"Trouble Every Day (Hybrid Concert)" lyrics - FRANK ZAPPA
Well I'm about to get upset
From watchin' my TV
Checkin' out the news
Until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it's gonna change, my friend
Is anybody's guess
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
Wednesday I watched the riot
I seen the cops out on the street
Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff
And chokin' in the heat
Listened to reports
About the whisky passin' 'round
Seen the smoke and fire
And the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn
To stomp n' smash n' bash n' crash n' slash n' bust n' burn
And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay that trouble comin' every day
No way to delay that trouble comin' every day
Well, you can cool it, you can heat it
Cause, baby, I don't need it
Take your TV tube and eat it
'N all that phony stuff on sports
'N all the unconfirmed reports
You know I watched that rotten box
Until my head begin to hurt
From checkin' out the way
The newsman say they get the dirt
Before the guys on channel so-and-so
And further they assert
That any show they'll interrupt
To bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell
Because the boys they got downtown
Are workin' hard and doin' swell
And if anybody gets the news before it hits the street
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can't be beat
And if another woman driver
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
They'll send some joker with a Brownie
And you'll see it all complete
So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black but there's a whole lots a times I wish I could say I'm not white
Well, I seen the fires burnin'
And the local people turnin'
On the merchants and the shops
Who used to sell their brooms and mops
And every other household item
Watched a mob just turn and bite 'em
And they say it served 'em right
Because a few of them are white
And it's the same across the nation
Black and white discrimination
Yellin' "You can't understand me!"
'N all that other jazz they hand me
In the papers and TV
And all that mass stupidity
That seems to grow more every day
Each time you hear some nitwit say
He wants to go and do you in
'Cause the color of your skin
Just don't appeal to him
(No matter if it's black or white)
Because he's out for blood tonight
You know we got to sit around at home
And watch this thing begin
But I bet there won't be many
Live to see it really end
'Cause a fire in the street
Ain't like a fire in the heart
And in the eyes of all these people
Don't you know that this could start
On any street in any town
In any state if any clown
Decides that now's the time to fight
For some ideal he thinks is right
And if a million more agree
There ain't no Great Society
As it applies to you and me
Our country isn't free
And the law refuses to see
If all that you can ever be
Is just a lousy janitor
Unless your uncle owns a store
You know that five in every four
Just won't amount to nothin' more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor
"Blow your harmonica, son!"
The Mothers 1970 (2020)
- Red Tubular Lighter
- Lola Steponsky
- Trident Chatter
- Sharleena (Roy Thomas Baker Mix)
- Item 1
- Wonderful Wino (FZ Vocal) (The Mothers 1970)
- "Enormous Cadenza"
- Envelopes (The Mothers 1970)
- Red Tubular Lighter (Unedited Master)
- Wonderful Wino (Basic Tracks, Alt Take) (The Mothers 1970)
- Giraffe (Take 4)
- Wonderful Wino (FZ Vocal, Alt Solo) (The Mothers 1970)
- Introducing... The Mothers (Live On "Piknik" June 18, 1970)
- Wonderful Wino (Live On "Piknik" June 18, 1970)
- Concentration Moon (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- Mom & Dad (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- The Air (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- Dog Breath (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- Mother People (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- You Didn't Try To Call Me (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- Agon (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- Call Any Vegetable (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- King Kong Pt. I (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- Igor's Boogie (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- King Kong Pt. II (Live On "Piknik", June 18, 1970)
- What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are (Live At Pepperland, 9/26/70)
- Bwana Dik (Live At Pepperland, September 26, 1970)
- Daddy Daddy Daddy (Live At Pepperland, September 26, 1970)
- Do You Like My New Car? (Live At Pepperland, 9/26/70)
- Happy Together (Live At Pepperland, September 26, 1970)
- "Welcome To El Monte Legion Stadium!" (Hybrid Concert)
- Agon (Hybrid Concert)
- Call Any Vegetable (Hybrid Concert)
- Pound For A Brown (Hybrid Concert)
- Sleeping In A Jar (Hybrid Concert)
- Sharleena (Hybrid Concert)
- The Air (Hybrid Concert)
- Dog Breath (Hybrid Concert)
- Mother People (Hybrid Concert)
- You Didn't Try To Call Me (Hybrid Concert)
- King Kong Pt. I (Hybrid Concert)
- Igor's Boogie (Hybrid Concert)
- King Kong Pt. II (Hybrid Concert)
- "Eat It Yourself..."
- Trouble Every Day (Hybrid Concert)
- "A Series Of Musical Episodes"
- Road Ladies (Hybrid Concert)
- "The Holiday Inn Motel Chain"
- What Will The Evening Bring Me This Morning (Hybrid Concert)
- What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are (Hybrid Concert)
- "What's The Deal Dick?"
- Another M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath
- Paladin Routine #1
- Portuguese Fenders
- The Sanzini Brothers (The Mothers 1970)
- Guitar Build '70
- Would You Go All The Way? (The Mothers 1970)
- Easy Meat (The Mothers 1970)
- "Who Did It?"
- Turn It Down!
- A Chance Encounter In Cincinnati
- Pound For A Brown (The Mothers 1970)
- Sleeping In A Jar (The Mothers 1970)
- Beloit Sword Trick
- Kong Solos Pt. I
- Igor's Boogie (The Mothers 1970)
- Kong Solos Pt. II
- Gris Gris
- Paladin Routine #2
- King Kong (Outro)