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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Zappa
Guitar
The Mothers
Performer
George Duke
Keyboards
Jean-Luc Ponty
Violin
Sal Marquez
Trumpet
Ian Underwood
Alto Saxophone
Bruce Fowler
Trombone
Ruth Underwood
Marimba
Tom Fowler
Bass
Ralph Humphrey
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Frank Zappa
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Frank Zappa
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She had that Camarillo brillo
Flamin' out along her head
I mean her Mendocino bean-o
By where some bugs had made it red
[Verse 2]
She ruled the Toads of the Short Forest
And every newt in Idaho
And every cricket who had chorused
By the bush in Buffalo
[Verse 3]
She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know
[Verse 4]
She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was alright
But I couldn't come in
I couldn't come in right then
[Verse 5]
And so she wandered through the doorway
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
And I'd just love it in her room
[Verse 6]
Well, I was born to have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past the fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets
[Verse 7]
She stripped away her rancid poncho
And laid out naked by the door
We did it till we were un-concho
And it was useless any more
[Verse 8]
She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was alright
But I couldn't come in
Actually, I was very busy then
[Verse 9]
And so she wandered through the doorway
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
And I'd just love it in her room
[Verse 10]
Well, I was born to have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past the fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets
[Verse 11]
She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know
[Verse 12]
Is that a real poncho?
I mean is that a Mexican poncho or is that a Sears poncho?
Hmm, no fooling
Written by: Frank Zappa