Frank Zappa The Central Scrutinizer Lyrics

The Central Scrutinizer Lyrics

Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
Warren cucurullo (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Denny walley (slide guitar, vocals)
Ike willis (lead vocals)
Peter wolf (keyboards)
Tommy mars (keyboards)
Arthur barrow (bass, vocals)
Ed mann (percussion)
Vinnie colaiuta (drums)
Jeff (tenor saxophone)
Marginal chagrin (baritone saxophone)
Stumuk (bass saxophone)
Dale bozzio (vocals)
Al malkin (vocals)
Craig steward (harmonica)

Sometimes when you’re not looking he just sneaks up on you. he looks like a
cheap sort of flying saucer about five feet across with a snout-like megaphone
apparatus in the front with two big eye
Nted like appletons with miniature motorized frowning chrome eyebrows over
them. along the side of his disc-like body are several sets of stupid-looking
headers and exhaust hoses which apparentl
Pel him and punctuate his dialogue with horrible smelling smoke rings. in the
middle of his head we can see an airport wind sock and constantly twirling
anemometer. the bottom of him has a landi
Ght and three spoked wheels. in spite of all this, it is obvious that the way
he really gets around is by being dangled from place to place by a union guy
with a dark green shirt up in the roof
S eating a sandwich (pieces of which drop off every once in a while and lodge
themselves near the hole where they put the oil in that makes the cheap
smoke).

He hovers into view and speaks to us thusly...

Central scrutinizer:
This is the central scrutinizer...it is my responsibility to enforce all the
laws that haven’t been passed yet. it is also my responsibility to alert each
and every one of you to the potential c
Uences of various ordinary everyday activities you might be performing which
could eventually lead to *the death penalty* (or affect your parents’ credit
rating). our criminal institutions are f
F little creeps like you who do wrong things...and many of them were driven to
these crimes by a horrible force called music!

Our studies have shown that this horrible force is so dangerous to society at
large that laws are being drawn up at this very moment to stop it forever!
cruel and inhuman punishments are being c
Lly described in tiny paragraphs so they won’t conflict with the constitution
(which, itself, is being modified in order to accommodate the future).

I bring you now a special presentation to show what can happen to you if you
choose a career in music...the white zone is for loading and unloading
only...if you have to load or unload, go to th
Te zone... you’ll love it...it’s a way of life...ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...hi, it’s
me, I’m back. this is the central scrutinizer...the white zone is for loading
and unloading only...if yah gotta loa
If yah gotta unload, go to the white zone. you’ll love it...it’s a way of life.
that’s right, you’ll love it, it’s a way of life, that’s right, you’ll love it,
it’s a way of life, you’ll love i
Is, is, the central scrutinizer!