Once Upon A Time-Frank Zappa

[ti:Once Upon A Time] [ar:Frank Zappa] [al:You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Once Upon A Time - Frank Zappa [00:14.04]Once upon a time way back a long time ago [00:18.85] [00:21.19]When the universe consisted of nothing more elaborate than [00:24.30] [00:24.86]Mark Bolman oh thank you Frank [00:27.37] [00:28.32]And don't misspell it that's not Marc Bolan [00:30.80]That's Mark Volman [00:31.40]Hiya friends I wanna welcome each [00:35.69]And everyone of you I wanna say to you tonight [00:37.99]I feel great I mean I feel great [00:41.83] [00:42.63]Everywhere I go people are always comin' up to me [00:45.39]And they say Mark Mark Mark [00:47.67] [00:48.17]Mark are you kiddin' lemme tell you this friends [00:54.62] [00:55.23]I am not kiddin' I mean I am portly and I am maroon [01:03.02] [01:05.65]Well how many people here tonight can guess what I am [01:11.63]Ah I can't guess what you are [01:15.22]Well then I'll give you some clues [01:17.78]And the first clue is I am portly [01:21.76] [01:23.11]Does that help Not much [01:25.45]No I don't know who you are [01:28.05]Okay I got one clue number two [01:30.45] [01:31.45]I am double knit does that help [01:35.06]No not much whaddya mean [01:38.33]Well then I've to give you one more clue [01:42.27]I know this is gonna give it away [01:44.27]And I hate like damn to tell you this [01:47.48]But clue number three [01:49.69]Ich bin Maroon [01:53.37]Ah you're a sofa [01:56.48] [01:57.88]Once upon a time way back a long time ago [02:02.47]When the universe consisted [02:03.37]Of nothing more elaborate than [02:04.80]Mark Volman thank you Frank [02:06.50]Trying to convince each and every member [02:08.51]Of this extremely hip audience here tonight [02:10.51]That he was nothing more nothing less [02:13.46]Than a fat maroon sofa [02:15.97]Suspended in the midst of a great emptiness [02:18.82]A light shined down from heaven [02:21.30] [02:26.89]And there he was ladies and gentleman [02:28.47]The good Lord and he took [02:30.28]He took a look at the sofa [02:32.93]And he said to himself [02:35.14]"Quite an attractive sofa" [02:37.34]"This sofa could be commercial" [02:38.93] [02:43.03]With a few more Margaritas [02:44.56]And the right company [02:45.57] [02:48.49]However I digress [02:50.45] [02:51.45]"What this sofa needs" said the Big 'G' [02:55.21] [02:56.67]"Is a bit of flooring underneath of it" [02:58.98]And so in order to make this construction project possible [03:05.77]He summoned the assistance of the celestial corp of engineers [03:09.93] [03:11.18]And by means of a cute little song in the German language [03:16.38]Which is the way he talks whenever it's heavy business [03:19.40] [03:21.55]The good Lord went something like this [03:25.95]Take it away Jim Pons [03:27.50] [03:28.86]Gib zu mir etwas Fussbodenbelag [03:36.60] [03:37.60]Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa [03:43.64]Everybody [03:44.29]Gib zu mir etwas Fussbodenbelag [03:50.83]Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa [03:56.92] [03:57.58]And of course ladies and gentlemen that means [04:00.51]Give unto me a bit of flooring under this fat floating sofa [04:04.49] [04:05.24]And sure enough boards of oak appeared [04:08.10]Throughout the emptiness as far as vision permits [04:11.28]Stretching all the way from Belfast to Bogner Regis [04:16.27]And the Lord put aside his huge cigar [04:20.26] [04:20.91]And proceeded to deliver unto the charming [04:25.58]Maroonish sofa the bulk of his message [04:28.90]With the assistance of a small electric clarinet [04:33.83]And it went something like this