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The Mothers of Invention - The Old Masters, Box One - Let’s Make the Water Turn Black
The Old Masters, Box One
Disc 1
01. Hungry Freaks
02. No Heart
03. Who Are the Brain Police?
04. Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder
05. Motherly Love
06. How Could I Be Such a Fool
07. Wowie Zowie
08. You Didn’t Try to Call Me
09. Any Way the Wind Blows
10. I’m Not Satisfied
11. You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
Disc 2
01. Trouble Coming Everyday
02. Help I’m a Rock
03. It Can’t Happen Here
04. Cream Cheese
Disc 3
01. Plastic People
02. The Duke of Prunes
03. Amnesia Vivace
04. The Duke Regains His Chops
05. Call Any Vegetable
06. Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
07. Soft‐Sell Conclusion & Ending of #1
08. America Drinks
09. Status Back Baby
10. Uncle Bernie’s Farm
11. Son of Suzy Creamcheese
12. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
13. America Drinks & Goes Home
Disc 4
01. Are You Hung Up
02. Who Needs the Peace Corps
03. Concentration Moon
04. Mom & Dad
05. Bow Tie Daddy
06. Harry, You’re a Beast
07. What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
08. Absolutely Free
09. Flower Punk
10. Hot Poop
11. Nasal Retentive Caliope
12. Let’s Make the Water Turn Black
13. The Idiot Bastard Son
14. (Gary Kellgren’s Opinion)
15. Lonely Little Girl
16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
17. What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body (reprise)
18. Mother People
19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny
Disc 5
01. Lumpy Gravy, Part One
02. Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
Disc 6
01. Cheap Thrills
02. Love of My Life
03. How Could I Be Such a Fool
04. Deseri
05. I’m Not Satisfied
06. Jelly Roll Gum Drop
07. Anything
08. Later That Night
09. You Didn’t Try to Call Me
10. Fountain of Love
11. “No. No. No.”
12. Anyway the Wind Blows
13. Stuff Up the Cracks
Disc 7
01. Theme From “Run Home Slow”
02. Original “Duke of Prunes”
03. Opening Night Party at Studio Z
04. The Village Inn
05. Steal Away
06. I Was a Teenage Malt Shop
07. The Birth of Captain Beefheart
08. Metal Man Has Won His Wings
09. Power Trio Segment From “The Saints ’n’ Sinners”
10. Bossa Nova Pervertamento
11. Excerpt From “The Uncle Frankie Show”
12. Charva
13. Speed‐Freak Boogie
14. Original Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona)
15. Party Scene From “Mondo Hollywood”
16. Original Mothers (rehearsal)
17. How Could I Be Such a Fool
18. Band Introductions at the Fillmore West
19. Plastic People
20. Original Mothers at the Fillmore East
21. Why Don’t Cha Do Me Right
22. Big Leg Emma
Now believe me when I tell you that my song is really true
I want everyone to listen and believe
It's about some little people from a long time ago
And all the things the neighbors didn't know

Early in the morning, Daddy Dinky went to work
Selling lamps and chairs to San Ber'dino squares
And I still remember Mama with her apron and her pad
Feeding all the boys at Ed's Cafe

Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day
Ronnie helping Kenny, helping burn his poots away
And all the while on a shelf in the shed
Kenny's little creatures on display

Ronnie saves his numies on a window in his room
A marvel to be seen, dysentery green
While Kenny and his buddies had a game out in the back
Let's make the water turn black

We see them after school in a world of their own
To some it might seem creepy what they do
The neighbors on the right sat and watched them every night
I bet you'd do the same if they was you

Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day
Ronnie helping Kenny, helping burn his poots away
And all the while on a shelf in the shed
Kenny's little creatures on display

Ronnie's in the army now, and Kenny's taking pills
Oh, how they yearn to see a bomber burn
Color flashing, thunder crashing, dynamite machine
Wait till the fire turns green
Wait till the fire turns green
Wait till the fire turns green

This would be a little bit of vocal teenage heaven, right here on Earth

Ronnie Williams (backwards):
Dodn-do-do-dodn-dodn-dodn-dada