Lyrics German Lunch - Frank Zappa

German Lunch

Uhh, may I see your papers pleez?
Uhhh, lemme see
Hand me your suitcase, let me.
.. open it
I’m just a bit nervous you understand
Open the suitcase
This hasn’t happened.
.. too often
Uh-huh, I see, how many.
.. sixty-two packages of cigarettes.
Why are you
carrying all zees into Germany for?
What are you doing this for?
I. .. I. .
How long have you been livin' in Berlin?
I don’t live in Berlin
Where do you live?
I live in Texas
Texas?
Texas
Oh I see, Lyndon Johnson lives in Texas too, does he not?
I know, Sure does
Ooh, hm this is alright
You mind.
.. Is it alright if I shut my suitcase off?
Shut it off???
Ha, ha ha ha
Do you care for one of these cigarettes?
Now, who’s this lady you are with?
What lady?
This lady here, standing next to you
Oh, this is uh, this is…
Has she has papers too?
PAPERS!
Lemme see your papers!
How come you have to yell so much, what did we do?
I don’t yell
Were just trying to get into the country
This is my country, it’s not your country, I’m?
here, I’ve been standing here
for years and years doing zis every time.
You making me very angry
Is this ze Fazerland
This is ze Fazerland yes
Listen you ought to check all the Mothers through customs.
Hey line up as soon
as you finished.
.
Are you through with me, sir?
You may step over here to the right
Thank you
My name is Fritz, open the suitcase please?
Just a moment here, just a moment
What is this there’s sixty two copies of Horseshit Magazine.
What are you
carrying Horseshit Magazine around for.
.
It’s a hoax, hold it, hold it here
What is this.
Right there!
Hold it hold it.
I’ll never forget you Fritz
Alright, next, you may close this now
Next whos up, uh, here he comes.
Who are you?
Hand me your paper
Here’s my papers
Your name is Duke?
What’s this Duke, Duke DeWild.
Have you seen many German
movies, you ever go to ze movies?
I never go to the movies
What is zis, you bring zees into Germany.
Zees are Japanese tools.
Why do you bring Japanese tools to Germany where we make the finest tools ever,
you, what are you doingk?
That’s 60 marks for you, oh my God, what’s the
matter with you?
(coughing)
Oh my God, please please not here.
Step.
.. .
Oh my God, what are you doingk.
Oh, who are you, what is your name, hand me your paper.
Is your name Larry?
Larry Frnoga?
Yes
Larry Frnoga?
Larry Frnoga
Oh my God, what are you doing, what are you doing zat for?
I’m beating the horse to make it go faster
That’s not a horse that’s a table
What’s the difference?
Ha, ha, ha
Don’t go too fast, does it, for a table
What is this?
Ohhh, zefrin, CL brand of ah nasal spray.
You have a cold?
How long have you had a cold?
About a year.
(about.)
You had a cold for a year, are you trying to bring a cold into zis country.
Oh my God don’t cough on me.
What is this medal say.
Sais Berlin survival
award 1968
That’s where I got my cold
You were here before in Berlin
That’s right
What, what were you doing in Berlin?
I gave a concert
You gave a concert in Berlin?
That’s right
To whom?
The German people
The German people
Yes
Don’t take the German people lightly, I say, who is this man here, is it Arthur,
Arthur Tripp
Arthur, Arthur
It’s a German name is it not?
English
Tripp?
Ja
Tripp?
Ja, JA?!
Ja, ja-ja…
Stop giggling, you’re having too much fun, you know we arrest people for having
to much fun here
I beg your pardon
When you come to someone elses country do you run around on the grass and make
it dirty everywhere you go?
No, I stick pretty close to the bars
You know you people all look… bars?
We have a lot of bars here
Ysure do.
Heh-heh, scuze me if I laugh
Don’t laugh
Alright I’ll do that
Who is this man here, the other man?
He’s our leader
He is your leader?
Ja
Wh-what is his function and how does he lead you?
He directs us by with signals various vocal noises
Vocal noises?
Vat are some of the noises?
Eh, peep
Peep?
Poowah
Pooowahhhhhh
I see you all are very well organised, we all like order in Germany you know.
You have such a pleasant smile, may I see your papers?
You see I don’t exactly have my papers with me I
You don’t have papers?
I may have left them in my other bag
He has no papers huh
He has no papers
I mean if there was something I could do for you
Do you have any identification
Identification, lemme see
It’s a nice watch you have on
Wa ist los?
It used to have a Mickey Mouse there, I…
I tell you what I’ll do
If if if you give me zat watch
Nein
That’s a very strange german accent
Ja ha ha ha
Are you sure.
.
Are you from Strabourg or was
He’s a russian spy, he’s a Russian I think
I think so
Get Him
Hands Up!
Oh God
What’s goin on?
You want an enema?
No I’ll take a cheeseburger
Why is the bow-tie goink from your neck
I’m practicing to fly
Why is everyone in this group having bow ties going from ze neck?
They’re all weird
Gimme your watch
I still don’t trust this guys accent
Who is this, who, who?
Come here, come over here.
Do you have a suitcase
We must watch this one
We must watch this one, right.
Let’s open the suitcase
My guitar wants to kill you mama
My guitar wants to burn your dad
I get real mean when he makes me mad
This is very good, this is very normal, German lyrics.
You’re all welcome to
our country
Ha ha ha
Don’t laugh