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| + | <br>FZ: Thank you! Hate to see this go to waste | ||
| + | <br>Ike: Fringe. I mean that, man | ||
| + | <br>FZ: Alright. CNN ran a story last week about this new product that has been developed for our prison system. It is called "Confinement Loaf." Now what it is it's, uh, bean by-products compressed into a loaf, which is administered to problem prisoners. Their diet will be a slice of "Confinement Loaf" and a cup of water, and it seems to mellow them out right away. So my question is: How long before "Confinement Loaf" appears in United States High Schools? | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>One 'n one is eleven! | ||
| + | <br>Two 'n two is twenty-two! | ||
| + | <br>Won't somebody kindly tell me, | ||
| + | <br>What the government's tryin' t' do . . . | ||
| + | <br>Dickie's just too tricky | ||
| + | <br>For a chump like me to use, oh use | ||
| + | <br>You take that sub-committee serious, boy (and I'm serious) | ||
| + | <br>You just might get a seizure from the evenin' news | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>Millions 'n millions of dollars . . . | ||
| + | <br>Much as he might need . . . (good work!) | ||
| + | <br>He could open up a chain of motels, people, | ||
| + | <br>On the highway, yes indeed! | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>Quadrophonic desperation! (oh, pinch that loaf now!) | ||
| + | <br>There might be confinement loaf up under your bed (well . . . ) | ||
| + | <br>You know if you just might pinch a little loaf in your slumber (pffft . . . NURSE!) | ||
| + | <br>The [[Wikipedia:Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] is gonna get your number | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YA | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YA | ||
| + | <br>GONNA JUMP UP THE SUB-COMMITTEE AND GET YA! | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>THEY ALREADY GOT YOUR PICTURE | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>AND YOUR FINGERPRINTS TOO | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>THEN THEY GOT A GUY IN VIRGINA | ||
| + | <br>THE FBI | ||
| + | <br>WHIFFING UP A LITTLE SOUP JUST FOR YOU | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER | ||
| + | <br>GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>Tryin' not to worry | ||
| + | <br>Tryin' not to care | ||
| + | <br>But you know, I get so excited | ||
| + | <br>When that soup goes over there | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>Can't have no private conversation | ||
| + | <br>Nowhere | ||
| + | <br>In the USA | ||
| + | <br>Can't wait 'til the rest of the people all over the the world | ||
| + | <br>Find out that their confinement loaf | ||
| + | <br>Is just the same ol' way | ||
| + | <br>Every day . . . | ||
| + | <br>(Pinch that loaf now!) | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>Let me tell you about this right now | ||
| + | <br>Let me tell you about this right here | ||
| + | <br>Let me make this formerly clear | ||
| + | <br>Let me tell you about this right here | ||
| + | <br>You know you put me in office | ||
| + | <br>So you must have wanted me in office | ||
| + | <br>I've did you no harm | ||
| + | <br>I used to have twenty-five tapes | ||
| + | <br>Now I only got ten | ||
| + | <br>Can't remember what happened to the rest | ||
| + | <br>Musta gave 'em to a friend | ||
| + | <br>Gave a couple to [[Bebe Rebozo]] | ||
| + | <br>Gave a couple to [[Pat Boone]] | ||
| + | <br>Gave a couple to [[Ronald Reagan]] | ||
| + | <br>Gave a couple to the new vice-president | ||
| + | <br>He said he'd stick with me through thick and thin | ||
| + | <br>Even if I invaded [[Nicaragua]] | ||
| + | <br>You know I'm not a crook | ||
| + | <br>You know I'm not a crook | ||
| + | <br>I just wanna lie about one more thing right now . . . | ||
| + | <br>(Say yeah yeah . . . ) | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>The gangster stepped right up, | ||
| + | <br>'N kissed him on the lips good-bye | ||
| + | <br>Made him a cocksucker by proxy, yes he did, | ||
| + | <br>An' he didn't even bat an eye! | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>The man in the White House -- oooh! | ||
| + | <br>He's got a conscience black as sin! | ||
| + | <br>(Yeah, maybe I . . . I don't know but, it's just a training exercise) | ||
| + | <br>There's just one thing I wanna know -- | ||
| + | <br>How'd that asshole ever manage to get in? | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>You're all the same, so sing right along now: | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>DICKIE'S SUCH AN ASSHOLE | ||
| + | <br>Sincerely, Dick, we mean it | ||
| + | <br>Sincerely, Ron, we mean it | ||
| + | <br>Sincerely, Dick and Ron, we continue to mean it | ||
| + | <br>Wee-ooo | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>Now let's bring the Republican Party up to date . . . | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | <br>(EDIT: James Hardacre) | ||
| + | <br>(YCDTOSA Vol3 Leading into "Hands With A Hammer") | ||
| + | <br>"Whistling" | ||
| + | <br>TB: Let me tell ya. I love this man I work for this man. | ||
| + | <br>But this show has like pushed me, beyond the brink of what I can physically, withstand. | ||
| + | <br>(Sobbing) | ||
| + | <br>My hands are, I mean look at these calluses, Jesus Christ. | ||
| + | <br>I've had a hard tour, I mean, Jesus, we had the, the fucking road manager committed suicide. (Oh Terry) | ||
| + | <br>Then my girlfriend fell out the fucking window (Oh Terry) | ||
| + | <br>It's been hard you know? (Ow Terry) | ||
| + | <br>And now man, I mean shit, this fucking show, I mean, I gotta do two, two fucking shows two nights in a row? | ||
| + | <br>You know what it's like to beat the shit out of the fucking drums, two shows, two nights in a row? | ||
| + | <br>I mean I can't fucking, I hate that kind of shit, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE! | ||
| + | <br>I can't take it any more. | ||
| + | <br>My hands ache I feel like I have been pounding nails | ||
| + | <br>I feel like I have been hitting my God damn hands with a hammer! | ||
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==Players On This Song== | ==Players On This Song== | ||
==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared== | ==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared== | ||
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* [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]] | * [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]] | ||
* [[Broadway The Hard Way]] | * [[Broadway The Hard Way]] | ||
| − | + | * [[The Roxy Performances]] | |
| + | * [[Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show]] | ||
===Tributes & Cover Albums=== | ===Tributes & Cover Albums=== | ||
==Notes About This Song== | ==Notes About This Song== | ||
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==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 [[Son Of Orange County]]. | ||
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| + | * Refers to [[Ronald Reagan]] | ||
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| + | * Refers to [[Pat Boone]] | ||
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| + | * Refers [[Nicaragua]] | ||
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[[Category:Tracks]] | [[Category:Tracks]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:16, 10 September 2021
Contents
Lyrics
FZ: Thank you! Hate to see this go to waste
Ike: Fringe. I mean that, man
FZ: Alright. CNN ran a story last week about this new product that has been developed for our prison system. It is called "Confinement Loaf." Now what it is it's, uh, bean by-products compressed into a loaf, which is administered to problem prisoners. Their diet will be a slice of "Confinement Loaf" and a cup of water, and it seems to mellow them out right away. So my question is: How long before "Confinement Loaf" appears in United States High Schools?
One 'n one is eleven!
Two 'n two is twenty-two!
Won't somebody kindly tell me,
What the government's tryin' t' do . . .
Dickie's just too tricky
For a chump like me to use, oh use
You take that sub-committee serious, boy (and I'm serious)
You just might get a seizure from the evenin' news
Millions 'n millions of dollars . . .
Much as he might need . . . (good work!)
He could open up a chain of motels, people,
On the highway, yes indeed!
Quadrophonic desperation! (oh, pinch that loaf now!)
There might be confinement loaf up under your bed (well . . . )
You know if you just might pinch a little loaf in your slumber (pffft . . . NURSE!)
The FBI is gonna get your number
GONNA GET YA
GONNA GET YA
GONNA JUMP UP THE SUB-COMMITTEE AND GET YA!
THE FBI
GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER
THE FBI
GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER
THE FBI
GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER
THE FBI
GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER
THE FBI
THEY ALREADY GOT YOUR PICTURE
THE FBI
AND YOUR FINGERPRINTS TOO
THE FBI
THEN THEY GOT A GUY IN VIRGINA
THE FBI
WHIFFING UP A LITTLE SOUP JUST FOR YOU
GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER
GONNA GET YOUR NUMBER
Tryin' not to worry
Tryin' not to care
But you know, I get so excited
When that soup goes over there
Can't have no private conversation
Nowhere
In the USA
Can't wait 'til the rest of the people all over the the world
Find out that their confinement loaf
Is just the same ol' way
Every day . . .
(Pinch that loaf now!)
Let me tell you about this right now
Let me tell you about this right here
Let me make this formerly clear
Let me tell you about this right here
You know you put me in office
So you must have wanted me in office
I've did you no harm
I used to have twenty-five tapes
Now I only got ten
Can't remember what happened to the rest
Musta gave 'em to a friend
Gave a couple to Bebe Rebozo
Gave a couple to Pat Boone
Gave a couple to Ronald Reagan
Gave a couple to the new vice-president
He said he'd stick with me through thick and thin
Even if I invaded Nicaragua
You know I'm not a crook
You know I'm not a crook
I just wanna lie about one more thing right now . . .
(Say yeah yeah . . . )
The gangster stepped right up,
'N kissed him on the lips good-bye
Made him a cocksucker by proxy, yes he did,
An' he didn't even bat an eye!
The man in the White House -- oooh!
He's got a conscience black as sin!
(Yeah, maybe I . . . I don't know but, it's just a training exercise)
There's just one thing I wanna know --
How'd that asshole ever manage to get in?
You're all the same, so sing right along now:
DICKIE'S SUCH AN ASSHOLE
Sincerely, Dick, we mean it
Sincerely, Ron, we mean it
Sincerely, Dick and Ron, we continue to mean it
Wee-ooo
Now let's bring the Republican Party up to date . . .
(EDIT: James Hardacre)
(YCDTOSA Vol3 Leading into "Hands With A Hammer")
"Whistling"
TB: Let me tell ya. I love this man I work for this man.
But this show has like pushed me, beyond the brink of what I can physically, withstand.
(Sobbing)
My hands are, I mean look at these calluses, Jesus Christ.
I've had a hard tour, I mean, Jesus, we had the, the fucking road manager committed suicide. (Oh Terry)
Then my girlfriend fell out the fucking window (Oh Terry)
It's been hard you know? (Ow Terry)
And now man, I mean shit, this fucking show, I mean, I gotta do two, two fucking shows two nights in a row?
You know what it's like to beat the shit out of the fucking drums, two shows, two nights in a row?
I mean I can't fucking, I hate that kind of shit, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE!
I can't take it any more.
My hands ache I feel like I have been pounding nails
I feel like I have been hitting my God damn hands with a hammer!
Players On This Song
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Zappa Albums
- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
- Broadway The Hard Way
- The Roxy Performances
- Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
Tributes & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
Both tracks are citing John Brown's Body.
CC Clues In This Song
- This is one of the two Zappa songs that make reference to Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal; the other one is Son Of Orange County.
- Refers to Ronald Reagan
- Refers to Pat Boone
- Refers Nicaragua
