Kansas and the BTO’s lyrics
by Frank Zappa
[Spoken]
Listen now wait a minute, wait a minute
Just pretend like you don't know me, you know. Don't make like I just arrived from Kansas, ok?
Kansas?
Kansas?
Excuse me but I never saw anyone in Kansas whose dressed like that
Do you wear those kinda clothes all the time?
Yes
Everyday huh?
It's our daily apparel, sometimes we (very good) have even better things you know
It only happens once, they only look this way once
Yeah, that's right, only once
Only once
Yeah
Tomorrow it might be a different effect, you know just adding something else
Do you think you'd go to Kansas where no one even has long hair nor wear clothes like that? Do you?
Sure, I would like to go to Kansas, just to see how it is, you know
Would you?
Sure
Strip out
That's right you know I'll tell you that
So where do you y'all live?
Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon, where's that?
Laurel Canyon, the country store (red room)
The country store, what's that
It's great for socializing and all the groups to see. That's where music gets in, you know music always gets in there
Oh yeah, well I dig music. I just sit around in Kansas and play records all the time and uh, there's nothing else to do, you see. You don't go out as much, so you'll never get beat up by a bunch of drunks