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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Bass
Aynsley Dunbar
Aynsley Dunbar
Drums
George Duke
George Duke
Keyboards
Ian Underwood
Ian Underwood
Saxophone
Napolean Murphy Brock
Napolean Murphy Brock
Saxophone
Sal Marquez
Sal Marquez
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Producer

Lyrics

In the dark
Where all the fevers grow
Under the water
Where the shark bubbles blow
In the mornin'
By your radio
Do the walls close in t' suffocate ya?
You ain't got no friends
An' all the others, they hate ya
Does the life you been leadin' gotta go?
Well, let me straighten you out
About a place I know
Get your shoes 'n' socks on people
It's right aroun' the corner
Out through the night
And the whispering breezes
To the place where they keep
The imaginary diseases
Out through the night
And the whispering breezes
To the place where they keep
The imaginary diseases
This has to be the disease for you
Now, scientists call this disease
"Bromidrosis"
But us regular folks
Who might wear tennis shoes
Or an occasional python boot
Know this exquisite, little inconvenience
By the name of
Stink-foot
Ya know, my python boot is too tight
I couldn't get it off last night
A week went by
And now it's July
I finally got it off
And my girlfriend cried
"You got stink-foot
Stink-foot, darlin'
Your stink-foot puts a hurt on my nose
Stink-foot, stink-foot, I ain't lyin'
Can you rinse it off, do you suppose?"
Here Fido, Fido
Come here little puppy
Bring the slippers
Arf, arf, arf!
Sick
Well, then Fido got up off the floor and he rolled over
And he looked me straight in the eye
And you know what he said?
"Once upon a time
Somebody say to me"
This is a dog talkin' now
"What is your conceptual continuity?
Well, I told him right then"
Fido said
"It should be easy to see
The crux of the biscuit
Is the apostrophe"
Well, you know
The man that was talkin' to the dog
Looked at the dog and he said
Sort of staring in disbelief
"You can't say that"
He said
"It doesn't and you can't
I won't and it don't
It hasn't, it isn't
It even ain't and it shouldn't
It couldn't"
He told me, "No, no, no"
I told him, "Yes, yes, yes"
I said, "I do it all the time
Ain't this boogie a mess"
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
(Poodle bites)
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
(Poodle bites)
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
(Poodle bites)
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
(Poodle bites)
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
(Poodle)
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it
Written by: Frank Zappa
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