Transcribed by Juha Kauppinen, jkau@phoenix.oulu.fi Zappa/Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere PENGUIN IN BONDAGE She's just like a penguin in Bondage, boy Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh... Rennenhenninnahenninnenninahennn Way over on the wet side Of the bed (Knirps for moisture) Just like the mighty Penguin Flappin' her eight ounce wings Lord, you know it's all over If she comes atcha on the strut & wrap `em all around yer head Flappin her eight ounce wings, flappinumm She's just like a Penguin in Bondage, boy Shake up the pale-dry Ginger ale Tremblin' like a Penguin When the battery fail Lord, you must be havin' her jumpin' through a hoopa real fire With some Kleenex wrapped around a coat-hang wire She's just like a Penguin in Bondage, boy Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh... Rennenhenninnahenninneninahenn Howlin' over to some Antarcticulated moon In the frostbite nite With her flaps gone white Shriekin' as she spot the hoop across the room Lord, you know it must be a Penguin bound down When you hear that terrible screamin' and there ain't no other Birds around She's just like a Penguin in Bondage, boy Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh... She's just like a Penguin in Bondage, boy Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Oh... Rennenhenninnahenninneninahennn Aw, you must be careful Not to leave her straps TOO LOOSE `Cause she just might box yer dog She just might box yer doggie An' leave you a dried-up dog biscuit... PYGMY TWYLYTE Green hocker croakin' In the Pygmy Twylyte Crankin' an' a-coke'n In the Winchell's do-nut Midnite Out of his deep on a `fore day run Hurtin' for sleep in the Quaalude Moonlight Green hocker in a Greyhound locker Smokin' in the Pygmy Twylyte Joined the bus on the 33rd seat By the doo-doo room with the reek replete Crystal eye, crystal eye Got a crystal kidney & he's `fraid to die In the Pygmy Twylyte Or the downer midnite In the Pygmy Twylyte Or the downer midnite In the Pygmy Twylyte Or the downer midnite In the Pygmy Twylyte Or the downer midnite VILLAGE OF THE SUN Goin' back home To the Village of the Sun Out in back of Palmdale Where the turkey farmers run, I done Made up my mind And I know I'm gonna go to Sun Village, good God I hope the Wind don't blow It take the paint off your car And wreck your windshield too, I don't know how the people stand it, But I guess they do Cause they're all still there, Even Johnny Franklin too In the Village of the Sun Village of the Sun Village of the Sun, son (Sun Village to you) Little Mary, and Teddy, and Thelma too Where Palmdale Bouldevard Cuts on through Past the Village Inn & Barbecue (I heard it ain't there... Well I hope it ain't true) Where the stumblers gonna go To watch the lights turn blue Where the stumblers gonna go To watch the lights turn blue-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-wahhh? (repeat first two verses) CHEEPNIS I ate a hot dog It tasted real good Then I watched a movie From Hollywood (repeat) Little Miss Muffett on a squat by me Took a turn around, I said: Can y'all see? The little strings on the Giant Spider?" The Zipper From The Black Lagoon? The vents by the tanks where the bubbles go up? (And the flaps on the side of the moon) The jelly & paint on the 40 watt bulb They use when the slime droozle off The rumples & the wrinkles in the cardboard rock And the canvas of the cave is too soft The suits & the hats & the tie's too wide And too short for the scientist man The chemistry lady with the roll-away mind And the monster just ate Japan Ladies and gentlemen, The monster, Which the peasants in this area call FRUNOBULAX (Apparently a very large poodle dog) Has just been seen approaching The Power Plant Bullets can't stop it Rockets can't stop it We may have to use NUCLEAR FORCE! HERE COMES THAT POODLE DOG! BIG AS A BLIMP WITH A RHINESTONE COLLAR SNAPPIN' OFF THE TREES LIKE THEY WAS BONSAI'D ORNAMENTS ON A DRY-WOBBLE LANDSCAPE KEEP IT AWAY! DON'T LET THE POODLE BITE ME! WE CAN'T LET IT REPRODUCE! OH! SOMEBODY GET OUT THE PANTS! The National Guard has formed up at the base of the mountain And is attempting to lure the enormous poodle towards the cave Where they hope to destroy it with napalm A thousand of the troopers are now lined up and are calling to the monster... Here Fido Here Fido Here Fido GOT A GREAT BIG SLIMEY THING GOT A GREAT BIG HEAVY THING GOT A GREAT BIG POODLE THING GOT A GREAT BIG HAIRY THING (repeat) C'mon! Everybody! Let's go! Get the distilled water! Get the canned goods! Get the toilet paper! You know we need it! GO TO DA SHELTER MY BABY, MY BABY, GO TO DA SHELTER GO TO DA SHELTER (repeat) Little Miss Muffett on a squat by me, Can ya see the little string danglin' down Makes the legs go wabble an' the mouth flop shut An' the HORRIBLE EYE, HORRIBLE EYE, HORRIBLE EYE Go rollin' around Can y'see it all Can y'see it from here Can y'laugh till yer weak on yer knees If you can't, I'm sorry `cause that's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please Baby, I'm sorry `cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please Baby, I'm sorry `cause it's all I wanna know I need a little more cheepnis please (etc. repeats) SON OF ORANGE COUNTY And in your dreams You can see yourself As a prophet Saving the world The words from you lips (I AM NOT A CROOK) I just can't believe you are such A fool I just can't believe You are such a fool I just can't believe You are such a fool (repeat) MORE TROUBLE EVERY DAY Well I'm about to get sick From watchin' my TV Been checkin' out the news Till my eyeballs fail to see I mean to say that every day Is just another rotten mess And when it's gonna change, my friend Is anybody's guess, so I'm Watchin' and I'm waitin' Hopin' for the best Even think I'll go to prayin' Every time I hear `em sayin' There's no way to delay That trouble comin' every day No way to delay the trouble Comin' every day Wednesday I watched the riot Seen the cops out on the street Watched `em throwin' rocks & stuff & chokin' In the heat Listen to reports About the whisky passin' `round Seen the smoke & fire And the market burnin' down Watched while everybody On his street would take a turn To stomp & smash & bash & crash & slash & bust & burn And I'm Watchin' and I'm waitin' Hopin' for the best Even think I'll go to prayin' Every time I hear `em sayin' that there's No way to delay That trouble comin' every day No way to delay That trouble comin' every day