Joes Garage

From: William Kaemmerling JOE’S GARAGE FRANK ZAPPA (THE WHOLE SONG CONSIST OF YOUR BASIC 1-4-5 CHORD PATTERN IN THE KEY OF E. EX:   \ \ \ \ \ ETC.) IT WASN’T VERY LARGE THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH ROOM TO CRAM THE DRUMS IN THE CORNER OVER BY THE DODGE IT WAS A FIFTY-FOUR WITH A MASHED UP DOOR AND A CHEESY LITTLE AMP WITH A SIGH ON THE FRONT SAID "FENDER CHAMP" AND A SECOND HAND GUITAR IT WAS A STRATOCASTER WITH A WHAMMY BAR WE COULD JAM IN JOE’S GARAGE HIS MAMA WAS SCREAMING  HIS DAD WAS MAD WE WAS PLAYING THE SAME OLD SONG IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOMETIMES WE WOULD PLAY IT ALL NIGHT LONG  IT WAS ALL WE KNOW AND EASY TOO SO WE WOULDN’T GET IT WRONG ALL WE DID WAS BEND THE STRING LIKE... HEY! DOWN IN JOES GARAGE WE DIDN’T HAVE NO DOPE OR LSD BUT A COUPLA QUARTSA BEER WOULD FIX IT SO THE INTONATION WOULD NOT OFFEND YER EAR AND THE SAME OLD CHORDS GOING OVER AND OVER BECAME A SYMPHONY WE WOULD PLAY IT AGAIN N AGAIN AND AGAIN CAUSE IT SOUNDED GOOD TO ME ONE MORE TIME WE COULD JAM IN JOE’S GARAGE HIS MAMA WAS SCREAMING "TURN IT DOWN" WE WAS PLAYING THE SAME OLD SONG IN THE AFTERNOON AND SOMETIMES WE WOULD PLAY IT ALL NIGHT LONG IT WAS ALL WE KNOW AND EASY TOO SO WE WOULDN’T GET IT WRONG EVEN IF YOU PLAYED IT ON THE SAXOPHONE WE THOUGHT WE WAS PRETTY GOOD WE TALKED ABOUT KEEPING THE BAND TOGETHER AND WE FIGURED THAT WE SHOULD  CAUSE ABOUT THIS TIME WE WAS GETTING THE EYE  FROM THE GIRLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY’D ALL COME OVER AND DANCE AROUND LIKE... SO WE PICKED OUT A STUPID NAME HAD SOME CARDS PRINTED UP FOR A COUPLA BUCKS AND WE WAS ON OUR WAY TO FAME GOT MATCHING SUITS AND BEATLES BOOTS AND A SIGH ON THE BACK OF THE CAR AND WE WAS READY TO WORK IN A GO-GO BAR "ONE TWO THREE FOUR LETS SEE IF YOU GOT SOME MORE PEOPLE SEEMED TO LIKE OUR SONG THEY GOT UP AND DANCED AND MAKE A LOT A NOISE AND IT WASN’T ’FORE VERY LONG A GUY FROM A COMPANY WE CAN’T NAME SAID WE OUGHT TO TAKE HIS PEN AND SIGN ON THE LINE FOR A REAL GOOD TIME BUT HE DIDN’T TELL US WHEN THESE "GOOD TIMES" WOULD BE SOMETHING’ THAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING SO THE BAND BROKE UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL NEVER PLAY AGAIN GUESS YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE IN LIFE TO PLAY A SONG THAT GOES LIKE . . . "TURN IT DOWN I HAVE CHILDREN SLEEPING HERE" WELL THE YEARS WAS ROLLING BY HEAVY METAL AND GLITTER ROCK HAD CAUGHT  THE PUBLIC EYE SNOTTY BOY WITH LIPSTICK ON WAS REALLY FLYING HIGH AND THEN THEY GOT THAT DISCO THING AND NEW WAVE CAME ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I THOUGHT THE TIME HAD COME FOR THAT OLD SONG WE USED TO PLAY IN JOE’S GARAGE AND IF I AM NOT WRONG YOU WILL SOON BE DANCING TO . . . WELL THE YEARS WAS ROLLING  BY . . . Submited by: Will Kaemmerling