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Brown Shoes Don`t Make It

Ray Collins (vocals)
Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
Billy Mundi (drums)
Roy Estrada (bass)
Don Preston (keyboards)
Bunk Gardner (woodwinds)
Motorhead Sherwood (soprano, baritone saxophone)
Unknown (violin, viola, cello, trumpet, contrabass clarinet)

Brown shoes don`t make it
Brown shoes don`t make it
Quit school, why fake it?
Brown shoes don`t make it?
TV dinner by the pool
Watch your brother grow a beard
Got another year of school
You`re OK, he`s too weird
Be a plumber He`s a bummer
He`s a bummer every summer
Be a loyal plastic robot
For a world that doesn`t care
Smile at every ugly
Shine on your shoes and cut your hair
Be a jerk and go to work Be a jerk and go to work
Be a jerk and go to work Be a jerk and go to work
Do your job, and do it right
Life`s a ball! (TV tonight!)
Do you love it, do you hate it?
There it is, the way you made it (WOOOooow)

A world of secret hungers,
Perverting the men who make your laws
Every desire is hidden away,
In drawer, in a desk,
By a Naughahyde chair
On a rug where they walk and drool
Past the girls in the office

You see in the back, of the City Hall mind
The dream of a girl about thirteen
Off with her clothes and into a bed,
Where she tickles his fancy all night long

His wife`s attending an orchid show
She squealed for a week to get him to go
But back in the bed his teenage Queen
Is rocking and rolling and acting obscene
Baby! Baby! Baby! Baby!

And he loves it! He loves it! It curls up his toes!
She bites his fat neck, And it lights up his nose,
But he cannot be fooled, Old City Hall Fred,
She`s nasty, she`s nasty, She digs it in bed!

Do it again, and do it some more!
That does it, by golly, it`s nasty for sure!
Nasty-nasty-nasty! Nasty-nasty-nasty!
(Only thirteen, and she knows how to NASTY)

She`s a dirty young mind. Corrupted, corroded...
Well she`s thirteen today, And I hear she gets loaded

If she were my daughter I`d...
What would you do, Daddy?
If she were my daughter I`d...
What would you do, Daddy?
If she were my daughter I`d...
What would you do, Daddy?
Smother my daughter in chocolate syrup,
And strap her on again, Oh baby!
Smother that girl in chocolate syrup,
And strap her on again!
She`s a Teenage Baby, and she turns me on,
I`d like to make Her do a nasty
On the White House Lawn!
Going to smother that daughter in chocolate syrup,
And boogie till the cows come home!

Time to go home, Madge is on the phone
Gotta meet the Guerneys And a dozen gray attorneys
TV dinner by the pool I`m so glad I finished school
Life is such a ball I run the world from City Hall

Release History

The Frank Zappa song "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" appears on the following albums:
1979-02-12: Apollo Theater, Manchester, England, UK
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Beat The Boots!
04 June 1991

Beat The Boots!

  1. That Makes Me Mad (0:51)
  2. Young & Monde (11:24)
  3. Sharleena (10:26)
  4. Black Napkins (4:36)
  5. Black Page II2 [The Black Page #2]
  6. The Torture Never Stops (14:04)
  7. Big Leg Emma (2:31)
  8. Some Ballet Music (6:33)
  9. Status Back Baby (2:50)
  10. Valarie (3:18)
  11. My Guitar (8:39)
  12. Uncle Meat / King Kong (Medley) (23:48)
  13. Happy Together (1:25)
  14. Wino Man-With Dr. John Routine (7:45)
  15. Concentration Moon (2:17)
  16. Pallidan Routine (1:14)
  17. Call Any Vegetable (9:55)
  18. Little House I Used To Live In (9:52)
  19. Mudshark Variations (1:11)
  20. Holiday In Berlin (0:57)
  21. Sleeping In A Jar (2:24)
  22. Cruising For Burgers (2:51)
  23. Untitled Instrumental [Dupree's Paradise]
  24. It Can't Happen Here (3:07)
  25. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:40)
  26. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:36)
  27. How Could I Be Such A Fool (1:58)
  28. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:35)
  29. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
  30. Wowie Zowie (3:19)
  31. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (1:51)
  32. Harry, You're A Beast (0:54)
  33. Oh No (1:47)
  34. More Trouble Every Day (5:41)
  35. Louie Louie (1:56)
  36. Camarillo Brillo (3:25)
  37. Watermelon In Easter Hay (4:58)
  38. Dead Girls Of London (2:29)
  39. Ain't Got No Heart (2:28)
  40. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:29)
  41. Cosmic Debris (3:04)
  42. Tryin' To Grow A Chin (3:57)
  43. City Of Tiny Lights (9:35)
  44. Dancin' Fool (4:00)
  45. Easy Meat (8:12)
  46. Jumbo Go Away (3:46)
  47. Andy (5:21)
  48. Inca Roads (9:43)
  49. Florentine Pogen (10:14)
  50. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? (4:26)
  51. Keep It Greasy (3:35)
  52. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:34)
  53. Another Cheap Aroma (2:38)
  54. Wet T-Shirt Night (2:30)
  55. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:47)
  56. Titties And Beer [Peaches En Regalia]
  57. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:39)
  58. Petroushka
  59. Bristol Stomp
  60. Baby Love
  61. No Matter What You Do (Interpolating Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony)
  62. Blue Suede Shoes
  63. Hound Dog
  64. Gee
  65. King Kong (23:11)
  66. Village Of The Sun (4:17)
  67. Pound For A Brown (15:11)
  68. Bobby Brown (2:58)
  69. Conehead (6:09)
  70. Flakes (6:26)
  71. Magic Finger (2:30)
  72. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (0:57)
  73. Nanook Rubs It (6:44)
  74. Saint Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast (6:54)
  75. Rollo (3:32)
  76. Bamboozled By Love (3:04)
  77. Kung Fu (2:14)
  78. Redunzl [RDNZL]
  79. Dupree's Paradise (11:26)
  80. T'mershi Duween (1:54)
  81. Father O'blivion (20:41)
Old Masters, Box One
1985

Old Masters, Box One

  1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:40)
  2. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:35)
  3. Who Are the Brain Police? (3:33)
  4. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (3:30)
  5. Motherly Love (2:21)
  6. Wowie Zowie (3:19)
  7. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:39)
  8. Any Way The Wind Blows (2:14)
  9. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
  10. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:36)
  11. Trouble Everyday (6:16)
  12. Help, I'm A Rock (5:03)
  13. The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:17)
  14. Plastic People (3:42)
  15. The Duke Of Prunes (2:13)
  16. Amnesia Vivace (1:01)
  17. Call Any Vegetable (9:55)
  18. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (7:00)
  19. Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of #1 (1:40)
  20. America Drinks (1:52)
  21. Status Back Baby (2:50)
  22. Uncle Bernie's Farm (5:39)
  23. Son Of Suzy Creamcheese (1:33)
  24. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:29)
  25. America Drinks & Goes Home (2:46)
  26. Are You Hung Up? (1:26)
  27. Who Needs the Peace Corps? (2:37)
  28. Concentration Moon (2:17)
  29. Mom & Dad (2:17)
  30. Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
  31. Harry, You're A Beast (0:54)
  32. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (1:08)
  33. Absolutely Free (3:26)
  34. Flower Punk (3:03)
  35. Hot Poop (0:26)
  36. Nasal Retentive Caliope (2:00)
  37. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (1:51)
  38. The Idiot Bastard Son (2:40)
  39. (Gary Kellgren's Opinion) (0:33)
  40. Lonely Little Girl (2:39)
  41. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (3:52)
  42. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (0:58)
  43. Mother People (3:19)
  44. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:23)
  45. Lumpy Gravy (Part One) (15:45)
  46. Lumpy Gravy (Part Two) (15:47)
  47. Cheap Thrills (2:28)
  48. Love Of My Life (2:03)
  49. How Could I Be Such A Fool (1:58)
  50. Deseri (1:51)
  51. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:17)
  52. Anything (3:00)
  53. Later That Night (3:04)
  54. Fountain Of Love (2:18)
  55. "No No No" (2:27)
  56. Anyway The Wind Blows (3:45)
  57. Stuff Up The Cracks (4:29)
  58. Theme From "Run Home Slow" (1:24)
  59. Original "Duke Of Prunes" (1:18)
  60. Opening Night Party At Studio Z (1:32)
  61. The Village Inn (1:18)
  62. Steal Away (3:43)
  63. I Was A Teenage Malt Shop (1:10)
  64. The Birth Of Captain Beefheart (0:19)
  65. Metal Man Has Won His Wings (3:07)
  66. Power Trio Segment From "The Saints 'N' Sinners" (0:34)
  67. Bossa Nova Pervertamento (2:16)
  68. Excerpt Fom "The Uncle Frankie Show" (0:39)
  69. Charva (1:59)
  70. Speed-Freak Boogie (4:14)
  71. Original Mothers At The Broadside (Pomona) (0:56)
  72. Party Scene From "Mondo Hollywood" (1:55)
  73. Original Mothers Rehearsal (0:23)
  74. Band Introductions At The Filmore West (1:10)
  75. Original Mothers At The Filmore East (0:46)
  76. Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? (2:37)
  77. Big Leg Emma (2:31)
Threesome No. 1
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Threesome No. 1

  1. Are You Hung Up? (1:24)
  2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:29)
  3. Plastic People (3:42)
  4. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:35)
  5. The Duke Of Prunes (2:13)
  6. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:34)
  7. Amnesia Vivace (1:01)
  8. Concentration Moon (2:22)
  9. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:34)
  10. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (3:41)
  11. Mom & Dad (2:16)
  12. The Duke Regains His Chops (1:53)
  13. Call Any Vegetable (9:55)
  14. Motherly Love (2:46)
  15. Telephone Conversation (0:49)
  16. Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
  17. How Could I Be Such A Fool (2:13)
  18. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (7:00)
  19. Harry, You're A Beast (1:21)
  20. Soft‐Sell Conclusion (1:41)
  21. Wowie Zowie (2:53)
  22. Big Leg Emma (2:31)
  23. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
  24. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:39)
  25. Absolutely Free (3:24)
  26. Any Way The Wind Blows (2:56)
  27. Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? (2:37)
  28. America Drinks (1:53)
  29. Flower Punk (3:04)
  30. I'm Not Satisfied (2:39)
  31. Hot Poop (0:27)
  32. Status Back Baby (2:54)
  33. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:38)
  34. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:03)
  35. Trouble Every Day (5:08)
  36. Uncle Bernie's Farm (2:11)
  37. Help, I'm A Rock (5:03)
  38. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (2:01)
  39. Son Of Suzy Creamcheese (1:34)
  40. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:29)
  41. It Can't Happen Here (3:07)
  42. The Idiot Bastard Son (3:19)
  43. America Drinks & Goes Home (2:46)
  44. Lonely Little Girl (1:10)
  45. The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:16)
  46. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:33)
  47. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (1:02)
  48. Mother People (2:26)
  49. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:25)
Understanding America
30 October 2012


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