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Call Any Vegetable Lyrics
Cheesy, cheesy!
(This is a song about vegetables . . . they keep you regular; they're real good for ya.)
Call any vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Call it by name
(Call any vegetable)
Call one today
(Call any vegetable)
When you get off the train
(Call any vegetable)
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
Ooooh! The vegetable
Will respond to you
(Some people don't go for prunes . . . I dunno . . . I've always found that if they . . . )
Call any vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Pick up your phone
(Call any vegetable)
Think of a vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Lonely at home
(Call any vegetable)
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
That a vegetable will respond to you-hoooo
RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
RUTA-BAYYYYY . . .
(A prune isn't really a vegetable. Cabbage is a vegetable.)
No one will know
If you don't want to let 'em know
No one will know
'Less it's you that might tell 'em so
Call and they'll come to you
Covered with dew
Vegetables dream
Of responding to you
Standing there
Shiny & proud by your side
Holding your hand
While the neighbors decide
Why is a vegetable
Something to hide?
YAR-R-R-R-R-G-H!
(Call any vegetable)
Call it by name
(Call any vegetable)
Call one today
(Call any vegetable)
When you get off the train
(Call any vegetable)
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
Ooooh! The vegetable
Will respond to you
(Call any vegetable)
Pick up your phone
(Call any vegetable)
Think of a vegetable
(Call any vegetable)
Lonely at home
(Call any vegetable)
Call any vegetable
And the chances are good
That a vegetable will respond to you-hoooo
RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA RUTA-BAY-AY-AYGA
RUTA-BAYYYYY . . .
If you don't want to let 'em know
No one will know
'Less it's you that might tell 'em so
Call and they'll come to you
Covered with dew
Vegetables dream
Of responding to you
Standing there
Shiny & proud by your side
Holding your hand
While the neighbors decide
Why is a vegetable
Something to hide?
YAR-R-R-R-R-G-H!
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Hahahahahahaha this song is great! All of Frank Zappa's songs are they are so HILARIOUS!
A prune is NOT a vegetable
Prune is correct - but apparently there's another layer of meaning to the song: Gail liked to masturbate with vegetables (especially "rude-shaped" potatoes 'cause they're less likely to carry nasty germs!)
PS: "Gail" = Mrs Zappa, for those who don't know
PS: "Gail" = Mrs Zappa, for those who don't know
Did Zappa listen to Brian Wilson's song 'Vegetables' and be inspired or was it the other way round?...................
'Vegtables' are the people who in society, do nothing. Frank believes everyone out their can reach a better/higher potential (so do I). Hence, Call any vegtable and hope they 'see the light'. Its a great double meaning play on words and fun!
OR MAYBE HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SONG ABOUT VEGETABLES.
OR MAYBE HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SONG ABOUT VEGETABLES.
@Prune that's right. From Frank Zappa's song-by-song comments on the album: "The best clue to this song might lie in the fact that people who are inactive in a society... people who do not live up to their responsibilities... are vegetables. I feel that these people... even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point... can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegatable it will respond to you."
@Prune that's right. From Frank Zappa's song-by-song comments on the album: "The best clue to this song might lie in the fact that people who are inactive in a society... people who do not live up to their responsibilities... are vegetables. I feel that these people... even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point... can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegatable it will respond to you."