SIDE TWO (Track 04) - 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:
Yeah!
(Got no place to go.)
I'm tired of walkin'
Up and down the street all by myself.
(No love left for me to give.)
I try and try,
But no-one wants me the way I am.
Why should I pretend I like
To roam from door to door?
Maybe I'll just kill myself.
I just don't care no more.
Because I'm not satisfied.
Everything I've tried.
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me.
Yeah!
Yeah!
(Who would care if I was gone?)
I never met no one who'd
Care if I was dead and gone.
(Who needs me to care for them?)
Nobody needs me,
Why should I just hang around?
Why should I just sit and watch
While the others smile?
I just wish that someone cared
If I was happy for a while.
Because I'm not satisfied.
Everything I've tried.
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me.
Yeah!