He Used To Cut The Grass Lyrics - Joe's Garage Acts I, Ii & Iii - Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals) 

Warren Cucurullo (rhythm guitar, vocals) 

Denny Walley (slide guitar, vocals) 

Ike Willis (lead vocals) 

Peter Wolf (keyboards) 

Arthur Barrow (bass, vocals) 

Ed Mann (percussion) 

Vinnie Colaiuta (drums) 

Joe: (to himself as he walks out of prison) 

I'm out at last 

Boy, the world 

sure looks different 

Wow... there's hardly 

anything fun to do 

Since they made 

music illegal 

But I'm hooked 

I got the habit 

I've got to have it 

I need to play 

But there's no 

musicians anymore 

They're all gone 

Wait! I've got it! 

I'll be sullen and 

withdrawn 

I'll dwindle off into 

the twilight realm 

Of my own secret 

thoughts 

I'll walk through 

the parking lot 

In a semi- 

catatonic state 

And dream of 

guitar notes 

To go with the 

loading-zone 

announcements. 

JOE wanders through the world which by then has been totally epoxied over, carefully organized, with everyone reporting daily to his or her appointed place in a line somewhere in front of a window somewhere in a building somewhere in order to collect his or her welfare check, which, when cashed, made it possible for the young ones to continue the payments for the obsolete and irreparable appliances their parents had purchased on the instalment plan years ago, providing as security the future incomes of their children. The rest of these checks were used by the young recipients to buy fun things of their own on credit, most of which broke down or failed within moments of purchase and seemed to be stacking up everywhere. 

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Central Scrutinizer: 

This is the CENTRAL 

SCRUTINIZER 

The White Zone 

is for loading and 

unloading only. 

If you have to load or 

unload, go to the 

White Zone. 

You'll love it. 

It's a way of life. 

This is the CENTRAL 

SCRUTINIZER 

The White Zone 

is for loading and 

unloading only. 

If you have to load or 

unload, go to the 

White Zone. 

You'll love it. 

It's a way of life. 

This is the CENTRAL 

SCRUTINIZER 

The White Zone 

is for loading and 

unloading only. 

If you have to load or 

unload... 

Photos 

As JOE stumbles over mounds of dead consumer goods formed into abstract statues dedicated to the Quality of American Craftsmanship, dreaming his stupid little guitar notes, he hears, somewhere in the back of his head, the voice of MRS. BORG, taunting him: 

Mrs. Borg's Voice: 

Turn it down! 

Turn it down! 

I have children 

sleeping here! 

Don't you boys know 

any nice songs? 

I'm calling the police! 

I did it! 

They'll be here... 

shortly! 

I'm not joking around 

anymore! 

You'll see now! 

There they are... 

they're coming! 

Listen to that mess, 

would you! 

Every day this goes on 

around here! 

He used to 

cut my grass... 

He was a 

very nice boy... 

He used to 

cut my grass... 

He was a 

very nice boy... 

He used to 

cut my grass... 

He was a 

very nice boy... 

He used to 

cut my grass... 

He was a 

very nice boy... 

Central Scrutinizer: 

This is the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER... Yes... he used to be a nice boy... He used to cut the grass... But now his mind is totally destroyed by music. He's so crazy now he even believes that people are writing articles and reviews about his imaginary guitar notes, and so, continuing to dwindle in the twilight realm of his own secret thoughts, he not only dreams imaginary guitar notes, but, to make matters worse, dreams imaginary vocal parts to a song about the imaginary journalistic profession...