Lyrics The Mud Shark - Live At Fillmore East / 1971 - Frank Zappa feat. The Mothers

That's right, you heard right,
The Secret Word for tonight is Mud Shark!
And of course with the Mud Shark Secret Word is the Mud Shark
Arpeggio ... a marvellous little arpeggio,
And now the mating call of the adult male Mud Shark .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
THE MUD SHARK DANCING LESSON!
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Wait a minute ... we're gonna do a little dancing .. .
A little dancing thing called the Mud Shark
... Now, this dance started up in Seattle
Yes .. .
The story .. .
Lemme tell you the story 'bout the Mud Shark .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Bring the band on down behind me, boys .. .
Say! Good God! Ain't it funky! Say!
The origins of the Mud Shark are as follows .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
There's a motel in Seattle, Washington, called the Edgewater Inn .. .
The Edgewater Inn is built out on a pier .. .
So that means that when you look out your window you don't see any
Dirt, it's ... got a bay or something out in your backyard .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
And to make it even more interesting,
In the lobby of the aforementioned motel there's a bait and tackle
Shop where the residents can go down and, whenever they want to,
Rent a fishing pole and some preserved minnows and schlep back up to
Their rooms, open the window,
Stick their little pole outside and within a few minutes actually
Catch a fish of some sort that they can bring into their
Motel room and do whatever they want with it, you know what I mean?
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Now in this bay there's quite a variety of ... fish!
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Not only do they have mud sharks up there,
They got little octopusses that you can catch
Fish!
Mud Sh-sh-shark
And all of these denizens of the deep can come in real handy .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Let's say you were a travelling Rock and Roll band called The Vanilla
Fudge ... let's say one night you checked into
The Edgewater Inn with an 8mm movie camera .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Enough money to rent a pole,
And just to make it more interesting .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
A succulent young lady!
Nooo!
With a taste for the bizarre .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
My mind drifts back ... to a meeting,
A chance meeting in the Chicago O'Hare Airport .. .
Mud Sh-sh-shark
Where the members of The Vanilla Fudge told Don Preston about a
Home movie they made at the Edgewater Inn ... with a mud shark!
Mud Sh-sh-shark
And I'm gonna tell you, this dance,
The Mud Shark, is sweeping the ocean!
Hey! Mud Sh-sh-shark
Ah, we're goin'! Go 'head! Ah, we're goin'!
Now we're gonna go out, somehow! Come one!
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
(Now show 'em what they do with the Mud Shark!)
Out
You go out
(Now show 'em what they do with the Mud Shark!)
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Hey!
Out
You go out
(Catch the Mud Shark)
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby
Out
You go out
So far out
You do the Mud Shark, baby