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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Guitar
Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart
Vocals
The Mothers
The Mothers
Performer
Terry Bozzio
Terry Bozzio
Drums
Tom Fowler
Tom Fowler
Bass
George Duke
George Duke
Keyboards
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Saxophone
Bruce Fowler
Bruce Fowler
Trombone
Denny Walley
Denny Walley
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The muffin man is seated at the table
In the laboratory of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Reaching for an over-sized chrome spoon
He gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants and
Brushing his scapular aside, proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt
He turns to us and speaks
[Verse 2]
Some people like cupcakes better, I for one care less for them
[Verse 3]
Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing
Anointment utensil, he puts forth a quarter-ounce green rosette
Let's try that again, he puts forth a quarter-ounce green rosette
Near the summit of a dense but radiant muffin of his own design
Later, he says
[Verse 4]
Some people, some people like cupcakes exclusively, while myself I say
There is naught nor ought there be
Nothing so exalted on the face of God's grey Earth
As that prince of foods, the muffin
[Verse 5]
Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a muffin
He hung around till you found that he didn't know nuthin'
Girl, you thought he was a man, but he only was a puffin
No cries is heard in the night as a result of him stuffin'
[Verse 6]
Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a muffin
No cries is heard in the night as a result of him stuffin'
Written by: Frank Zappa
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