Wonderful Wino

Lyrics

L.A. in the summer of '69
I went downtown and bought me some wine
Oh, I drank it down under the table
I said: "Watch me now, I'm gonna eat the label!"
Well I'm a wino man
Don't you know I am?

36, 24, hips about 30
I seen a fine lady and I started talkin' dirty
Boy, she looked over at me and she raised her thumb
She said: "Jam down the road, you bum-ba-bum-bum"
I'm a wino man
Don't you know I am?

I went to the country
And while I was gone
I lost control of my body functions
On a roller-headed lady's front lawn
I'm so ashamed, but I'm a wino man
I can't help myself

I've been drinkin' all night till my eyes got red
Stumbled on the gutter and busted my head
Bugs in my zoot suit, been scratchin' like a dog
I can't stand no water, and I stink like a hog
Give me a five-dollar bill
And an overcoat too
Give me a five-dollar bill
And an overcoat too
A five-dollar bill and an overcoat too
A five-dollar bill and a Florsheim shoe

Players On This Song

FZ - guitars, bass, keyboard, vocal
Terry Bozzio - drums
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Ian Underwood - saxophone
Bruce Fowler - trombone
Sal Marquez - trumpet

On The Lost Episodes version of this song it´s Ricky Lancelotti on vocal, Erroneus on bass, George Duke on keyboard and Aynsley Dunbar on drums with the others except Terry Bozzio. Source is sleeve notes from The Lost Episodes.

Albums In Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

• Motherly Love (02:46) / I Ain't Got No Heart (02:35) - Frank Zappa (1988)

Zappa Albums

• Zoot Allures
• Playground Psychotics
• The Lost Episodes
• Freaks & Motherfuckers as Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine

Notes About This Song

Florscheim shoe: Florscheim is a famous U.S. shoemaker.

Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine on Freaks & Motherfuckers is citing Bringing In The Shieves.

CC Clues In This Song

Give me a five dollar bill - this connects with You Are What You Is