Mudd Club

Lyrics

'You Are What You Is' version

And here we are, at the Mudd Club, y'all
I hope you enjoy yourself
'Cause the show's about to begin...

Hey, they're really dancin'
They're on auto-destruct
On the floor, on the pipe
Bouncin' off-a the wall

Hey, the people here
Are really tearin' it up
On the side, in the back
By the front of the stage

They ain't really crazy
You can take it from me
I should know 'cause I go
Every time I'm in town

If you never tried it
Lemme straighten you out
It's the best kinda place
To unfasten yerself

MUDD CLUB!
All the way downtown
MUDD CLUB!
They ain't messin' around
MUDD CLUB!
Just turn to the left 'n look around
Because it's there somewhere

If you ain't found it, better hurry up
The folks down there's on auto-destruct
And so can you be too
The fact of the matter: it's made for you

Try it on a Saturday 'bout four o'clock in the mornin' or even a Monday at midnight when there's just a few of those Fabulous Poodles doin' the Peppermint Twist for real
In a black sack dress with nine inch heels
And then a guy with a blue mohawk comes in
In Serious Leather...

And all the rest of whom for which to whensonever of partially indeterminate bio-chemical degradation seek the path to the sudsy, yellow nozzle of their foaming, nocturnal, parametric, digital, whole-wheat, inter-faith, geo-thermal, terpsichorean ejectamenta
In Serious Leather...
In Serious Chains...

Then they work the wall
They work the pipe
They work the floor
'N they work the wall some more
In Serious Leather...
Serious Chains...
Serious Clothing...

From when they come downtown
From the ruins of Studio '54
To twist 'n frugg
In an arrogant gesture
To the best of what the 20th Century has to offer
Al Malkin's down there right now,
Looking for a virgin with nice breath
Why, maybe it's you?
And you don't even know it!

Hey, they're really dancin'
They're on auto-destruct
On the floor, on the pipe
Bouncin' off-a the wall

Hey, the people here
Are really tearin' it up
On the side, in the back,
By the front of the stage

They ain't really crazy
You can take it from me
I should know 'cause I go
Every time I'm in town

If you never tried it
Lemme straighten you out
It's the best kinda place
To unfasten yerself
While you...

Thing-Fish version

SISTER OWL-GONKWIN-JANE COW-HOON:
And here we are, At the Mudd Club, y'all!
I hope you enjoy yourself,
'Cause the show's about to begin!

MAMMY NUN ENSEMBLE (& THING-FISH):
Hey, they're really dancin'
They're on auto-destruct
On the floor, on the pipe
Bouncin' off-a the wall

Hey, the people here
Are really tearin' it up
On the side, in the back
By the front of the stage

They ain't really crazy
You can take it from me
I should know 'cause I go
Every time I'm in town

If you never tried it
Lemme straighten you out
It's the best kinda place
To unfasten yerself

MUDD CLUB! (All the way downtown!)
MUDD CLUB! (They ain't messin' around!)
MUDD CLUB! (Just turn to the left 'n look around because it's there somewhere!)

THING-FISH:
If you ain't found it, better hurry up!
The folks down there's on auto-destruct
And so can you be, too!br> De fact o' de matter: it's made for you!

Try it on a Saturday 'bout four o'clock in the mornin', or even a Monday at midnight, when there's just a few of them severely ignint white folks doin' the Peppermint Twist for real
In a black sack dress with nine-inch heels
And then a guy with a blue mohawk come in
In Serious Leather...

And all the rest of whom for which to when-so-never of partially indeterminate, biochemical degradation seek "the Path" to the sudsy, yellow nozzle of their foaming, nocturnal, parametric-digital, whole-wheat, inter-faith, geo-thermal, terpsichorean, Ejectamenta
In Serious Leather...
In Serious Chains...

'N den dey works de wall!
Dey works de floor!
Dey works de pipe!
'N dey works de wall some more!
In Serious Leather...
Serious Chains...
Serious Clothing...
From when they come downtown
From the ruins of Studio '54
To twist 'n frugg in an arrogant gesture
To the best of what de 20th Century have to offer
Including a generous supply of IGNINT McNUGGET!

QUENTIN ROBERT DeNAMELAND down there right now,
With a whole face-full of IGNINT McNUGGET
Looking for a virgin with nice breath!

SISTER JASMINA NOXEMA-TAPIOCA & SISTER POTATO-HEAD BOBBY BROWN:
Why, maybe it's you?

THING-FISH:
And you don't even know it!

MAMMY NUN ENSEMBLE (& THING-FISH):
Hey, they're really dancin' (Dey really dancin'!)
They're on auto-destruct!
On the floor, on the pipe
Bouncin' off-a the wall! (Right offa dat wall, too!)

Hey, the people here
Are really tearin' it up (Dey tearin' it off!)
On the side, in the back
By the front of the stage (Took de boy's Mohawk off!)

They ain't really crazy
You can take it from me (Uh-oh! I smells trubba!)
I should know 'cause I go
Every time I'm in town (Christians comin' up!)

If you never tried it,
Lemme straighten you out (Lemme straighten you out, now!)
It's the best kinda place
To un-fasten yerself (Get off dat wall now)
While you...

Players On This Song

• Thing-Fish version
  • Ike Willis rhythm guitar and vocals
  • Ray White rhythm guitar and vocals
  • Tommy Mars keyboards
  • Arthur Barrow bass
  • Motorhead Sherwood Tenor Sax
  • Chad Wackerman drums

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Zappa Albums & Side Projects

• Thing-Fish
• Buffalo