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San Ber'dino Lyrics
She lives in Mohave in a Winnebago
His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato
She's in love with a boy from the rodeo
Who pulls the rope on the chute
When they let those suckers go
He got slobberin' drunk at the Palomino
They give him thirty days in San Ber'dino
Well, there's fourty-four men stashed away in tank C
and there's only one shower but it don't apply to Bobby
Well, you might think they're dumb an' lonely
But you're wrong 'cause their love is strong
Stacked up hair and a cheap little ring
They don't care 'cause it don't mean a thing
Looka there
They don't care
Best-est way that they can feel-o
Out on the highway, rolllin' the wheel-o
He's her Tootsie, she's for real-o
Trailer park heaven, it's a real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
The rest of their lives in San Ber'dino
Gonna spend the rest of their lives in San Ber'dino
Gonna spend the rest of their lives down in San Ber'dino
Come on with me
Come on with me
Come on with me down to San Ber'dino
Just sixty miles, sixty miles down the San Ber'dino freeway
They got some dark green air an' you can choke all day
That's right!
Gonna spend the rest of their lives
The rest of their lives
The rest of their lives
Say now, ain't talkin' 'bout Fontana
Ain't talkin' 'bout, uh uh
Ain't talkin' 'bout, uh uh
Ain't talkin' 'bout the Redlands, no no
Zulch is the auto works
I'm tellin' you, that's where they take all the cars that they hurt
Come on and let's all go down to San Ber'dino
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Let's-a-go down, down, down, down to San Ber'dino
Would-ja b'lieve it
Would-ja b'lieve it now, come-on
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino, gotta call it
San Ber'dino, c'mere
San Ber'dino, I'm lost
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino
Oh God, they spend all their days there
The rest of their lives in San'Berdino
Oh Bobby, I'm sorry you got a head like a potato. I really am
Ketchup!
His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato
She's in love with a boy from the rodeo
Who pulls the rope on the chute
When they let those suckers go
They give him thirty days in San Ber'dino
Well, there's fourty-four men stashed away in tank C
and there's only one shower but it don't apply to Bobby
But you're wrong 'cause their love is strong
Stacked up hair and a cheap little ring
They don't care 'cause it don't mean a thing
They don't care
Out on the highway, rolllin' the wheel-o
He's her Tootsie, she's for real-o
Trailer park heaven, it's a real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Real good deal-o
Gonna spend the rest of their lives in San Ber'dino
Gonna spend the rest of their lives down in San Ber'dino
Come on with me
Come on with me
Come on with me down to San Ber'dino
Just sixty miles, sixty miles down the San Ber'dino freeway
They got some dark green air an' you can choke all day
That's right!
Gonna spend the rest of their lives
The rest of their lives
The rest of their lives
Ain't talkin' 'bout, uh uh
Ain't talkin' 'bout, uh uh
Ain't talkin' 'bout the Redlands, no no
Zulch is the auto works
I'm tellin' you, that's where they take all the cars that they hurt
Come on and let's all go down to San Ber'dino
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Let's-a-go down, down, down, down to San Ber'dino
Would-ja b'lieve it
Would-ja b'lieve it now, come-on
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino, gotta call it
San Ber'dino, c'mere
San Ber'dino, I'm lost
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino
San Ber'dino
Oh God, they spend all their days there
The rest of their lives in San'Berdino
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Maybe my favorite Zappa tune! Any Californians out there to give some insight on what some of the lyrics are saying?
Mohave: Mohave Desert Palomino: Palomino Club, a nightclub in Los Angeles which hosted many country and rock bands San Ber'dino: San Bernardino County Jail in San Bernardino, California Fontana: a city in San Bernardino County Redlands: another city in San Bernardino County Zulch Auto Works: a car repair company in San Bernardino
Mohave: Mohave Desert Palomino: Palomino Club, a nightclub in Los Angeles which hosted many country and rock bands San Ber'dino: San Bernardino County Jail in San Bernardino, California Fontana: a city in San Bernardino County Redlands: another city in San Bernardino County Zulch Auto Works: a car repair company in San Bernardino
Sorry if this isn't as interesting as you hoped (San Bernardino is in the middle of nowhere). What's more interesting is that the song is loosely based on a real life incident. It's about a six month (not thirty days) jail sentence Frank Zappa received in San Bernardino...
Sorry if this isn't as interesting as you hoped (San Bernardino is in the middle of nowhere). What's more interesting is that the song is loosely based on a real life incident. It's about a six month (not thirty days) jail sentence Frank Zappa received in San Bernardino County Jail for supposedly making pornography tapes (which were fake). I know that this is also one of Weird Al Yankovic's favorite Frank Zappa songs and I have audio of him playing it on his radio show in college.
I wish I knew where the potato head jokes come from (probably Mr. Potato Head), but Potato Head Bobby is a character in several other Frank Zappa songs.
Maybe my favorite Zappa tune! Any Californians out there to give some insight on what some of the lyrics are saying?
It's all about Franks experience in Jail when he was arrested for recording obscene and lascivious music with intent to distribute to unsuspecting local christian folk in the squeaky clean early sixties neighborhood of Rancho Cuccomungo.
In fact; Frank was set up and framed by a local bent copper called Inspector Willis. It's funny to think that the tape didn't actually depict actual sexual intercourse, just pretend noises to simulate sex. laughably innocent fun and frolics in comparison to today's standards when you can access the most depraved and graphic sexual material on the internet at the click of a button.