Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Lyrics
There will come a time when everybody
Who is lonely will be free...
TO SING & DANCE & LOVE
There will come a time when every evil
That we know will be an evil...
THAT WE CAN RISE ABOVE
Who cares if hair is long or short
or sprayed or partly grayed...
WE KNOW THAT HAIR AIN'T WHERE IT'S AT
(there will come a time when you won't
even be ashamed if you are fat!)
WAH WAH-WAH WAH
There will come a time when everybody
Who is lonely will be free...
TO SING & DANCE & LOVE (dance and love)
There will come a time when every evil
that we know will be an evil...
THAT WE CAN RISE ABOVE (rise above)
Who cares if you're so poor you can't afford
To buy a pair of Mod A Go-Go stretch-elastic pants...
THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN YOU CAN EVEN
TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF WHEN YOU DANCE
Players On This Song
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Zappa Albums
In order of recording:
- The Lost Episodes, rec. 1961
Chuck Grove: drums
Caronga Ward: bass
Tony Rodriguez: alto sax
Chuck Foster: trumpet
Danny Helferin: piano
Frank Zappa: guitar
- Lumpy Gravy, rec. 1962/63
- We're Only In It For The Money
- FZ:OZ
- You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6
Tribute & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
The title comes from a track on 1968s We're Only In It For The Money but it has existed in many forms. An instrumental version recorded at Pal Studio around 1961 issued on 1996's "The Lost Episodes". It appears as a "surf" instrumental at the end of Lumpy Gravy which FZ described as a demo from around 1962/63. The vocalist on this version is Allison Buff. The theme appears again in I'm So Happy I Could Cry recorded around 1965 issued on Joe's Corsage.
