Joe’s garage
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(spoken :
) We take you now to a garage in
Canoga Park.
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1. It wasn't very large,
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there
was just enough room to cram the drums,
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in
the corner over by the Dodge,
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it
was a fifty-four with a mashed up door.
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And a cheesy little amp,
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with
a sign on the front said "Fender Champ",
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and a
second-hand guitar,
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it
was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar. + A ~ ~
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2. We could jam in Joe's Garage,
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his
mama was screamin', his dad was mad.
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We was playin'
the same old song,
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in
the afternoon 'n sometimes we would
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play
it all night long,
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it
was all we knew, and easy, too.
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So we wouldn't get it wrong,
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all
we did was bend the string like . . .
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3. Hey ! Down in Joe's Garage we didn't have no dope or LSD,
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but a
couple of quarts a beer would fix it, so the intonation
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would
not offend your ear.
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And the same old chords goin' over and over
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became
a symphony.
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We could play it again and
again and again
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‘cause
it sounded good to me : ONE MORE TIME !
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4. We could jam in Joe's Garage,
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his
mama was screamin', "TURN IT DOWN !"
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We was playin'
the same old song
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in
the afternoon 'n sometimes we would
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play
it all night long
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it
was all we knew, and easy, too.
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So we wouldn't get it wrong,
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even
if you played it on a saxophone. + D - G - Em - A - A7
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5. We thought we was pretty good,
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we
talked about keepin' the band together.
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And we figured that we should,
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'cause about this time we was gettin' the eye
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from
the girls in the neighbourhood,
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they'd
all come over and dance around like... (clapping)
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6. So we picked out a stupid name,
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had
some cards printed up for a couple of bucks.
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And we was on our way to fame,
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got
matching suits and Beatle Boots,
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and a sign on the
back of the car,
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and
we was ready to work in a Go-go Bar
ONE TWO THREE FOUR,
LET'S SEE IF YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE ! + D - G - A
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7. People seemed to like our song
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they
got up and danced, and made a lotta noise.
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And it wasn't 'fore very long,
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a guy
from a company we can't name
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said
we oughta take his pen,
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and
sign on the line for a real good time.
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But he didn't tell us when
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these
"good times" would be somethin'
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that
was really happenin'.
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So the band broke up - - - and it looks like - - -
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we
will never play again.
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Guess you only get one chance
in life
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to
play a song that goes like . . .
+ Turn it DOWN ! Turn it DOWN ! I have children sleeping here . . .
Don't you boys know any nice songs ?
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8. Well, the years was rollin'
by,
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Heavy Metal and Glitter Rock
had caught the public eye.
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Snotty boys
with lipstick on was really flyin' high.
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And then they got that Disco
thing,
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and
New Wave came along, and all of a sudden I thought the time
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had
come for that old song we used to play in "Joe's Garage".
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And if I am not wrong you will
soon be dancin' to the . .
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(spoken :
) The WHITE ZONE is for loading and
unloading only.
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If you gotta
load or unload, go to the ZONE !
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bits lyrics) ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Frank
Zappa)