Frank Zappa — Wonderful Wino At The Circus

?: Won't you give me an A sharp? FZ: If the Monkees were doing this show they’d already be tuned up ?: Who would care? FZ: In E ?: E-e-e-e-e FZ: Awright that's good enough. Here we go. Tawdriness. One, two, three, four Bringing in the sheaves Bringing in the sheaves We will come rejoicing Bringing in the sheaves L.A. in the summer of '69 I went downtown and bought some wine Wasted my head on three quarts of juice And now the grapes won’t turn me loose I'm a wino man Don't you know I am Oh, wow-wow 36, 24, hips about 30 I seen a fine lady and I started talkin' dirty She looked at me and raised her thumb And said: "Jam down the road, you funky-ass bum" I'm a wino man Don't you know I am? Oh, wow-ow I, I went to the country And while I was gone A roller-headed lady Caught me weedling on her lawn I'm so ashamed, 'cause I’m a wino man And I can’t help myself HELP ME SOMEBODY! I'm a wino man Don’t you know I am? My saxophone playing And my wino career are in a slump 'Cause I find myself now living In a cardboard refrigerator box down by the Houston dump And I'm so ashamed I've been drinkin’ all night till my eyes are all red Crashed in the gutter, got bugs in my head Bugs in my coat, been scratchin' like a dog I can't stand water, and I stink like a hog Give me fi-i-i-i-i-ive bucks And a hot meal Give me fi-i-i-i-i-ive bucks And a hot meal Oh, yeah