Frank Zappa

Andy

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Is there anything good inside of you?
If there is, I really wanna know
Is there anything
Good inside of you?
If there is
I really wanna
Know
Is there anything
Good inside of you?
If there is
I really wanna
Know
Is there?

Is there any-thaaaang good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know-woh-oh-oh-oh -
Is there any-thaaaang good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know, really wanna know . . .

Something
Anything
Something
Anything

Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind

Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand
Do you know what I'm really telling you
Is it something that you can understand

Andy de vine (de vine)
Had a thong rind (rind)
It was sublime (sublime)
But the wrong kind
Andy de vine (de vine)
Had a thong rind (rind)
It was sublime (sublime)
But the wrong kind

Have I aligned
With a blown mind
Wasted my time
On a drawn blind
Have I aligned
With a blown mind
Wasted my time
On a drawn blind

Oh Andy . . .
Andy
Andy, Andy
Thong rind
It was sublime, y'all know
The wrong kind, yeah-hah-hah-hah!
Our man!

Submitted by

awberg On Dec 22, 2008

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Is there any-thaaaang good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know-woh-oh-oh-oh -
Is there any-thaaaang good inside of you
If there is, I really wanna know, really wanna know . . .

Something
Anything
Something
Anything

Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind
Show me a sign
If you don't mind

Andy de vine (de vine)
Had a thong rind (rind)
It was sublime (sublime)
But the wrong kind
Andy de vine (de vine)
Had a thong rind (rind)
It was sublime (sublime)
But the wrong kind

Have I aligned
With a blown mind
Wasted my time
On a drawn blind
Have I aligned
With a blown mind
Wasted my time
On a drawn blind

Oh Andy . . .
Andy
Andy, Andy
Thong rind
It was sublime, y'all know
The wrong kind, yeah-hah-hah-hah!
Our man!

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2008-12-22 10:10:52

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by imrazor

16y ago

It's reasonable to assume the song isn't directed at Andy De Vine himself. Some people assume it's targeted at Todd Rundgren (because of the "something/anything") but Frank didn't have any personal grudge against Todd (just thought him a bit of a churl!)
It's more likely - sorry to say - that Nigey Lennon is right: the song is about her. Her on/off affair with Frank ended when they had a row over something she was going to write about him for a magazine - he was also becoming hypocritically jealous, accusing her of playing around with Ray Collins and Captain Beefheart. He would have codenamed her Andy DeVine just because she liked country music and he didn't!

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by BarnabyHughes 10y ago

@imrazor Who is Andy De Vine...Is he a real person?

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