Lyrics Frank Zappa – The London Cab Tape
Text:
London
Probably November 29, 1970
Howard
This fucking guy is flipped out, man! I’ll be locked up!
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Who, me . . . ?
Yeah, you too!
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It was anti-semitic of me to bring it up
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Why, you don’t like Jews, man?
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Let me make it perfectly clear,
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I don’t mind that you are Jew, stay out . . . Take your Bar Mitzvah man, and shove it
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I never had a Bar Mitzvah
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You ever had a Yamulka, man?
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No, I wore one once, though . . .
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I knew it
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What’s wrong? You don’t like ’em, man? That was
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my cowboy hat . . .
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Who, me . . . ?
Yeah, you too!
?
It was anti-semitic of me to bring it up
?
Why, you don’t like Jews, man?
?
Let me make it perfectly clear,
?
I don’t mind that you are Jew, stay out . . . Take your Bar Mitzvah man, and shove it
?
I never had a Bar Mitzvah
?
You ever had a Yamulka, man?
?
No, I wore one once, though . . .
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I knew it
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What’s wrong? You don’t like ’em, man? That was
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my cowboy hat . . .
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Just keep it out of my way, man, I don’t wanna see that Yamulka on stage ever . . .
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Uh . . . well, I don’t know, man, that’d be sorta neat, not in this group of course, but tomorrow
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Alright, alright . . .
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Howard Kaylan World!
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The Yamulka
FZ
Ha ha ha!
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Dear Frank, thanks for paying a hundred twenty three dollars for my meal in Amsterdam, which I hated!
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I mean it, man
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I really enjoy playing in your little own ensemble
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For a day or so
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Thanks for bringing a little slice of sunshine into my life
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Thanks for showing me how sh . . . shitty the music business could really be, I thought I knew
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Thanks for make
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worst bass player in the world
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After six months with the Mothers I figured I’ve lost everything I’ve ever had
Uh . . . well, I don’t know, man, that’d be sorta neat, not in this group of course, but tomorrow
?
Alright, alright . . .
?
Howard Kaylan World!
?
The Yamulka
FZ
Ha ha ha!
?
Dear Frank, thanks for paying a hundred twenty three dollars for my meal in Amsterdam, which I hated!
?
I mean it, man
?
I really enjoy playing in your little own ensemble
?
For a day or so
?
Thanks for bringing a little slice of sunshine into my life
?
Thanks for showing me how sh . . . shitty the music business could really be, I thought I knew
?
Thanks for make
?
worst bass player in the world
?
After six months with the Mothers I figured I’ve lost everything I’ve ever had