FRANK ZAPPA CAMARILLO BRILLO (BISMARCK THEATER 1984) LYRICS

 
Bismarck Theater, Chicago, Illinois
November 23, 1984

FZ--lead guitar/vocal
Ike Willis--guitar/vocal
Ray White--guitar/vocal
Bobby Martin--keyboards/sax/vocal
Alan Zavod--keyboards
Scott Thunes--bass
Chad Wackerman--drums

She had that
Camarillo brillo
Flamin' out along her head,
I mean her Mendocino bean-o
By where some bugs had made it red

She ruled the Toads of the Short Forest
And every newt in Idaho
And every cricket who had chorused
By the bush in Buffalo

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

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 awright
But I couldn't come in
(actually, I was very busy then)

And so she wandered
Through the door-way
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
An' I'd just love it in her room

Well, I was born
To have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets

She stripped away
Her rancid poncho
An' laid out naked by the door
We did it till we were un-concho
An' it was useless any more

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 awright
But I couldn't come in

And so she wandered
Through the door-way
(Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!)
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way, oh yeah!
(Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!)
An' I could eat some broccoli up in her room

Well, I was born
To have advenchum
(Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!)
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
(Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!)
To where she hung her castanets

I chewed my way
Through her rancid panocha
(Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!)
And she laid buck nekkid
Over by the door
We did it till we were sort of unconcho, so to speak
(Ai-ee-ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!)
Yes, and it was useless anymore
Aw yes, it was useless anymore
Aw yes, it was useless anymore