Lyrics Paladin Routine #1 - Frank Zappa, The Mothers

Paladin Routine #1

Have gun—will travel, reads the card of a man
A soldier of fortune in a savage land
Mark (Narrator): As we join Paladin and his good friend Hey Boy in a plush San
Francisco lobby, we find Hey Boy stimulated as running down the stairs of a
plush hotel, running up to Paladin and fame!
Jeff (Hey Boy): Hey, Paladin, what you want?
You want pineapple chicken?
You want almond duck?
Barbecue pork?
Sesame seed pork?
Sony tape recorder,
bird house?
What you want?
Howard (Paladin): No, Hey Boy.
Just get a room for me and my.
.. sister.
And if anybody asks where I am, tell them this.
.
Jeff (Hey Boy): Paladin, you can gesture hypnotically!
Mark (Narrator): And Paladin does gesture hypnotically!
He brings forth the ill
fated card of love, danger and suspicion!
Hant tant, hant tant
Hant tant, hant tant
Hant tant tant
Hant tant tant
Peeeeeeee
FZ: Now we have to tune up.
.. I’d like to dedicate this show to Duane Allman
Mark: