Frank Zappa - If We'd All Been Living In California... Lyrics
Frank zappa (guitar, vocals, percussion)Ray collins (vocals)Jimmy carl black (drums)Roy estrada (electric bass)Don preston (electric piano)Billy mundi (drums)Bunk gardner (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bassoon)Ian underwood (electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)Arthur tripp (drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes)Motorhead sherwood (tenor saxophone, tambourine)Ruth komanoff (marimba, vibes)Ok, now you still want to get your name in the magazinesAnd he wants 500 dollars a month.Where does it come from?We worked one gig this month.And thats....so what do we get?Two hundred dollars for this gig up here if were lucky.If were lucky, well get two hundred.And it will be two weeks before we get it.Probably.I mean after all, what is all this shit in the newspaper,If we got such a big name, how come....., were starving man!This *****ing band is starving!And weve been starving for three years.I realize it takes a long time but God damn it!Does it take another five, ten years from now.Theres some months when youre not going to work as much as other months. theres some months when youre going to make a lot of money and if you average it out, you do make more than two hundrLlars a month.Expenses are sure high to.If wed all been living in california,It would have been different.If wed all been living in california,We wouldnt have worked at all.Oh, thats true.Well, were not working now anyway.We worked one gig this month frank.Whats wrong with getting two months in a row of this good money?Or three months in a row.Then we could afford to take three of four months offAnd everybody can......After the first month I can get just enough aheadBut if I had two more months man,Ill get ahead.Because Im not living very extravagantly, Ill tell you for sure.
