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What is your name? Nice to see you again.
 
What is your name? Nice to see you again.
  
=== Mothermania Version ===
 
A moonbeam through the prune<br />
 
In June<br />
 
Reveals your chest<br />
 
I see your lovely beans<br />
 
And in that magic go-kart<br />
 
I bite your neck<br />
 
The cheese I have for you<br />
 
My dear<br />
 
Is real<br />
 
And very new!
 
  
A moonbeam through the prune<br />
 
In June<br />
 
Reveals your chest<br />
 
I see your lovely beans<br />
 
And in that magic go-kart<br />
 
I bite your neck<br />
 
The love I have for you<br />
 
My dear<br />
 
Is real<br />
 
And very new!
 
 
Doh-Doh-Doh Doh-Doh
 
 
Prune!<br />
 
(Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br />
 
If it is a real prune...<br />
 
(Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br />
 
Knows no cheese!<br />
 
(Chunka Chunk . . .<br />
 
Chunka Chunka Chunka Chunka Chunk . . . )<br />
 
And stands . . .<br />
 
(Oh No-o-o-o!)<br />
 
Taller & stronger<br />
 
Than any tree<br />
 
Or bush!<br />
 
And I know<br />
 
The love I have for you<br />
 
Will grow & grow & grow<br />
 
I think<br />
 
And so my love<br />
 
I offer you<br />
 
A love that is strong<br />
 
A prune that is true!
 
 
LA LA LALA LA LA LALALA LAH LAH LAH LA LA<br />
 
LA LA LA LA OOOOOOOOH!<br />
 
(Chunka Chunka Chunka . . . )<br />
 
LA LA LA LALA . . .
 
 
My darling . . . you mean so very much to me . . . I love<br />
 
you so deeply! It just makes me . . .
 
 
LA LA LA LA LA LA etc.
 
 
(Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Prunes, Prunes)<br />
 
I hardly recognize you, darling . . . Oh, I'll never forget you, darling.      . .<br />
 
(Prunes, Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes)<br />
 
Oh I suppose I will forget you eventually . . . In fact, I've already forgotten      you . . .<br />
 
(Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes)<br />
 
What is your name? Nice to see you again.
 
 
And you'll be my Douchess<br />
 
My Douchess of Prunes
 
 
A moonbeam through the prune<br />
 
In June<br />
 
Reveals your chest<br />
 
I see your lovely beans<br />
 
And in that magic go-kart<br />
 
I bite your neck<br />
 
The cheese I have for you<br />
 
My dear<br />
 
Is real<br />
 
And very new!<br />
 
(New cheese!)
 
 
Prunes!<br />
 
(Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br />
 
If they are fresh prunes . . .<br />
 
(Pah-Da-Dahhh!)<br />
 
Know no cheese!<br />
 
(Chunka Chunka Chinky Chunky Stinky Stanky . . . )<br />
 
And they just lie there<br />
 
Drowning & sickening<br />
 
And it's just . . . I dunno<br />
 
Oh-h-h-h-h!<br />
 
And I know<br />
 
I think<br />
 
The love I have for you<br />
 
Will never end<br />
 
Well . . . maybe<br />
 
(Whah!)
 
 
And so my love<br />
 
I offer you<br />
 
A love that is strong<br />
 
A prune that is true!<br />
 
(Ha Ha!)
 
 
This is the exciting part . . .<br />
 
It's like the SUPREMES...<br />
 
See the way it builds up<br />
 
BABY BABY<br />
 
D'ya feel it?<br />
 
BABY BABY<br />
 
My prune is yours, my love<br />
 
My cheese for you<br />
 
My baby prune<br />
 
My baby prune<br />
 
I do like you<br />
 
My baby cheese etc., etc.<br />
 
You know I do<br />
 
My dear<br />
 
I love you etc., etc.<br />
 
Oh cheesy fat<br />
 
Oh cheesy fat<br />
 
Oh cheesy fat<br />
 
Oh baby fat<br />
 
Oh cheesy fat<br />
 
Oh baby blue
 
 
Cheesy, cheesy!
 
  
 
== Players On This Song ==
 
== Players On This Song ==

Revision as of 04:33, 27 July 2005

Lyrics

Absolutely Free Version

LA LA LALA LA LA LALALA LAH LAH LAH LA LA
LA LA LA LA OOOOOOOOH!
(Chunka Chunka Chunka . . . )
LA LA LA LALA . . .

My darling . . . you mean so very much to me . . . I love
you so deeply! It just makes me . . .

LA LA LA LA LA LA etc.

(Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Prunes, Prunes)
I hardly recognize you, darling . . . Oh, I'll never forget you, darling...
(Prunes, Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes)
Oh I suppose I will forget you eventually . . . In fact, I've already forgotten you . . .
(Duke of Prunes, Prunes, Prunes)
What is your name? Nice to see you again.


Players On This Song

Frank Zappa--guitar, vocals
Ray Collins--vocals, tambourine, PRUNE
Jim Fielder--guitar, piano
Don Preston--keyboards
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Roy Estrada--bass, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black--drums, vocals
Billy Mundi--drums, percussion

Albums In Which This Song Has Appeared

Notes About This Song

Amnesia Vivace was originally called "Remember".
It includes quotes from Rite Of Spring (Stravinsky), Firebird Suite (Stravinsky), and Duke Of Earl (Dixon/Edwards/Williams)

CC Clues In This Song