! (Ain't no biznis like show biznis)
He's got a big ol' duck-mouth!
(Who knows how he chews!)


He thinks he knows something
About THE GREAT PLAN!
How ULTIMATE BLANDNESS
Must RULE and COMMAND


He knows not a drop,
Not a crumb,
Not a whit,
Of the reason for doing
This criminal shit
And then, if he did,
Would it matter a bit?
Not at all!
Because IT IS WRIT:


Our BEIGE-BLANDISH GOD
Tends to CERTIFY IT:


"Only the boring and bland shall survive!
Only the lamest of lameness will thrive!"
Take it or leave it, you won't be alive,
If you are overtly CREATIVE!


Fairies and faggots and queers are 'CREATIVE'
All the best music on Broadway is 'NATIVE'


Who will step forward
And end all this trouble?
For beige-blandish citizens,
Clutching the rubble
Of vanishing dreams
Of wimpish amusement,
Replaced by a rash
Of 'CREATIVE' confusement!


Soon, my brave Zombies,
You'll make your return!
Broadway will glow!
Broadway will burn!
(Along with the remnants of
EVERYTHING NEW)
My HOLY DISEASE will do
Wonders for you!
Those lovely producers
Who paid for you 'then'
Will do it again, and again, and again!


The spying potato (the spying potato!)
With horrible diction (that terrible diction!)
Will rot in the garbage (I can smell it right now!)
When this show's eviction
Takes place shortly after
My alternate skill
Of THEATRICAL SABOTAGE
Triumphs YOUR will!


I've a special review
(Yes I know you really do)
I've been saving for years
(Yes I know you really have)
For a show just like this,
(For a really stupid show)
With POTATOES and QUEERS


I'll say it's disgusting, atrocious, and dull
I'll say it makes boils inside of your skull
I'll say it's the worst-of-the-worst of the year,
No wind down the plain, and it's hard on your ear
I'll say it's the work of an infantile mind
I'll say that it's tasteless, and that you will find
A better excuse to spend money or time
At a Tupper-Ware Party,
So, do be a smarty!
Hold on to that dollar
A little while longer
For spending it here,
Why, it couldn't be wronger!


WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?
WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?
THE 'HEART' AND 'SOUL'
THE PATTER?
THE PITTER?


And after this deadly review hits the paper,
In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,
To legally exercute all that remains
Of this tragic amusement for drug-addled brains


Hold on to that G-string
A little while longer
For bending it here,
Why, it couldn't be wronger!


WHAT'S HAPPENED TO BROADWAY?
WHERE'S IT GONE, ALL THE GLITTER?
THE 'HEART' AND 'SOUL'
THE PATTER?
THE PITTER?


And after this deadly review hits the paper,
In will come ROPER, BENDER & RAPER,
To legally execute all that remains
Of this tragic amusement for drug-addled brains
Hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, hey hey, brai-hains . . .

Players On This Song

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 version:

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

Zappa Albums & Side Projects

Tribute & Cover Albums

Notes About This Song

CC Clues In This Song