Initech
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Thu May-08-08 04:16 PM
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They got lies so big They don't make a noise They tell 'em so well Like a secret disease That makes you go numb
With a big ol' lie And a flag and a pie And a mom and a bible Most folks are just liable To buy any line Any place, any time
When the lie's so big As in Robertson's case, (That sinister face Behind all the Jesus hurrah)
Could result in the end To a worrisome trend In which every American Not "born again" Could be punished in cruel and unusual ways By this treacherous cretin Who tells everyone That he's Jesus' best friend
When the lies get so big And the fog gets so thick And the facts disappear The Republican Trick Can be played out again People, please tell me when We'll be rid of these men!
Just who do they really Suppose that they are? And how do they manage to travel as far As they seem to have come? Were we really that dumb?
People, wake up Figure it out Religious fanatics Around and about The Court House, The State House, The Congress, The White House
Criminal saints With a "Heavenly Mission" -- A nation enraptured By pure superstition
Do you believe in the Invisible Army? (Yes, indeed!)
When the lie's so big And the fog so thick And the facts kept forgotten Then the Republican Trick (Ketchup is a vegetable!) Can be played out again People, please tell me when We'll be rid of these men!
- Frank Zappa, Broadway The Hard Way (1988)
Truer words have never been spoken.
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Thu May-08-08 04:37 PM
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As I started reading the words, I'm thinking, hey, these are really great lyrics, then I get to the bottom and see FZ wrote them and just smiled. Miss ya Frank.
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Thu May-08-08 05:39 PM
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4. I always wonder what he would think if he were alive to see Bush II. |
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Thu May-08-08 04:44 PM
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2. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about posting these lyrics... |
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I never got around to it, so thanks for posting them. "Broadway The Hard Way" was my introduction to the world of Frank Zappa.
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Thu May-08-08 05:38 PM
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3. That album should be essential in every progressive's music collection. |
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Mon May-12-08 05:03 PM
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"Frank Zappa is my Elvis" - Matt Groening
I remember the 88 tour like it was yesterday. First tour in four years and first after Senate PMRC hearings. Zappa was being followed by a 60 minutes crew and they were going to do a feature on him. He had voter registration efforts going on at all his shows.
James Baker gave him prostate cancer!
I went up and down the northeast devouring his tour. Hilight was nassau coliseum, frank and a hockey rink full of harcore zappaphiles. Long Island is zappa Country.
I congratulated Eric Buxton on his solo spoken word segment during the intermission.
-90% j immy
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