FRANK ZAPPA - Cosmik Debris lyrics

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Jim gordon (drums)<br>John guerin (drums)<br>Aynsley dunbar (drums)<br>Ralph humphrey (drums)<br>Jack bruce (bass)<br>Erroneous (bass)<br>Tom fowler (bass)<br>Frank zappa (bass, lead vocals, guitar)<br>George duke (keyboards, background vocals)<br>Don sugar cane harris (violin)<br>Jean-luc ponty (violin)<br>Ruth underwood (percussion)<br>Ian underwood (saxophone)<br>Napoleon murphy brock (saxophone, background vocals)<br>Sal marquez (trumpet)<br>Bruce fowler (trombone)<br>Ray collins (background vocals)<br>Kerry mcnabb (background vocals)<br>Susie glower (background vocals)<br>Debbie (background vocals)<br>Lynn (background vocals)<br>Ruben ladron de guevara (background vocals)<br>Robert camarena (background vocals)<br><br>The mystery man came over<br>And he said I'm outta sight!<br>He said for a nominal service charge<br>I could reach nirvana tonight<br>If I was ready, willing and able<br>To pay him his regular fee<br>He would drop all the rest of<br>His pressing affairs and devote<br>His attention to me<br><br>But I said look here brother<br>Who you jiving with that cosmik debris? <br>Now who you jiving with that cosmik debris? <br>Look here brother, don't waste your time on me<br><br>The mystery man got nervous<br>And he fidget around a bit<br>He reached in the pocket of his mystery robe<br>And he whipped out a shaving kit<br>Now I thought it was a razor<br>And a can of foaming goo<br>But he told me right then when the top popped open<br>There was nothin' his box won't do<br>With the oil of aphrodite, and the dust of the grand wazoo<br>He said you might not believe this, little fella<br>But it'll cure your asthma too<br><br>And I said look here brother<br>Who you jiving with that cosmik debris? <br>Now what kind of a guru are you, anyway? <br>Look here brother, don't waste your time on me<br>(don't waste your time)<br><br>I've got troubles of my own, I said<br>And you can't help me out<br>So, take your meditations and your preparations<br>And ram it up your snout!<br>But I got the crystal ball, he said<br>And held it to the ligh<br>So I snatched it, all away from him<br>And I showed him how to do it right<br><br>I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head<br>So I looked like I was deep<br>I said some mumbo-jumbo, then<br>I told him he was going to sleep<br>I robbed his rings and pocketwatch<br>And everything else I found<br>I had that sucker hypnotized<br>He couldn't even make a sound<br>I proceeded to tell him his future, then<br>As long as he was hanging around<br>I said the price of meat has just gone up<br>And your old lady has just gone down!<br><br>And I said look here brother-who you<br>Jiving with that cosmik debris? <br>Now is that a real poncho or is that a sears poncho? <br>Don't you know, you could make more money as a butcher? <br>So, don't waste your time on me<br>Don't waste it, don't waste your time on me<br>(shanti)