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Debra Fauntleroy-Magnesium Kadabra
 
Debra Fauntleroy-Magnesium Kadabra
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
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Cause me to shout:<br />
 
Cause me to shout:<br />
 
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Oh Debra Algebra Ebneezra Kadabra!<br />
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Oh Debra [[Algebra]] Ebneezra Kadabra!<br />
Witch Goddess, Witch Goddess of Lankershim Boulevard!<br />
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Witch Goddess, Witch Goddess of [[Lankershim Boulevard]]!<br />
Cover my entire body with <i>Avon Cologna</i><br />
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Cover my entire body with <i>[[Avon Co-log-nuh|Avon Cologna]]</i><br />
 
And drive me to some relative's house in East L.A. (Wooden dog!)<br />
 
And drive me to some relative's house in East L.A. (Wooden dog!)<br />
 
<i>(Just till my skin clears up)</i><br />
 
<i>(Just till my skin clears up)</i><br />
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When it comes out<br />
 
When it comes out<br />
 
From the puffed & flabulent Mexican rubber-goods mask<br />
 
From the puffed & flabulent Mexican rubber-goods mask<br />
Next time they show <i>The Brnokka</i><br />
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Next time they show <i>The Brnoqqa</i><br />
 
Make me buy The Flosser</i><br />
 
Make me buy The Flosser</i><br />
Make me grow <i>Braniac Fingers</i><br />
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Make me grow <i>[[Brainiac]] Fingers</i><br />
 
<i>(But with more hair)</i><br />
 
<i>(But with more hair)</i><br />
 
Make me kiss your turquoise jewelry!<br />
 
Make me kiss your turquoise jewelry!<br />
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==Notes About This Song==
 
==Notes About This Song==
  
References [[Pachuko Hop]] by [[Chuck Higgins]].
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''"[[Captain Beefheart|Don]]'s mother, who sold Avon products door to door had all this stuff from Avon stashed at the house, which everybody used. Y'know, it was free beauty adis. Don, being neurotic, and a bit of a narcissist, was quite prone to dumping any kind of beauty aid that he could find onto his body. He made the unfortunate mistake of taking some Avon Cologne and putting it in his hair, one day, which made it start falling out. He also put some sort of Avon cream on his face which made him break out in this giant rash. His face looked like an alligator. [[Status Back Baby|He was losing a great deal of status at the high school]], and he moved out of our little desert community, [[Lancaster]], where we went to school, and moved down to east L.A. to live with his aunt for a while (till) he got his chops back together."''  (Frank Zappa in ''"Society Pages"'' No. 7, September 1991, quoted on page 221 of Mike Barnes, ''"Captain Beefheart"'', Quartet Books, Ltd., 2000
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==CC Clues In This Song==
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*[[Cologne]].
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*[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]: ''"Cast your dancing spell my way/I promise to go under it"''
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*[[Pachuko Hop]]
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*[[Rubber]]
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*[[Shoes]]
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*Quotes ''"All Night Long"'' by [[Joe Houston]]
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*Mentions Channel 13, where [[Bob Guy]] as the character [[Jeepers]] presented [[Jeepers' Creepers Theater]].  
  
References the Mexican horror movie ''"The [[Brainiac]]"''.
 
  
==CC Clues In This Song==
 
 
[[Category:Tracks]]
 
[[Category:Tracks]]
 
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)]]
 
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)]]

Latest revision as of 12:02, 22 December 2021


Debra Fauntleroy-Magnesium Kadabra

Lyrics

Debra Kadabra
Say she's a witch
Shit-ass Charlotte!
Ain't that a bitch?
Debra Kadabra--
Haw, that's rich!
(Ione, a rancho granny
Shook her wrinkled fanny . . . )

Shoes are too tight and pointed
Shoes are too tight and pointed
Ankles sorta puffin' out
Cause me to shout:

Oh Debra Algebra Ebneezra Kadabra!
Witch Goddess, Witch Goddess of Lankershim Boulevard!
Cover my entire body with Avon Cologna
And drive me to some relative's house in East L.A. (Wooden dog!)
(Just till my skin clears up)
Turn it to Channel 13
And make me watch the rubber tongue
When it comes out
From the puffed & flabulent Mexican rubber-goods mask
Next time they show The Brnoqqa
Make me buy The Flosser
Make me grow Brainiac Fingers
(But with more hair)
Make me kiss your turquoise jewelry!
Emboss me!
Rub the hot front part of my head
With rented unguents!
Give me bas-relief!

Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
(Oh, hear this!)
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
(Oh, hear this!)

Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
(Oh, hear this!)
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
(Oh, hear this!)
Learn the Pachuco Hop
And let me twirl ya . . .
(Learn the Pachuco . . . learn the Pachuko Hop an' lemme twirl you)
Oh Debra Fauntleroy-Magnesium Kadabra!
Take me with you . . .
Don't you want any of these?

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Notes About This Song

"Don's mother, who sold Avon products door to door had all this stuff from Avon stashed at the house, which everybody used. Y'know, it was free beauty adis. Don, being neurotic, and a bit of a narcissist, was quite prone to dumping any kind of beauty aid that he could find onto his body. He made the unfortunate mistake of taking some Avon Cologne and putting it in his hair, one day, which made it start falling out. He also put some sort of Avon cream on his face which made him break out in this giant rash. His face looked like an alligator. He was losing a great deal of status at the high school, and he moved out of our little desert community, Lancaster, where we went to school, and moved down to east L.A. to live with his aunt for a while (till) he got his chops back together." (Frank Zappa in "Society Pages" No. 7, September 1991, quoted on page 221 of Mike Barnes, "Captain Beefheart", Quartet Books, Ltd., 2000

CC Clues In This Song