SIDE ONE (Track 01) - written by Frank Zappa
"Freak Out!" is the mainstream debut of studio musician Frank Zappa and his band The Mothers of Invention. It is considered as one of the first concept albums in rock music, as well as being the second double-album (Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" being the first).
The album is notable for its satirical and experimental content that would be the bedrock of many Mothers albums (and future Zappa solo releases) to come.
Originally issued on Verve Records in June 1966.
LYRICS:
Mr. America, walk on by
Your schools that do not teach.
Mr. America, walk on by
The minds that won't be reached.
Mr. America, try to hide
The emptiness that's you inside.
But once you find that the way you lied
And all the corny tricks you tried
Will not forestall the rising tide of hungry freaks, daddy!
They won't go on for no more
Great mid-western hardware store.
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren't afraid to say
What's on their minds,
The left behinds
Of the great society.
Hungry freaks, daddy!
Mr. America, walk on by
Your supermarket dream!
Mr. America, walk on by
The liquor store supreme!
Mr. America, try to hide
The product of your savage pride,
The useful minds that it denied,
The day you shrugged and stepped aside.
You saw their clothes, and then you cried,
"Those hungry freaks, daddy!"
They won't go on for no more
Great mid-western hardware store.
Philosophy that turns away
From those who aren't afraid to say
What's on their minds,
The left behinds
Of the great society.
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