[00:00:00] Trouble Every Day - Frank Zappa [00:00:12] Well I'm about to get UPSET [00:00:14] From watchin' my TV [00:00:16] Been checkin' out the news [00:00:18] Until my eyeballs fail to see [00:00:20] I mean they say that every day [00:00:22] Is just another rotten mess [00:00:24] And when it's gonna change my friends [00:00:26] Is anybody's guess [00:00:28] So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' [00:00:30] Hopin' for the best [00:00:32] Even think I'll go to prayin' [00:00:34] Every time I hear 'em sayin' [00:00:36] That there's no way to delay [00:00:37] That trouble comin' every day [00:00:40] No way to delay [00:00:41] That trouble comin' every day [00:00:52] Wednesday I watched the riot [00:00:53] I seen the cops out on the street [00:00:56] Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff [00:00:58] And chokin' in the heat [00:01:00] Listened to reports [00:01:01] About the whisky passin' 'round [00:01:03] Seen the smoke & fire [00:01:05] And the market burnin' down [00:01:08] Watched while everybody [00:01:09] On his street would take a turn [00:01:12] To stomp and smash and bash and crash [00:01:14] And slash and bust and burn [00:01:15] And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' [00:01:18] Hopin' for the best [00:01:20] Even think I'll go to prayin' [00:01:22] Every time I hear 'em sayin' [00:01:23] That there's no way to delay [00:01:25] That trouble comin' every day [00:01:28] No way to delay [00:01:29] That trouble comin' every day [00:01:42] Well you can cool it [00:01:44] You can heat it [00:01:45] 'Cause baby I don't need it [00:01:47] Take your TV tube and eat it [00:01:49] 'N all that phony stuff on sports [00:01:51] 'N all THOSE unconfirmed reports [00:01:53] You know I watched that rotten box [00:01:55] Until my head began to hurt [00:01:57] From checkin' out the way [00:01:59] The newsmen say they get the dirt [00:02:01] Before the guys on channel so-and-so [00:02:03] And further they assert [00:02:05] That any show they'll interrupt [00:02:07] To bring you news if it comes up [00:02:09] They say that if the place blows up [00:02:11] They'll be the first to tell [00:02:13] Because the boys they got downtown [00:02:15] Are workin' hard and doin' swell [00:02:17] And if anybody gets the news [00:02:19] Before it hits the street [00:02:21] They say that no one blabs it faster [00:02:23] Their coverage can't be beat [00:02:25] And if another woman driver [00:02:27] Gets machine-gunned from her seat [00:02:29] They'll send some joker with a brownie [00:02:31] And you'll see it all complete [00:02:33] So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin' [00:02:35] Hopin' for the best [00:02:37] Even think I'll go to prayin' [00:02:39] Every time I hear 'em sayin' [00:02:41] That there's no way to delay [00:02:43] That trouble comin' every day [00:02:45] No way to delay [00:02:46] That trouble comin' every day [00:02:52] Hey you know something people [00:02:56] I'm not black [00:02:56] But there's a whole lots a times [00:02:58] I wish I could say I'm not white [00:03:05] Well I seen the fires burnin' [00:03:06] And the local people turnin' [00:03:08] On the merchants and the shops [00:03:10] Who used to sell their brooms and mops [00:03:12] And every other household item [00:03:14] Watched the mob just turn and bite 'em [00:03:17] And they say it served 'em right [00:03:18] Because a few of them are white [00:03:20] And it's the same across the nation [00:03:22] Black & white discrimination [00:03:24] They're yellin' "You can't understand me " [00:03:26] And all the other crap they hand me [00:03:28] In the papers and TV [00:03:30] 'N all that mass stupidity [00:03:32] That seems to grow more every day [00:03:34] Each time you hear some nitwit say [00:03:36] He wants to go and do you in