所属专辑:You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (Live)
歌手: Frank Zappa
时长: 04:37
Once Upon A Time - Frank Zappa (弗兰克·扎帕)[00:00:00]
Once upon a time way back a long time ago[00:00:14]
When the universe consisted of nothing more elaborate than[00:00:21]
Mark Bolman oh thank you Frank[00:00:24]
And don't misspell it that's not Marc Bolan[00:00:28]
That's Mark Volman[00:00:30]
Hiya friends I wanna welcome each[00:00:31]
And everyone of you I wanna say to you tonight[00:00:35]
I feel great I mean I feel great[00:00:37]
Everywhere I go people are always comin' up to me[00:00:42]
And they say Mark Mark Mark[00:00:45]
Mark are you kiddin' lemme tell you this friends[00:00:48]
I am not kiddin' I mean I am portly and I am maroon[00:00:55]
Well how many people here tonight can guess what I am [00:01:05]
Ah I can't guess what you are[00:01:11]
Well then I'll give you some clues[00:01:15]
And the first clue is I am portly[00:01:17]
Does that help Not much[00:01:23]
No I don't know who you are[00:01:25]
Okay I got one clue number two[00:01:28]
I am double knit does that help [00:01:31]
No not much whaddya mean [00:01:35]
Well then I've to give you one more clue[00:01:38]
I know this is gonna give it away[00:01:42]
And I hate like damn to tell you this[00:01:44]
But clue number three[00:01:47]
Ich bin Maroon [00:01:49]
Ah you're a sofa [00:01:53]
Once upon a time way back a long time ago[00:01:57]
When the universe consisted[00:02:02]
Of nothing more elaborate than[00:02:03]
Mark Volman thank you Frank[00:02:04]
Trying to convince each and every member[00:02:06]
Of this extremely hip audience here tonight[00:02:08]
That he was nothing more nothing less[00:02:10]
Than a fat maroon sofa[00:02:13]
Suspended in the midst of a great emptiness[00:02:15]
A light shined down from heaven[00:02:18]
And there he was ladies and gentleman[00:02:26]
The good Lord and he took[00:02:28]
He took a look at the sofa[00:02:30]
And he said to himself[00:02:32]
"Quite an attractive sofa"[00:02:35]
"This sofa could be commercial"[00:02:37]
With a few more Margaritas[00:02:43]
And the right company[00:02:44]
However I digress[00:02:48]
"What this sofa needs" said the Big 'G'[00:02:51]
"Is a bit of flooring underneath of it"[00:02:56]
And so in order to make this construction project possible [00:02:58]
He summoned the assistance of the celestial corp of engineers[00:03:05]
And by means of a cute little song in the German language[00:03:11]
Which is the way he talks whenever it's heavy business[00:03:16]
The good Lord went something like this[00:03:21]
Take it away Jim Pons[00:03:25]
Gib zu mir etwas Fussbodenbelag[00:03:28]
Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa[00:03:37]
Everybody[00:03:43]
Gib zu mir etwas Fussbodenbelag[00:03:44]
Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa[00:03:50]
And of course ladies and gentlemen that means[00:03:57]
Give unto me a bit of flooring under this fat floating sofa[00:04:00]
And sure enough boards of oak appeared[00:04:05]
Throughout the emptiness as far as vision permits[00:04:08]
Stretching all the way from Belfast to Bogner Regis[00:04:11]
And the Lord put aside his huge cigar[00:04:16]
And proceeded to deliver unto the charming[00:04:20]
Maroonish sofa the bulk of his message[00:04:25]
With the assistance of a small electric clarinet[00:04:28]
And it went something like this[00:04:33]