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Billy The Mountain [Playground Psychotics] Frank Zappa
"Billy The Mountain" by Frank Zappa, released in 1972, is a #Rock epic that blends absurdist storytelling and satire. The narrative follows Billy, a mountain who personifies various societal issues. Its unique musical elements include complex time signatures and theatrical spoken word. The song critiques American culture and showcases Zappa's innovative style, influencing progressive rock.
[Intro]
Billy the Mountain
Billy the Mountain
A regular picturesque, postcard-y mountain
Residing between lovely Rosamond and Gorman!
With his stunning wife Ethel
A tree!...
A tree!
Billy was a mountain!
Ethel was a tree growing off of his shoulder!
Billy was a mountain!
Ethel was a tree growing off of his shoulder!
Billy had two big caves for eyes with a cliff for a jaw that would go up 'n down
And whenever it did, he’d puff out some dust and hack up a boulder! (Hack!)
Hack up a boulder! (Hack, Hack!)
Hack up a boulder! (Hack, Hack, Haaack!)
Hack up a boulder!
[Spoken word verse 1]
Now, one day, a man in a checkered suit drove up in a big Lincoln Continental (Honk! Honk!)
And he laid a huge, bulging envelope right at the corner of Billy the Mountain, right where his 'foot' was supposed to be!
Now, Billy the Mountain, he couldn’t believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for over these tears, and finally, now, at last, his Royalties! (Royalties! 5x)
Billy the Mountain was rich!
His eyeball-caves widened in amazement, his cliff, which was his jaw, it dropped thirty feet!
Ooh, a bunch of dust puffed out!
Rocks and boulders hacked up (hack! hack! hack! hack hack! hack! hack!)
Crushing 'The Lincoln'!
Now, the man in the checkered suit, well, without his car he went screaming off into the desert at sunset
Aaaa-aaaa-aaaah!
All the way to Rosamond to get a beer and tell everybody there including Ronnie Cook what had happened to his car
Billy the Mountain
Billy the Mountain
A regular picturesque, postcard-y mountain
Residing between lovely Rosamond and Gorman!
With his stunning wife Ethel
A tree!...
A tree!
Billy was a mountain!
Ethel was a tree growing off of his shoulder!
Billy was a mountain!
Ethel was a tree growing off of his shoulder!
Billy had two big caves for eyes with a cliff for a jaw that would go up 'n down
And whenever it did, he’d puff out some dust and hack up a boulder! (Hack!)
Hack up a boulder! (Hack, Hack!)
Hack up a boulder! (Hack, Hack, Haaack!)
Hack up a boulder!
[Spoken word verse 1]
Now, one day, a man in a checkered suit drove up in a big Lincoln Continental (Honk! Honk!)
And he laid a huge, bulging envelope right at the corner of Billy the Mountain, right where his 'foot' was supposed to be!
Now, Billy the Mountain, he couldn’t believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for over these tears, and finally, now, at last, his Royalties! (Royalties! 5x)
Billy the Mountain was rich!
His eyeball-caves widened in amazement, his cliff, which was his jaw, it dropped thirty feet!
Ooh, a bunch of dust puffed out!
Rocks and boulders hacked up (hack! hack! hack! hack hack! hack! hack!)
Crushing 'The Lincoln'!
Now, the man in the checkered suit, well, without his car he went screaming off into the desert at sunset
Aaaa-aaaa-aaaah!
All the way to Rosamond to get a beer and tell everybody there including Ronnie Cook what had happened to his car
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