Joe's Garage Lyrics
| Song | Joe's Garage |
| Artist | Frank Zappa |
| Album | You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| 作词 : Zappa | |
| A boring old garage in a residential area with a teen-age bandrehearsing in it. | |
| JOE (the main character in the CENTRALSCRUTINIZER'S Special Presentation) sings to us of the trials andtribulations of garage-band husbandry. | |
| Central Scrutinizer: | |
| We take you now, to a garage, in | |
| Canoga Park. | |
| Frank Zappa:(It makes it's own sauce...) | |
| Joe:It wasn't very large | |
| There was just enough room to cram the drums | |
| In the corner over by the | |
| DodgeIt was a fifty-four | |
| With a mashed up door | |
| And a cheesy little amp | |
| With a sign on the front said "Fender Champ" | |
| And a second hand guitar | |
| It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar | |
| At this point, | |
| LARRY (a guy who will eventually give up music andearn a respectable living as a roadie for a group called Toad-O)joins in the song... | |
| Larry:We could jam in | |
| Joe's Garage | |
| His mama was screamin' | |
| His dad was mad | |
| We was playin' the same old song | |
| In the afternoon 'n' sometimes we would | |
| Play it all night long | |
| It was all we knew, 'n' easy too | |
| So we wouldn't get it wrong | |
| All we did was bend the string like... | |
| Hey!Down in | |
| Joe's Garage | |
| We didn't have no dope or | |
| LSDBut a coupla quartsa beer | |
| Would fix it so the intonation | |
| Would not offend yer ear | |
| And the same old chords goin' over 'n' over | |
| Became a symphony | |
| We would play it again 'n' again 'n' again' | |
| Cause it sounded good to me | |
| ONE MORE T | |
| IME!We could jam in | |
| Joe's Garage | |
| His mama was screamin',"TURN IT DOWN!" | |
| We was playing' the same old song | |
| In the afternoon 'n' sometimes we would | |
| Play it all night long | |
| It was all we knew, and easy too | |
| So we wouldn't get it wrong | |
| Even if you played it on a saxophone | |
| We thought we was pretty good | |
| We talked about keepin' the band together' | |
| N' we figured that we should' | |
| Cause about this time we was gettin' the eye | |
| From the girls in the neighborhood | |
| They'd all come over 'n' dance aroundlike... | |
| Twenty teen-age girls dashin and go | |
| STOMP-CLAP, | |
| STOMP-CLAP- | |
| CLAP...So we picked out a stupid name | |
| Had some cards printed up for a coupla bucks' | |
| N' we was on our way to fame | |
| Got matching suits ' | |
| N' Beatle | |
| Boots'N' a sign on the back of the car' | |
| N' we was ready to work in a | |
| GO-GO BarO | |
| NE TWO THR | |
| EE FOURLET' | |
| S SEE IF Y | |
| OU GOT SOM | |
| E MORE!People seemed to like our song | |
| They got up 'n' danced 'n' made a lotta noise | |
| An' it wasn't 'fore very long | |
| A guy from a company we can't name | |
| Said we oughta take his pen' | |
| N' sign on the line for a real good time | |
| But he didn't tell us when | |
| These "good times" would be somethin' | |
| That was really happenin' | |
| So the band broke up | |
| An' it looks like | |
| We will never play again... | |
| Joe:Guess you only get one chance in life | |
| To play a song that goes like...(And, as the band plays their little song,MRS. BORG (who keeps her son SY,in the closet with the vacuum cleaner)screams out the window... | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Turn it down! | |
| Turn it DO | |
| WN!I have children sleeping here... | |
| Don't you boys know any nice songs? | |
| Joe:(Speculating on the future) | |
| Well the years was rollin' by, yeah | |
| Heavy Metal 'n' | |
| Glitter Rock | |
| Had caught the public eye, yeah | |
| Snotty boys with lipstick on | |
| Was really flyin' high, yeah' | |
| N' then they got that | |
| Disco thing' | |
| N' New Wave came along' | |
| N' all of a sudden | |
| I thought the time | |
| Had come for that old song | |
| We used to play in "Joe's Garage" | |
| And if I am not wrong | |
| You will soon be dancin' to... | |
| Central Scrutinizer: | |
| The WHITE | |
| ZONE isfor loading andunloading only. | |
| If yougotta load or unload,go to the | |
| WHITEZONE. | |
| You'll love it... | |
| Joe:Well the years was rollin' by (etc.)... | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| I'm calling | |
| THE POLICE! | |
| I did it! | |
| They'll be here...shortly! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| Police...Mrs. | |
| Borg:I'm not joking around anymore | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| We have the garage surrounded | |
| If you give yourself up | |
| We will not harm you | |
| Or hurt you neither | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| You'll see them | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| PoliceMrs. | |
| Borg:There they are, they're coming! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| Give yourself up | |
| We will not harm you | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Listen to that mess, would you? | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| PoliceGive yourself up | |
| We have the garage surrounded | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Everday this goes on around here! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| We will not harm you, or maim you(SWAT Team 4, move in!) | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| He used cut my grass... | |
| He was very nice boy... | |
| That's DIS | |
| GUSTING!!Central | |
| Scrutinizer: | |
| This is the | |
| CENTRAL SC | |
| RUTINIZER... | |
| That was Joe's first confrontation with | |
| The Law.Naturally, we were easy on him. | |
| One of our friendly counselors gave him | |
| A do-nut...and told him to | |
| Stick closer to church-oriented social activities. |
| zuo ci : Zappa | |
| A boring old garage in a residential area with a teenage bandrehearsing in it. | |
| JOE the main character in the CENTRALSCRUTINIZER' S Special Presentation sings to us of the trials andtribulations of garageband husbandry. | |
| Central Scrutinizer: | |
| We take you now, to a garage, in | |
| Canoga Park. | |
| Frank Zappa: It makes it' s own sauce... | |
| Joe: It wasn' t very large | |
| There was just enough room to cram the drums | |
| In the corner over by the | |
| DodgeIt was a fiftyfour | |
| With a mashed up door | |
| And a cheesy little amp | |
| With a sign on the front said " Fender Champ" | |
| And a second hand guitar | |
| It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar | |
| At this point, | |
| LARRY a guy who will eventually give up music andearn a respectable living as a roadie for a group called ToadO joins in the song... | |
| Larry: We could jam in | |
| Joe' s Garage | |
| His mama was screamin' | |
| His dad was mad | |
| We was playin' the same old song | |
| In the afternoon ' n' sometimes we would | |
| Play it all night long | |
| It was all we knew, ' n' easy too | |
| So we wouldn' t get it wrong | |
| All we did was bend the string like... | |
| Hey! Down in | |
| Joe' s Garage | |
| We didn' t have no dope or | |
| LSDBut a coupla quartsa beer | |
| Would fix it so the intonation | |
| Would not offend yer ear | |
| And the same old chords goin' over ' n' over | |
| Became a symphony | |
| We would play it again ' n' again ' n' again' | |
| Cause it sounded good to me | |
| ONE MORE T | |
| IME! We could jam in | |
| Joe' s Garage | |
| His mama was screamin'," TURN IT DOWN!" | |
| We was playing' the same old song | |
| In the afternoon ' n' sometimes we would | |
| Play it all night long | |
| It was all we knew, and easy too | |
| So we wouldn' t get it wrong | |
| Even if you played it on a saxophone | |
| We thought we was pretty good | |
| We talked about keepin' the band together' | |
| N' we figured that we should' | |
| Cause about this time we was gettin' the eye | |
| From the girls in the neighborhood | |
| They' d all come over ' n' dance aroundlike... | |
| Twenty teenage girls dashin and go | |
| STOMPCLAP, | |
| STOMPCLAP | |
| CLAP... So we picked out a stupid name | |
| Had some cards printed up for a coupla bucks' | |
| N' we was on our way to fame | |
| Got matching suits ' | |
| N' Beatle | |
| Boots' N' a sign on the back of the car' | |
| N' we was ready to work in a | |
| GOGO BarO | |
| NE TWO THR | |
| EE FOURLET' | |
| S SEE IF Y | |
| OU GOT SOM | |
| E MORE! People seemed to like our song | |
| They got up ' n' danced ' n' made a lotta noise | |
| An' it wasn' t ' fore very long | |
| A guy from a company we can' t name | |
| Said we oughta take his pen' | |
| N' sign on the line for a real good time | |
| But he didn' t tell us when | |
| These " good times" would be somethin' | |
| That was really happenin' | |
| So the band broke up | |
| An' it looks like | |
| We will never play again... | |
| Joe: Guess you only get one chance in life | |
| To play a song that goes like... And, as the band plays their little song, MRS. BORG who keeps her son SY, in the closet with the vacuum cleaner screams out the window... | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Turn it down! | |
| Turn it DO | |
| WN! I have children sleeping here... | |
| Don' t you boys know any nice songs? | |
| Joe: Speculating on the future | |
| Well the years was rollin' by, yeah | |
| Heavy Metal ' n' | |
| Glitter Rock | |
| Had caught the public eye, yeah | |
| Snotty boys with lipstick on | |
| Was really flyin' high, yeah' | |
| N' then they got that | |
| Disco thing' | |
| N' New Wave came along' | |
| N' all of a sudden | |
| I thought the time | |
| Had come for that old song | |
| We used to play in " Joe' s Garage" | |
| And if I am not wrong | |
| You will soon be dancin' to... | |
| Central Scrutinizer: | |
| The WHITE | |
| ZONE isfor loading andunloading only. | |
| If yougotta load or unload, go to the | |
| WHITEZONE. | |
| You' ll love it... | |
| Joe: Well the years was rollin' by etc.... | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| I' m calling | |
| THE POLICE! | |
| I did it! | |
| They' ll be here... shortly! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| Police... Mrs. | |
| Borg: I' m not joking around anymore | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| We have the garage surrounded | |
| If you give yourself up | |
| We will not harm you | |
| Or hurt you neither | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| You' ll see them | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| PoliceMrs. | |
| Borg: There they are, they' re coming! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| Give yourself up | |
| We will not harm you | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Listen to that mess, would you? | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| PoliceGive yourself up | |
| We have the garage surrounded | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Everday this goes on around here! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| We will not harm you, or maim you SWAT Team 4, move in! | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| He used cut my grass... | |
| He was very nice boy... | |
| That' s DIS | |
| GUSTING!! Central | |
| Scrutinizer: | |
| This is the | |
| CENTRAL SC | |
| RUTINIZER... | |
| That was Joe' s first confrontation with | |
| The Law. Naturally, we were easy on him. | |
| One of our friendly counselors gave him | |
| A donut... and told him to | |
| Stick closer to churchoriented social activities. |
| zuò cí : Zappa | |
| A boring old garage in a residential area with a teenage bandrehearsing in it. | |
| JOE the main character in the CENTRALSCRUTINIZER' S Special Presentation sings to us of the trials andtribulations of garageband husbandry. | |
| Central Scrutinizer: | |
| We take you now, to a garage, in | |
| Canoga Park. | |
| Frank Zappa: It makes it' s own sauce... | |
| Joe: It wasn' t very large | |
| There was just enough room to cram the drums | |
| In the corner over by the | |
| DodgeIt was a fiftyfour | |
| With a mashed up door | |
| And a cheesy little amp | |
| With a sign on the front said " Fender Champ" | |
| And a second hand guitar | |
| It was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar | |
| At this point, | |
| LARRY a guy who will eventually give up music andearn a respectable living as a roadie for a group called ToadO joins in the song... | |
| Larry: We could jam in | |
| Joe' s Garage | |
| His mama was screamin' | |
| His dad was mad | |
| We was playin' the same old song | |
| In the afternoon ' n' sometimes we would | |
| Play it all night long | |
| It was all we knew, ' n' easy too | |
| So we wouldn' t get it wrong | |
| All we did was bend the string like... | |
| Hey! Down in | |
| Joe' s Garage | |
| We didn' t have no dope or | |
| LSDBut a coupla quartsa beer | |
| Would fix it so the intonation | |
| Would not offend yer ear | |
| And the same old chords goin' over ' n' over | |
| Became a symphony | |
| We would play it again ' n' again ' n' again' | |
| Cause it sounded good to me | |
| ONE MORE T | |
| IME! We could jam in | |
| Joe' s Garage | |
| His mama was screamin'," TURN IT DOWN!" | |
| We was playing' the same old song | |
| In the afternoon ' n' sometimes we would | |
| Play it all night long | |
| It was all we knew, and easy too | |
| So we wouldn' t get it wrong | |
| Even if you played it on a saxophone | |
| We thought we was pretty good | |
| We talked about keepin' the band together' | |
| N' we figured that we should' | |
| Cause about this time we was gettin' the eye | |
| From the girls in the neighborhood | |
| They' d all come over ' n' dance aroundlike... | |
| Twenty teenage girls dashin and go | |
| STOMPCLAP, | |
| STOMPCLAP | |
| CLAP... So we picked out a stupid name | |
| Had some cards printed up for a coupla bucks' | |
| N' we was on our way to fame | |
| Got matching suits ' | |
| N' Beatle | |
| Boots' N' a sign on the back of the car' | |
| N' we was ready to work in a | |
| GOGO BarO | |
| NE TWO THR | |
| EE FOURLET' | |
| S SEE IF Y | |
| OU GOT SOM | |
| E MORE! People seemed to like our song | |
| They got up ' n' danced ' n' made a lotta noise | |
| An' it wasn' t ' fore very long | |
| A guy from a company we can' t name | |
| Said we oughta take his pen' | |
| N' sign on the line for a real good time | |
| But he didn' t tell us when | |
| These " good times" would be somethin' | |
| That was really happenin' | |
| So the band broke up | |
| An' it looks like | |
| We will never play again... | |
| Joe: Guess you only get one chance in life | |
| To play a song that goes like... And, as the band plays their little song, MRS. BORG who keeps her son SY, in the closet with the vacuum cleaner screams out the window... | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Turn it down! | |
| Turn it DO | |
| WN! I have children sleeping here... | |
| Don' t you boys know any nice songs? | |
| Joe: Speculating on the future | |
| Well the years was rollin' by, yeah | |
| Heavy Metal ' n' | |
| Glitter Rock | |
| Had caught the public eye, yeah | |
| Snotty boys with lipstick on | |
| Was really flyin' high, yeah' | |
| N' then they got that | |
| Disco thing' | |
| N' New Wave came along' | |
| N' all of a sudden | |
| I thought the time | |
| Had come for that old song | |
| We used to play in " Joe' s Garage" | |
| And if I am not wrong | |
| You will soon be dancin' to... | |
| Central Scrutinizer: | |
| The WHITE | |
| ZONE isfor loading andunloading only. | |
| If yougotta load or unload, go to the | |
| WHITEZONE. | |
| You' ll love it... | |
| Joe: Well the years was rollin' by etc.... | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| I' m calling | |
| THE POLICE! | |
| I did it! | |
| They' ll be here... shortly! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| Police... Mrs. | |
| Borg: I' m not joking around anymore | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| We have the garage surrounded | |
| If you give yourself up | |
| We will not harm you | |
| Or hurt you neither | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| You' ll see them | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| PoliceMrs. | |
| Borg: There they are, they' re coming! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| Give yourself up | |
| We will not harm you | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Listen to that mess, would you? | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| This is the | |
| PoliceGive yourself up | |
| We have the garage surrounded | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| Everday this goes on around here! | |
| Officer Butzis: | |
| We will not harm you, or maim you SWAT Team 4, move in! | |
| Mrs. Borg: | |
| He used cut my grass... | |
| He was very nice boy... | |
| That' s DIS | |
| GUSTING!! Central | |
| Scrutinizer: | |
| This is the | |
| CENTRAL SC | |
| RUTINIZER... | |
| That was Joe' s first confrontation with | |
| The Law. Naturally, we were easy on him. | |
| One of our friendly counselors gave him | |
| A donut... and told him to | |
| Stick closer to churchoriented social activities. |
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