Wistful With A Fist-full Lyrics
Frank zappa (guitar, synclavier)Steve vai (guitar)Ray white (guitar, vocals)Tommy mars (keyboards)Chuck wild (piano)Arthur barrow (bass)Scott thunes (bass)Jay anderson (string bass)Ed mann (percussion)Chad wackerman (drums)Ike willis (vocals)Terry bozzio (vocals)Dale bozzio (vocals)Napoleon murphy brock (vocals)Bob harris (vocals)Johnny guitar watson (vocals)Evil prince: (mammified fake-broadway singing)What is happenin’ to me!An’ also to de ol’ zom-bieI used tum know? Of c’ose deyOnce were so spectaculuhhh!Now we beTalkin’ de vernaculuhhh!Dis a strange kind o’ reactiumTo de pig we et befo’!I’s immune to de re-zease, I s’poseFum suckin’ up de greezeFum de duo-deenum dribblin’sOuta de pig befo’!I can laugh ’n rub my chinWhen my re-zease come rollin’ in,It’s jes’ like catchin’ a second win’!I feel so gay-y-y-y-y-y!Some mights refer to me as scum,’cause where dey all be comin’ from(when de galoot co-log-nuh rushin’ downDe plain)Is underneef some ragg’dy dirtIn de suburbean out-skirtOf ol’ manhattin’,Traffick pattin’Near de gay white way!I gets clammy, sayin’ ’mammy’I gets chills all up my spine!I gets wistful,Wit a fistfulOf ve-ne-she-um bline!Jes’ like tuggin’ on de heart-strings!Jes’ like dem lil’ ol’ fallin’ apart things,Jes’ like whatevuh dat is rotten,We has sho’ly not fo-gottenHow t’pretend to sing!Now, deys hope,We ain’t gwine die!Only de suckers forced t’buyDem ’spensive tickets we be sellin’ at de do’!Now we got broadway zombie mammys!We gots an’ ugly, ugly o’phan annie!An’ de traditium will go on, ’n on, ’n onI loves t’see de, see de zombie fly!Yes sir!It sorta makes me, makes ya wanna cry!’cause we is broadway!We’s expensive,An’ we can’t,I said we can’t...Can’t...neverDie!Can’t...neverDie-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!Yes sir!You’re too kind!
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