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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Guitar
The Mothers
The Mothers
Performer
George Duke
George Duke
Keyboards
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty
Violin
Sal Marquez
Sal Marquez
Trumpet
Ian Underwood
Ian Underwood
Alto Saxophone
Bruce Fowler
Bruce Fowler
Trombone
Ruth Underwood
Ruth Underwood
Marimba
Tom Fowler
Tom Fowler
Bass
Ralph Humphrey
Ralph Humphrey
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Frank Zappa
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
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