Artist: Frank Zappa

Title: Galoot Up-Date 

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ENSEMBLE: (singing)

GALOOT CO-LOG-NUH! 



THING-FISH:

GALOOT, GALOOT,

GALOOT, GALOOT,

GALOOT, GALOOT,

De KILLER CO-LOG-NUH! 



ENSEMBLE:

GALOOT

CO-LOG-NUH! 



THING-FISH:

GALOOT, GALOOT,

GALOOT, GALOOT,

GALOOT, GALOOT,

De KILLER CO-LOG-NUH! Thass right!

De KILLER CO-LOG-NUH! Thass right!

Well, de gubnint dint fine out rights away 'bout... 



ENSEMBLE:

De 'MAMMY NUNS' 



THING-FISH:

Dat's right! 



ENSEMBLE:

De 'MAMMY NUNS' 



THING-FISH:

Well, dey's too damn excited 'bout de sissies dey was knockin' off, 'n workin' 

up an uncreedable variety of theoretical scenarios, to explain away how 

come de fagnits all be croakin' at de same time in - 



ENSEMBLE:

NOVEMBER! 



THING-FISH:

De month o' NOVEMBUH, reekin' of tainted CO-LOG-NUM! Dey booked in de 

heavy pseudo re-LIJ-mus talent to pronunciate de doc-TRINE of BIBLICAL 

RETRIBUTIUM! 



ENSEMBLE:

Moving the project forward! 



THING-FISH:

Figgin' dat to be... 



ENSEMBLE:

Da-da-dee-dahh! 



THING-FISH:

A sho-fi' explumation, suitable fo' Domestical... 



ENSEMBLE:

Assuagement! 



THING-FISH:

Natchilly, a substantial number o' severely ignint white folks went fo' it, hook,

 line, 'n shrinker! 



By dat time, de 'MAMMY NUNS' had already sprouted dem 'tato heads, 'n 

was in de process of growin' out dey nakkins... 



Also, by a peculiar corinsidence, we's all up fo' PAROLE at de SAME TIME! 

Thass right! You figgit out! 



Once we's out DE JOINT, we faced a hard time in de depressium...couldn't 

get no 'sembly line woik, 'n since de nakkins we's wearin' atch'ly be 

GROWIN' outs our bodies, we was labelled as 'over-qualified' fo' janitorical 

deployment! 



Onliest good thang 'bout bein' a 'MAMMY NUN' is we be mo-less 

UN-destructable! Whatever dey done whiffed up befo' don't do SHIT to us 

now! Fact, we jes mights be de onliest thangs left walkin' in de U.S.A., now 

de MYS'TRY RE-ZEASE gone outa control! 



ENSEMBLE:

Just like you! 



THING-FISH:

Just like you! I see some of y'all be FROWNIN' ...'cause mebbe y'think what 

I's tellin' ya' is a LIE! How 'bout it, folks? Whatcha say? Id dat right? 



ENSEMBLE:

Yes, it sho' is! 



THING-FISH:

Well, les' jes' have a test...how many o' you nice folks think I knows what 

I's talkin' 'bout? RAISE Y'HAIN UP! Uh-huh! An' how many thinks my potato 

been bakin' too long? RAISE YO MIZZABLE HAIN UP! Uh-huh! 



Now...how many you folks is CONVINCED de gubnint be totally 

'UNCONCERNED' wit de proliferatium o' UNDESIRABLE TENANTS in de 

CONDOMINIUM o' LIFE? An' how many folks believe THEY number won't 

come up, next time de breeze blow fum de Easterly directium? 



Les' face it, peoples! Ugly as I mights be, I AM YO' FUTCHUM! 



'Les y'all prefer 'permanent storage' or a condo in ATLANTIS. 



ENSEMBLE:

They could really get down there! 



THING-FISH:

Dey could really GET DOWN dere, but, I's de only protexium you got! 



Now, durin' de intromissium, de SISTERS be sellin' some MASH POTATOES 

in de lobby, right over by de - 



ENSEMBLE:

PYRAMID! 



THING-FISH:

In de vicinity o' de... 



ENSEMBLE:

SQUID DECOR! 



THING-FISH:

'Neath de planet o' de big ol' giant... 



ENSEMBLE:

Underwater door! 



THING-FISH:

A generous good-will offerin' are REQUIRED...jes' let yo' conscience be yo' 

guide... 



ENSEMBLE:

BLUE LIGHT! 



THING-FISH:

Jes' follow de BLUE LIGHT, down de aisle to de potatoes durin' de 

intromissium... 



ENSEMBLE:

Light, light, light, light...

BLUE LIGHT...

BLUE LIGHT... 



ENSEMBLE:

...an' while y'all be thinkin' about de blue light, an' y'all be decidin' whether 

or not yo' immunity gwine hold up 'til de end o' de show, I's 'bout to address 

myseff to de re-educatement o' dem silly muthafuckers over deahhh. 



ENSEMBLE:

You can't even speak your own fucking language! 



THING-FISH:

What on urf do you mean: 'MY LANGUAGE'? I got yo language hangin', boy, 

'long wif a two-week supply of IGNINT McNUGGET, de breakfast o' 

champiums! 



ENSEMBLE:

Don't let your meat loaf! Huh-huh-huh! 



THING-FISH:

Huh? Kiss my McNUGGET! 



ENSEMBLE:

Your micro-nanette! 



THING-FISH:

Y'kin kiss my micro-nanette too! Don't forget de GALOOT! 



ENSEMBLE:

GALOOT CO-LOG-NUHHHHHH! 



THING-FISH:

GALOOT COLOGNUM!