Dumb All Over Lyrics by Frank Zappa

Dumb All Over

Frank zappa [lead guitar, vocals]
Ike willis [rhythm guitar, vocals]
Ray white [rhythm guitar, vocals]
Bob harris [boy soprano, trumpet]
Steve vai [guitar]
Tommy mars [keyboards]
Arthur barrow [bass]
Ed mann [percussion]
David ocker [clarinet, bass clarinet]
Motorhead sherwood [tenor saxophone, vocals]
Denny walley [slide guitar, vocals]
David logeman [drums]
Craig steward [harmonica]
Jimmy carl black [vocals]
Ahmet zappa [vocals]
Moon zappa [vocals]

Whoever we are
Wherever were from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
Its gonna take a lot more
Than tryin to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether

They call it the earth
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
cause we behave the same...
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over,
Yes we are
Dumb all over,
Near n far
Dumb all over,
Black n white
People, we is not wrapped tight

Nurds on the left
Nurds on the right
Religous fanatics
On the air every night
Sayin the bible
Tells the story
Makes the details
Sound real gory
bout what to do
If the geeks over there
Dont believe in the book
We got over here

You cant run a race
Without no feet
n pretty soon
There wont be no street
For dummies to jog on
Or doggies to dog on
Religous fanatics
Can make it be all gone
[I mean it wont blow up
n disappear
Itll just look ugly
For a thousand years...]

You cant run a country
By a book of religion
Not by a heap
Or a lump or a smidgeon
Of foolish rules
Of ancient date
Designed to make
You all feel great
While you fold, spindle
And mutilate
Those unbelievers
From a neighboring state

To arms! to arms!
Hooray! thats great
Two legs aint bad
Unless theres a crate
They ship the parts
To mama in
For souvenirs: two ears [get down!]
Not his, not hers, [but what the hey? ]
The good book says:
["it gotta be that way!"]
But their book says:
"revenge the crusades...
With whips n chains
n hand grenades..."
Two arms? two arms?
Have another and another
Our God says:
"there aint no other!"
Our God says
"its all okay!"
Our God says
"this is the way!"

It says in the book:
"burn n destroy...
n repent, n redeem
n revenge, n deploy
n rumble thee forth
To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
cause they dont go for whats in the book
n that makes em bad
So verily we must choppeth them up
And stompeth them down
Or rent a nice french bomb
To poof them out of existance
While leaving their real estate just where we need it
To use again
For temples in which to praise our god
["cause he can really take care of business!"]

And when his humble tv servant
With humble white hair
And humble glasses
And a nice brown suit
And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our God says
Its okay to do this stuff
Then we gotta do it,
cause if we dont do it,
We aint gwine up to hebbin!
[depending on which book youre using at the
Time...cant use theirs... it dont work
...its all lies...gotta use mine...]
Aint that right?
Thats what they say
Every night...
Every day...
Hey, we cant really be dumb
If were just following gods orders
Hey, lets get serious...
God knows what hes doin
He wrote this book here
An the book says:
He made us all to be just like him,"
So...
If were dumb...
Then God is dumb...
[an maybe even a little ugly on the side]