Don't Eat There
Breakfast Conversations: A Musical Banquet of Absurdity by Frank Zappa
Lyrics
Are you having breakfast for lunch?
Question about having breakfast for lunch
I'm having breakfast and he's lunched
Stating that the speaker is having breakfast while someone else is having lunch
I'll tell you what, what
Expression of uncertainty or curiosity
Can you give me immediately? If
Request for something immediately
Not sooner, nothing hot
Emphasizing the urgency for something not hot
Nothing so that by the time
Nothing to interfere with the other person's eating
He's finished eating those hot
Referring to hot cakes the person is eating
Cakes and those dead things that
Reference to undesirable food
I won't finish myself
Not wanting to finish undesirable food
Bacon and eggs? Are you
Question about having bacon and eggs for breakfast
Are you gonna have breakfast? No no no no no
Strong denial of having breakfast
No no no no no no no
Continued denial with emphasis
He'll never go for that
Prediction that the person will not agree to having breakfast
No no no, a roll and some orange juice
Suggesting a modest breakfast with a roll and orange juice
Jimmy Graham
Mentioning Jimmy Graham, possibly a reference to a person or place
Orange juice and uh a roll, uh huh?
Suggesting a simple breakfast of orange juice and a roll
One stale roll yeah
Specifically mentioning a stale roll
Bread and water one stale roll
Expressing gratitude for bread and water
Bread and water thank you
Thanking someone for the minimal sustenance
Frank, you really missed it at
Reference to a past event at a club
The club last night
Recounting a missed experience at the club
You should have seen what went on, man
Suggestion that something interesting happened at the club
If you would have had
If the speaker had a tape recorder, they could have captured the events
Your tape recorder there
Regret over not having a recording device
You would have been rolling on the ground
Imagining the speaker rolling on the ground in laughter
Holding your sides it
Describing a great and amusing experience
Was the greatest everybody was out
Everyone was intoxicated and enjoying themselves
Of it, drinking wine
People were drinking cheap wine
Cheap wine and then there was this group
Description of a musical group playing
This nice tight little group that was
Describing a tight-knit musical group
Playin' and they did
The group played only two songs
About two numbers, and he said "Okay, uh
Invitation for others to join the performance
Any of you guys wanna come up here?" And of
Old Stewed Simmons was eager to check out the guitarist
Course Old Stewed Simmons was the first one
Audience member checking the guitarist's instrument
To check out the cat's guitar
Referring to a character named Old Stewed Simmons
And so he immediately procceeded to play lead
Old Stewed Simmons playing lead guitar
This chick came out of the audience, man
A female audience member resembling Janis Joplin
A la Janis
Comparison of the woman to Janis Joplin
Joplin in a gold lame, only she was rancid
Describing the woman as rancid or unpleasant
And she came out there and tried to sing
The woman attempting to sing like Buddy Miles
Blues changes like Buddy Miles or something
Her singing attempt not working well
But it just didn't work 'cause
Explanation of why her singing failed
She was singing, "Get yourself together
The woman singing about getting oneself together
You are where it's at
Singing about being in the right place
" she did it for like forty minutes, man
Describing the woman's lengthy performance
It was wonderful
Expressing admiration for the extended performance
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