by FRANK ZAPPA
I am the heaven
I am the water
Ich bin der Dreck unter deinen Walzen (I am the dirt beneath your rollers)
(Oh no, whip it on me, honey!)
Ich bin dein geheimer Schmutz (I am your secret smut)
Und verlorenes Metallgeld (And lost metal money)
(Metallgeld)
Ich bin deine Ritze (I am your cracks)
Ich bin deine Ritze und Schlitze (I am your cracks & crannies)
I am the clouds
I am embroidered
Ich bin der Autor aller Felgen (I am the author of all tucks)
Und Damast Paspeln (And damask piping)
Ich bin der Chrome Dinette (I am The Chrome Dinette)
Ich bin der Chrome Dinette (I am The Chrome Dinette)
Ich bin Eier aller Arten (I am eggs of all persuasions)
Ich bin alle Tage und Nachte (I am all days and nights)
Ich bin alle Tage und Nachte (I am all days and nights)
Ich bin hier (I am here)
Und du bist mein Sofa (And you are my sofa)
Ich bin hier (I am here)
Und du bist mein Sofa (And you are my sofa)
Ich bin hier (I am here)
Und du bist mein Sofa (And you are my sofa)
Yeah, my Sofa
Yeah-ha-hey
KANSAS MEDIOCRITY 
Zappa is one of a kind!
Here he has managed to couple some bizarre, seemingly unrelated lyrics, with some really grand music.
I don’t like everything he did, but some (like this) are real genius.
And oh he can be bizarre!
Zappa was the Nikola Tesla of jazz.
Well, it says right there in the bible that on the 7th day, God rested. Now he’s gonna get some good rest in without a decent sofa to kick back on? So obviously, somewhere in there, he created a sofa. So he’s talking about that (God is). And of course, God being omniscient, he’s also present in all things…including the dirt beneath the sofa’s rollers, all the stray change lost between the sofa’s cushions, and the cracks and crannies themselves. And then, you know, God gets a little hungry and starts thinking about a nice little chrome dinette he created one time…with some really fantastic eggs…and a hot little waitress…named Opal…
Please check out the page (at top) “A CHALLENGE”.
Great commentary. I love it.
Most people wouldn’t consider the divinity of their chrome dinette….
I realize Zappa wrote “…Eggs of all persuasions…” on the record sleeve, but the phrase “Eier aller Arten” also refers to the various styles of preparing eggs for eating. Zappa seemed to enjoy exploiting double meanings throughout his career, so this could be an example of Zappa presenting a word’s alternate meaning – rather than the contextual meaning.