Strictly Genteel (The Finale) - Frank Zappa, The Mothers

Theodore Bikel:

This, as you might have guessed, is the end of the movie.

The entire cast is

assembled here at the Centerville Recreational Facility to bid farewell to you,

and to express thanks for your attendance at this theater.

This might seem old

fashioned to some of you, but I’d like to join in on this song.

It’s the kind

of a sentimental song that you get at the end of a movie, it’s the kind of a

song that people might sing to let you in the audience know that we really like

you and care about you, yeah.

.. Understand how hard it is to laugh these

days, with all the terrible problems in the world!

Lord, have mercy on the people in England

For the terrible food these people must eat

(Baaahhh. .. excuse me a minute)

And may the Lord have mercy on the fate of this movie

And God bless the mind of the man in the street

Help all the rednecks and the flatfoot policemen

Through the terrible functions they all must perform

God help the winos, the junkies, and the weirdos

And every poor soul who’s adrift in the storm

Help everybody, so they all get some action

Some love on the weekend, some real satisfaction

Phyllis Bryn-Julson:

A room and a meal

And a garbage disposal

A lawn and a hose’ll

Be strictly genteel

Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book

The girl in the pig book, and the one with the horse

Make sure they keep all those businessmen happy

And the purple-lipped censors and the Germans of course

Help everybody, so they all get some action

Some love on the weekend, some real satisfaction

A Swedish apparatus

With a hood and a bludgeon

With a microwave oven

«Honey, how do it feel?»

Lord, have mercy on the hippies and faggots

And the dykes and the weird little children they grow

Help the black man

Help the poor man

Help the milk man

Help the door man

Help the lonely, neglected old farts that I know

Theodore Bikel:

It’s been swell havin' you with us tonight, folks!

Mark:

But, don’t leave the theater yet, cause there’s still more to come,

but before we go on, I want to introduce to you my friend and musical

associate, Howard Kaylan, who’s going to give us all a final closing

benediction

They’re gonna clear out the studio

They’re gonna tear down all the.

They’re gonna whip down all the.

They’re gonna sweep out all the.

They’re gonna pay off all the.

(Oh, yeah!)

And then.

And then.

And then.

And then.

Hey hey hey, everybody in the orchestra and the chorus

Talkin' 'bout every one of our lovely and talented dancers

Talkin' 'bout the light bulb men

Camera men

The make-up men

(The fake-up men)

Yeah, the rake-up men

(Especially Herbie Cohen, yeah. . .)

They’re all gonna rise up

They’re gonna jump up

I said jump up

Talkin' 'bout jump right up and off the floor

Jump right up and hit the door

They’re all gonna rise up and jump off!

They’re gonna ride on home

They’re gonna ride on home

They’re gonna ride on home

They’re gonna ride on home

And once again

Take themselves

Seriously, yeeeah!

Two, three, four, seriously

They’re all gonna go home (ye-hey!)

Through the driving sleet and rain

They’re all gonna go home

Through the fog, through the dust

Through the tropical fever and the blistering frost

They’re all gonna go home

And get out of it as they can be, baby

And the same goes for me

(The same goes for me)

Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah!

Oh, yeah!

And each and every member of this rock oriented comedy group in his own special

way

Is gonna get out of it as he can be

We all gonna get wasted

We all gonna get twisted

We all gonna get wasted

We all gonna get twisted

And I am definitely gonna get.

REAMED

Cause I’m such a lonely

I’m such a lonely

A lonely, lonely, talkin' 'bout a lonely guy!

Oh, and I know tonight, I am definitely.

I am positively.

I just have to get.

BENT, REAMED AND WASTED

Jimmy Carl Black:

A disaster area the size of Atlantic City, New Jersey!

Howard:

He’s making me do this, ladies and gentlemen.

I wouldn’t do it if it weren’t

for him.

You noticed, all through this material, I’ve been glancing over toward

my left?

Well, I’ll tell you the reason for that, ladies and gentlemen.

HE is over there.

HE is over on the left.

HE is the guy that is making me do

all this shit.

Right over there.

Now all through this movie, every time we’ve

been on stage, I’ve had to look over in that direction, right?

You saw it.

..

you know.

Well that’s cause HE’s over there.

I’ve got to watch him for signs.

He jumps up and down like a jackass.

I can’t even believe the guy sometimes.

But we gotta watch him.

«After all,» we said, «it's Frank’s movie.

«Now, we’re THE MOTHERS, but it’s still Frank’s movie.

Let’s say it,

he got to paid for it, he rented the studio, had all these cheesy sets built.

.. it’s so moche!

I can’t even stand it.

.. He’s telling everybody,

right now, right over there, to.