Frank Zappa How The Pigs` Music Works Lyrics

How The Pigs` Music Works Lyrics

Spider: I think I can explain about about how the pigs' music works

Monica: Well, this should be interesting

Spider: Remember that they
make music with a very dense light

John: Yeah

Monica: O.K.

Spider: And remember about the smoke standing still and how they they really
get uptight when you try to move the smoke, right?

Monica: Right

John: Yeah?

Spider: I think the music in that dense light is probably
what makes the smoke stand still. As soon as the pony's mane starts to get good
in the back any sort of motion, especially of smoke or gas, begins to make the
ends split

Monica: Well don't the splitting ends change the density of
the ponies' music so it affects the density of the pigs' music, which makes the
smoke move which upsets the pigs?

Spider: No, it isn't like that

John: Well, how does it work?

Spider: Well, what it does is when it
strikes any sort of energy field or solid object or even something as ephemeral
as smoke, the first thing it does is begins to inactivate the molecular motion
so that it slows down and finally stops. That's why the smoke stops. And also
have you ever noticed how the the smoke clouds shrink up? That's because the
molecules come closer together. The cold light makes it get so small, this is
really brittle smoke

John: And that's why the pigs don't want you to
touch it

Spider: See, when the smoke gets that brittle what happens when
you try to move it is it disintegrates

John: And the pigs get uptight
'cause you know they, they worship that smoke. They salute it every day

Monica: You know we've got something here

John: And, and, and, and
that's the basis of all their nationalism. Like if they can't salute the smoke
every morning when they get up . . .

Spider: Yeah, it's a vicious circle.
You got it