(Frank Zappa/Hot Rats, LP, Bizarre/Reprise MS 2094, July 5, 1972)
Produced by Frank Zappa
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April-May 1972
Engineered by Kerry McNabb
(Under the thoughtful supervision of Marshall Brevetz)
Cover illustration by Marvin Mattelson
(The idea for the sink courtesy Sal Marquez)
Cover photo by Philip Schwartz
Packaging by Cal Schenkel
This album is dedicated to Paul Hof & Barry Keene
FZ—guitar & percussion
Tony Duran—slide guitar
George Duke—ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano
Sal Marquez—many trumpets & chimes
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums
FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—slide guitar
George Duke—tack piano
Sal Marquez—trumpet & vocal
Kris Peterson—vocal
Joel Peskin—tenor sax
Mike Altschul—baritone sax & piccolo
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums
Your mouth is your religion
You put your faith in a hole like that
You put your trust and your belief
Above your jaw and no relief
Have I found
I heard your story when you come home
You said you went to see your sister last night
Well, you might loose a bunch of teeth
And find a funeral wreath
While you'll be laying in the ground all alone
So tell me where are you coming from with all them lies
As you stumble in at the breakin' of the day
Where are you coming from, my shot-gun say
Because it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
An evil woman can make you cry
If you believe her every time she lies
Well you can be a big fool
If she makes you loose your cool
And so I've got me some advice you should try
Just let her talk a little
Oh, just let her talk a little more
Just . . . just let her talk a little more
And when she runs out of words
Just say the same thing that I told you before
Now tell me where are you coming from with all them lies
As you stumble in at the breakin' of the day
Where are you coming from, my shot-gun say
Because it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
'Cause it just might wanna blow you away
FZ—acoustic guitar, electric bed springs & vocal
Tony Duran—slide guitar & vocal
Jeff Simmons—Hawaiian guitar & vocal
"Sneaky Pete" Kleinow—pedal steel solo
Sal Marquez—trumpet & vocal
Janet Ferguson—vocal
Erroneous—electric bass & vocal
Aynsley Dunbar—drums, washboard & tambourine
If a froggy come up
A-with a satchel in his hand
Then he reach in the front
And dump a mile of sand
Across the rug, along the hall
Up to the umbrella stand
That you've been watchin' all the time
Watchin' all the time
And if a forest grows up
From the dirt on the floor
That the frog with the satchel
Had just dumped beside the door
You're just starting to get worried
You ain't going out no more
And it's confusin' to your mind
Just consider this
You can be scared when it gets too real
You can be scared when it gets too real
But you should be diggin' it
While it's happening
(Yes! You should be diggin' it while it's happening!)
'Cause it just might be a one-shot deal
You can be lost
And you can wanna be found
But keep an eye on that frog
Whenever he jump around
Just keep a-watchin' him
You oughta be watchin' him
Just keep a-watchin' him
You wanna be askin' him
(And see if he's brought along a little bag for you, rant!)
FZ—guitars
Don Preston—piano & Minimoog
Sal Marquez—trumpets, flugel horn, chimes & vocals
Kris Peterson—vocals
Bill Byers—trombone & baritone horn
Ken Shroyer—trombone & baritone horn
Mike Altschul—piccolo, bass flute, bass clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax
Erroneous—electric bass, fuzz bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums
All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted