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==Lyrics==  
 
==Lyrics==  
 
<br>Yes, friends . . . Pass the plate around, friends . . . Join us, friends . . .  
 
<br>Yes, friends . . . Pass the plate around, friends . . . Join us, friends . . .  
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<br>Oh yeah, oh yeah
 
<br>Oh yeah, oh yeah
 
<br>Jesus thinks you're a jerk
 
<br>Jesus thinks you're a jerk
<br>Would he really choose Tammy to do His Work? Unh-unh
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<br>Would [[Jim Bakker|he]] really choose Tammy to do His Work? Unh-unh
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>Hallelujah!
 
<br>Hallelujah!
 
<br>(Yes, friends . . . )  
 
<br>(Yes, friends . . . )  
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>Robertson says that he's The One
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<br>[[Pat Robertson|Robertson]] says that he's The One
 
<br>Oh he sure is, if Armageddon
 
<br>Oh he sure is, if Armageddon
 
<br>Is your idea of family fun,
 
<br>Is your idea of family fun,
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<br>(Now, tell me that ain't true)  
 
<br>(Now, tell me that ain't true)  
 
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<br>Give me that old time religion!  
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<br>[[Wikipedia:Old-Time Religion|Give me that old time religion!]]
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
<br>Now, what if Jimbo's slightly gay,
 
<br>Now, what if Jimbo's slightly gay,
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<br>(While you all smell the glove)  
 
<br>(While you all smell the glove)  
 
<br>
 
<br>
<br>Henry Cisneros, ladies and gentlemen!  
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<br>[[Wikipedia:Henry Cisneros|Henry Cisneros]], ladies and gentlemen!  
 
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<br>
 
<br>Jim and Pat should take a pole
 
<br>Jim and Pat should take a pole
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<br>Convinced they are 'The Chosen Ones' --
 
<br>Convinced they are 'The Chosen Ones' --
 
<br>And all their parents carry guns,
 
<br>And all their parents carry guns,
<br>(Hey, look! Godzilla!)
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<br>(Hey, look! [[Godzilla]]!)
 
<br>And hold them cards in the N.R.A.
 
<br>And hold them cards in the N.R.A.
 
<br>(Ah, hellfire, Melvin, hey hee!)
 
<br>(Ah, hellfire, Melvin, hey hee!)
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<br>Involved with funding for an 'undeclared war' in Central America
 
<br>Involved with funding for an 'undeclared war' in Central America
<br>Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friends  
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<br>Claiming [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Oliver North]] as close friends  
 
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<br>Involved in suspicous 'tax-avoidance schemes',
 
<br>Involved in suspicous 'tax-avoidance schemes',
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<br>Currently seeking the United States Presidency,
 
<br>Currently seeking the United States Presidency,
 
<br>Hoping we will all follow him into --
 
<br>Hoping we will all follow him into --
<br>The Twilight Zone  
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<br>[[The Twilight Zone]]
 
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<br>But, hey! What if Pat gets in the White House,
 
<br>But, hey! What if Pat gets in the White House,
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<br>In the land of the Stainless Maiden --
 
<br>In the land of the Stainless Maiden --
 
<br>It's just burnin' on the lawn
 
<br>It's just burnin' on the lawn
<br>But this person looks like Tom Braden!  
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<br>But this person looks like [[Wikipedia:Tom Braden|Tom Braden]]!
 
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<br>Jim and Tammy!
 
<br>Jim and Tammy!
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<br>Jim and Tammy got to go  
 
<br>Jim and Tammy got to go  
 
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<br>FZ: Ladies and gentlemen, this is intermission. Get your butt out there and register to vote! Would you please? See you in a half an hour!  
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<br>FZ: Ladies and gentlemen, this is intermission. Get your butt out there and register to vote! Would you please? See you in a half an hour!
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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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===Zappa Albums &amp; Side Projects===  
 
===Zappa Albums &amp; Side Projects===  
 
* [[Broadway The Hard Way]]
 
* [[Broadway The Hard Way]]
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* [[Understanding America]]
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* [[Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show]]
  
 
===Tribute &amp Cover Albums===  
 
===Tribute &amp Cover Albums===  
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The song references televangelists [[Jim Bakker]] and Tammy Bakker, [[Jimmy Swaggart]] and [[Pat Robertson]] and politicians [[Oliver North]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Ed Meese]], [[John Poindexter]],...
 
The song references televangelists [[Jim Bakker]] and Tammy Bakker, [[Jimmy Swaggart]] and [[Pat Robertson]] and politicians [[Oliver North]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Ed Meese]], [[John Poindexter]],...
  
The line  ''"What's that hangin' from a neighbor's tree? Why, it looks like 'colored folks' to me"'' is a reference to [[Billie Holiday]]'s song "Strange Fruit" (1938).
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The line  ''"What's that hangin' from a neighbor's tree? Why, it looks like 'colored folks' to me"'' is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Billie Holiday|Billie Holiday]]'s song "Strange Fruit" (1938).
  
 
==CC Clues In This Song==  
 
==CC Clues In This Song==  
  
*The lines "'''Jim and Tammy! / Oh, baby! / You gotta go!''' / etc." are a reference to "[[Louie Louie]]".
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*[[Louie Louie (CC)]]: "Jim and Tammy/Oh baby!/You gotta go!"
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* Just like in ''[[Be In My Video]]'' a reference is made to ''"smelling the glove"'': ''"And every night we can hear them thank Their Buddy, up above For sending down his love (While you all smell the glove)"''
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* Refers to [[Godzilla]]
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* Refers to [[Hands]]: "(With their fingers on the trigger)"
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* Refers to [[weasels]]
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* Refers to [[The White House]]
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[[Category:Tracks]]
 
[[Category:Tracks]]

Latest revision as of 10:59, 23 December 2021


Lyrics


Yes, friends . . . Pass the plate around, friends . . . Join us, friends . . .

There's an ugly little weasel 'bout three-foot nine
Face puffed up from cryin' 'n lyin'
'Cause her sweet little hubby's
Suckin' prong part time
(In the name of The Lord)

Get a clue, little shrew
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Jesus thinks you're a jerk
Would he really choose Tammy to do His Work? Unh-unh

Hallelujah!
(Yes, friends . . . )

Robertson says that he's The One
Oh he sure is, if Armageddon
Is your idea of family fun,
An' he's got some planned for you!
(Now, tell me that ain't true)

Give me that old time religion!

Now, what if Jimbo's slightly gay,
Will Pat let Jimbo get away?
Everything we've heard him say
Indicates that Jim must pay,
(And it just might hurt a bit) Just a bit!
But keep that money rollin' in,
'Cause Pat and naughty Jimbo
Can't get enough of it (let's dance!)

Perhaps it's their idea
Of an Affirmative Action Plan
To give White Trash a 'special break';
Well, they took those Jeezo-bucks and ran
To the bank! To the bank! To the bank! To the bank!
And every night we can hear them thank
Their Buddy, up above
For sending down his love
(While you all smell the glove)

Henry Cisneros, ladies and gentlemen!

Jim and Pat should take a pole
(Right up each saintly glory-hole),
With tar and feathers too --
Just like they'd love to do to you

('Cause they think you are bad --
Yes, they do!
And they are very mad)

'Cause some folks don't want prayer in school!

(We'd need an ark to survive the drool
Of Micro-publicans, raised on hate,
And 'Jimbo-Jumbo' when they graduate)

Convinced they are 'The Chosen Ones' --
And all their parents carry guns,
(Hey, look! Godzilla!)
And hold them cards in the N.R.A.
(Ah, hellfire, Melvin, hey hee!)
(With their fingers on the trigger
("It's hot.")
When they kneel and pray)
("I mean that . . . ")

With a Ku-Klux muu-muu
In the back of the truck,
If you ain't Born Again,
They wanna mess you up, screamin':
"No abortion, no-siree!"
"Life's too precious, can't you see!"
(What's that hangin' from a neighbor's tree?
Why, it looks like 'colored folks' to me --
Would THEY do THAT . . .
They've been doin' it for years!
Seriously?)

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the dynamic Eric Buxton

Imagine if you will,
A multi-millionaire TV Evangelist,
Saved from Korean Combat duty by his father, a U.S. Senator

Studied law --
But is not qualified to practice it

Father of a "love child"
Who, in adulthood, hosts the remnants
Of papa's religious propaganda program

Claims not to be a "Faith Healer,"
But has, in the past,
Dealt sternly with everything from hemorrhoids to hurricanes

Involved with funding for an 'undeclared war' in Central America
Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friends

Involved in suspicous 'tax-avoidance schemes',
(Under investigation for 16 months by the I.R.S.)

Claims to be a MAN OF GOD;
Currently seeking the United States Presidency,
Hoping we will all follow him into --
The Twilight Zone

But, hey! What if Pat gets in the White House,
(No fuckin' way, Ike,
You know what I mean)
The rights of 'certain people' disappear
Mysteriously?

Now, wouldn't that sort of qualify
As an American Tragedy?
(Especially if they cover it up, sayin'
"Jesus told it to me!")
(I mean vapor tight, we're like this, okay?
I mean that)
I hope we never see that day,
(I mean that. Right here. It's hot. It's hot.)
In The Land of The Free --
Or someday will we?
(92?)
Will we?
(96?)

And if you don't know by now,
The truth of what I'm tellin' you,
Then, surely I have failed somehow --
Surely I have failed somehow
Surely I have failed somehow

And Jesus will think I'm a jerk, just like you --
If you let those TV Preachers
Make a monkey out of you!

I said:
"Jesus will think you're a jerk"
And it would be true!

There's an old rugged cross
In the land of the Stainless Maiden --
It's just burnin' on the lawn
But this person looks like Tom Braden!

Jim and Tammy!
Oh, baby!
You gotta go!
You really got to go!
Jim and Tammy got to go

FZ: Ladies and gentlemen, this is intermission. Get your butt out there and register to vote! Would you please? See you in a half an hour!

Players On This Song

Records On Which This Song Has Appeared

Singles

Zappa Albums & Side Projects

Tribute &amp Cover Albums

Notes About This Song

The song references televangelists Jim Bakker and Tammy Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart and Pat Robertson and politicians Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese, John Poindexter,...

The line "What's that hangin' from a neighbor's tree? Why, it looks like 'colored folks' to me" is a reference to Billie Holiday's song "Strange Fruit" (1938).

CC Clues In This Song

  • Louie Louie (CC): "Jim and Tammy/Oh baby!/You gotta go!"
  • Just like in Be In My Video a reference is made to "smelling the glove": "And every night we can hear them thank Their Buddy, up above For sending down his love (While you all smell the glove)"
  • Refers to Godzilla
  • Refers to Hands: "(With their fingers on the trigger)"
  • Refers to weasels
  • Refers to The White House