Frank Zappa - Dummy Up Lyrics
Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)Tom fowler (bass)Ruth underwood (percussion)Jeff simmons (rhythm guitar, vocals)Don preston (synthesizer)Bruce fowler (trombone)Walt fowler (trumpet)Napoleon murphy brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)Ralph humphrey (drums)Chester thompson (drums)Debbie (background vocals)Lynn (background vocals)Robert camarena (background vocals)SunriseGet up in the morninYou know, I dig this morninThe sun is shinin brightIm gonna get outsideGonna wash my faceGrab my hatPut it on my headI take a walk downtownYeah... because I feel so-oh goodI think Im gonna take a walk downtownHey! sunrise!Wo!Somethin I never seen beforeBeen walkin down the street every dayNobody like you ever passed my wayMaybe it must be too much sunCouldnt be my hat, must be too much...Wait a minute! is that you?Whats that? ...what, whats that? ...What, whats that? ...what? ...Dummy upWhat is that? ...I know what that is, I know what that is...I bet you thats a restaurant menu...Let me see!...let me see!Not only do you get the desenex burgerWhat?Not only...the desenex burgerWell you are in for a real treat, jimWait a minute...i think I like that dance better than...What are you talkin about, creep?What Im talkin about is youve been in this killer fog down here too longWhat?You need somethin to get up and go to school withWait a minute, youre not talkin to an old fool now,You know I wasnt born yesterday!Heh heh heh!Wait a minute...I like that little dance you were doin there...(jeff simmons tries to corrupt napoleon murphy brock by showing him a lewd dance and suggesting that hed smoke a high-school diploma...)Hey! wait a minute!Hey this, this stuff...I never seen one of these before...thats not a menu...This stuff is expensiveWhat is that?You shoot it, youll conserve all winter.I do what?It lasts longer(not only do you get the desenex burger)Now come on, try it.No, no.Its really good.No. smoke that? !Have I ever lied to you?Have I ever seen you before?I dont, I dont even know you!Look...I dont even know what that is!And youre drivin me to smoke it? !...Just before, we smoked the tapes that you made.Smoked the tapes?Smoked the tapes of your group.I think Im with the damned.You can really get off.Lets try a joint of this.A what?A joint.You mean this kinda joint?No man!Where you been in livin? ...reseda?No, san jose.(the evil dope pusher is cutting up a white gym sock, formerly owned by carl zappa and still damp. the shredded sock will be placed inside of a high-school diploma and ignited with a sulphur-preIon... his first taste of big city life!...)Thats okay, wait...Hey! the roach of this is really gonna be good, so ill...Have mercy!What do you do with that thing?What do you do with that thing? yeah!Wait a minute!Wait a minute!Wait a minute!What do you do with that thing?I wanna know!Wait a minute!(now the next step of this operation: the evil corrupter of youth is going to take him from step one, which is a mere high-school diploma stuffed with a gym sock, to step two, which is a collegeEe stuffed with absolutely nothing at all. smoke that and itll really get you out there!...)I still dont feel as good as I felt this mornin...yeah yeah...(youll grow out of it...)Dummy up!I heard it again, somebody said...You see this?Wait a minute!...College!College!Thats college-rhythm.You mean if I smoke that, its the same as this,As if I was at college?Roll it on up!Roll it on up!Roll it on up!Give me that!...No no, the college degree is stuffed with absolutely nothing at all.You get, you get nothing with your college-degree...But thats what I want!I forgot, Im sorry...Well, if you get nothin, well thats what I want.(a true zen saying: nothing is what I want. the results of a higher education...)
