Frank Zappa - Cheepnis

CHEEPNIS! LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHING: DO YOU LIKE MONSTER MOVIES? ANYBODY? (YEEAAH!) I LOVE MONSTER MOVIES! I SIMPLY ADORE MONSTER MOVIES. AND THE CHEAPER THEY ARE, THE BETTER THEY ARE. AND CHEEPNIS IN THE CASE OF A MONSTER MOVIE, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET OF THE FILM-- ALTHOUGH IT HELPS-- BUT TRUE CHEEPNIS IS EXEMPLIFIED BY VISIBLE NYLON STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE JAW OF THE GIANT SPIDER... I'LL TELL YOU, A GOOD ONE THAT I SAW ONE TIME, I THINK THE TITLE OF THE FILM WAS "IT CONQUERED THE WORLD", DID YOU EVER SEE THAT ONE? THE MONSTER LOOKED SORT OF LIKE AN INVERTED ICE-CREAM CONE, WITH TEETH AROUND THE BOTTOM, IT'S GOT FANGS ON THE BASE OF IT, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S A VERY THREATENING SIGHT... THEN IT'S GOT A FROWN, AND, Y' KNOW, UGLY MOUTH AND EVERYTHING... AND THERE IS ONE SCENE WHERE THE MONSTER IS COMING OUT OF THE CAVE, SEE? THERE IS ALWAYS A SCENE WHERE THEY COME OUT OF THE CAVE, AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE REVOLVER THAT THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT THE MONSTER WITH, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A GIRL WHO FALLS DOWN AND TWISTS HER ANKLE...NOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENE, THEY, AH, THEY DIDN'T WANNA RE-TAKE IT 'CAUSE IT MUST HAVE BEEN SO GOOD THEY WANTED TO KEEP IT, BUT, WHEN THE MONSTER CAME OUT OF THE CAVE, JUST OVER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE ABOUT THIS MUCH TWO-BY-FOUR ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THING AS THE GUY IS PUSHING IT OUT... AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY OFF CAMERA, SOMEBODY IS GOING "NO, GET IT BACK!" AND THEY DRAG IT BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT AS THE GUY IS GOING "KRCH! KRCH!"...
NOW THAT'S CHEEPNIS... AWRIGHT... AND THIS IS CHEEPNIS HERE: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR

I ATE A HOT DOG
IT TASTED REAL GOOD
THEN I WATCHED A MOVIE
FROM HOLLYWOOD

LITTLE MISS MUFFETT ON A SQUAT BY ME
TOOK A TURN AROUND, I SAID: "CAN Y'ALL SEE NOW?"

THE LITTLE STRINGS ON THE GIANT SPIDER?"
THE ZIPPER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON?
THE VENTS BY THE TANKS WHERE THE BUBBLES GO UP?
(AND THE FLAPS ON THE SIDE OF THE MOON)

THE JELLY & PAINT ON THE 40 WATT BULB
THEY USE WHEN THE SLIME DROOZLE OFF
THE RUMPLES & THE WRINKLES IN THE CARDBOARD ROCK
AND THE CANVAS OF THE CAVE IS TOO SOFT

THE SUITS & THE HATS & THE TIE'S TOO WIDE
AND TOO SHORT FOR THE SCIENTIST MAN
THE CHEMISTRY LADY WITH THE ROLL-AWAY MIND
AND THE MONSTER JUST ATE JAPAN

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE MONSTER,
WHICH THE PEASANTS IN THIS AREA CALL FRUNOBULAX
(APPARENTLY A VERY LARGE POODLE DOG)
HAS JUST BEEN SEEN APPROACHING THE POWER PLANT!
BULLETS CAN'T STOP IT
ROCKETS CAN'T STOP IT
WE MAY HAVE TO USE NUCLEAR FORCE!

HERE COMES THAT POODLE DOG!
BIG AS A BLIMP WITH A RHINESTONE COLLAR
SNAPPIN' OFF THE TREES
LIKE THEY WAS BONSAI'D ORNAMENTS ON A DRY-WOBBLE LANDSCAPE
KEEP IT AWAY! DON'T LET THE POODLE BITE ME!
WE CAN'T LET IT REPRODUCE! OH!
SOMEBODY GET OUT THE PANTS!

THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS FORMED UP AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN
AND IS ATTEMPTING TO LURE THE ENORMOUS POODLE TOWARDS THE CAVE
WHERE THEY HOPE TO DESTROY IT WITH NAPALM
A THOUSAND OF THE TROOPERS ARE NOW LINED UP
AND ARE CALLING TO THE MONSTER...
HERE FIDO
HERE FIDO

GOT A GREAT BIG SLIMEY THING
GOT A GREAT BIG HEAVY THING
GOT A GREAT BIG POODLE THING
GOT A GREAT BIG HAIRY THING

C'MON, EVERYBODY! LET'S GO!
GET THE DISTILLED WATER! GET THE CANNED GOODS!
GET THE TOILET PAPER! YOU KNOW WE NEED IT!

GO TO DA SHELTER
MY BABY, MY BABY,
GO TO DA SHELTER
GO TO DA SHELTER

LITTLE MISS MUFFETT ON A SQUAT BY ME
CAN YA SEE THE LITTLE STRING DANGLIN' DOWN
MAKES THE LEGS GO WOBBLE AN' THE MOUTH FLOP SHUT
AN' THE HORRIBLE EYE, HORRIBLE EYE, HORRIBLE EYE
GO ROLLIN' AROUND

CAN Y'SEE IT ALL
CAN Y'SEE IT FROM HERE
CAN Y'LAUGH TILL YER WEAK ON YER KNEES
IF YOU CAN'T, I'M SORRY 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL I WANNA KNOW
I NEED A LITTLE MORE CHEEPNIS PLEASE
BABY, I'M SORRY 'CAUSE IT'S ALL I WANNA KNOW
I NEED A LITTLE MORE CHEEPNIS PLEASE