Frank Zappa - Zomby Woof Lyrics






[backing vocals Tina Turner & The Ikettes]

Three hundred years ago
I thought I might get some sleep
I stretched myself out onna antique bed
An' my spirit did a midnite creep

You know I'll never sleep no more

It seem to me that it just ain't wise

Didja ever wake up in the mornin'
With a ZOMBY WOOF behind your eyes

Just about as evil as you could be

I am the ZOMBY WOOF
I'm that creature all the ladies been
Talkin' about

I am the ZOMBY WOOF
They all seek for shelter when I come chargin' out

Tellin' you all the Zomby troof
Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOF

Tellin' you all the Zomby troof
Here I'm is...

Reety-awrighty, he da ZOMBY WOOF
Reety-awrighty, he da ZOMBY WOOF

They said aw-reety
An' they was aw-righty
An' I was a Zomby for you, little lady...

I got a great big pointed fang
Which is my Zomby Toof
My right foot's bigger than my other one is
Like a reg'lar Zomby Hoof
If I raid your dormitorium
Don't try to remain aloof...

I might snatch you up screamin' through the window all nekkid
An' do it to you on the roof, don't mess with the
ZOMBY WOOF

I am about as evil as a Boogie Man can be!

Tellin' you all the Zomby Troof
Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOF

Tellin' you all the Zomby Troof
Here I'm is, the ZOMBY WOOF





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  1. W.... T....

    The great Ralph Humphrey--what a floor he puts under Frank here on Zomby Woof. Great accents and fills.

  2. r.... y....

    1970s rocked. Was a great era to be a child. Today. NOT!

  3. M.... M....

    5% Cool song
    15 % Bloo
    80% aP MuSiC ThEoRy

  4. x.... ....

    Wait no way yall niggas mean to tell me when im going to school i get mf some old french gay shit and yall get frank zappa? Big fuckin yeet bro

  5. P.... P....

    Mike Portnoy brought me here.

  6. A.... B....

    Frank was instrumental and jazzy with that amazing guitar work unique solos and riffs love it miss you and lov ya bro R.I.P from ST Alfonzo

  7. Y.... m....

    "did you ever wake up with a zomby woof behind your eyes" 😂 frank says it as if it's a common relatable problem for many people.

  8. S.... M....

    There's music and there's this -FZ is out there as a best sub category ☆'they say alreety and they was alrighty! !!!

  9. F.... F....

    Outrageous!

  10. J.... J....

    Don't know wtf AP theory is but I do know good old-school music!

    J.... J....

    exam for AP music theory students last spring

  11. G.... S....

    Frank era un genio....lo amo dall'81...a Genova ero in prima fila...anche a Milano...

  12. W.... F....

    Tf is all this AP music whatever? Lol

    W.... F....

    apparently this song was used for the AP music theory exam last spring in the USA

  13. D.... H....

    Every single Seventies music scene in one album track. Trust me. You had to be there. And if you were, you know it's true.

  14. m.... ....

    11 years old, sparked a jay w/ my bro; headphones on his waterbed, I've been THIS WAY EVER SINCE! 🤯Wouldn't change a thing

  15. F.... m....

    3:20 sONG STARTS

  16. G.... G....

    I tried the music genre change that you recommend back in the early 1970's. Right now I'm on a horse in Montana, holding a pair of fancy tweezers, trying to get the dental floss crop off before the winter storm hits us this weekend.

    G.... G....

    Montana is a beautiful state.

  17. P.... A....

    50% of comments AP Music Theory
    25% Original fans of Zappa
    25% other comments

    P.... A....

    10% bloo

  18. O.... D....

    i wish this was a theory excerpt for my 2014 class all we got was Debussy :p

  19. j.... ....

    Have you ever wake up with the zombie wolves in front of your eyes I have Don't Bite Me Don't Kick Me

  20. J.... K....

    One of my favorite Frank guitar solos of all time!

  21. H.... M....

    best solo ever!!!

  22. m.... ....

    Is every goddamn comment about the AP music test

  23. T.... U....

    sleep is not wise

  24. C.... C....

    Just. Fucking. Superb. End. Of. Fucking. Story. Fucking. End of......

    C.... C....

    Say it again.

  25. R.... A....

    FRANK ZAPPA IS THE BEST!!

  26. C.... D....

    That I literally shit cum when this came on during the AP Music Exam

  27. T.... G....

    Over-nite fait partie des albums les plus abordables pour les néophytes du grand oiseau,heu pardon , du grand wazoo, avant d 'attaquer ses oeuvres contemporaines (ircam pierre boulez) . Matez la vidéo de captain beefheart au midem de cannes ,ça vous plongera dans l'ambiance de l'époque
    , il nous reste dweezil et steve vai pour la continuité conceptuelle.

  28. B.... H....

    I think he is just kidding about doing it to her up on the roof. Just a good rhyme. Frank was a big kidder. A married man who didn't chase the groupies. He thought it was bullshit. "Only 13 and she knows how to nasty", he sang. Fuck that. Jailbait. The youngest girl I ever dated was 16. Sweet 16 and lost her virginity at 12. Mike Gortmaker was his name. Great kid. Hilarious smartass. He died young. Amoral Catholic. His Dad was a stockbroker. He lost $2,000 for my Dad, promising big profits. He went into the restaurant business afterwards, probably with Catholic Mafia money and then his restaurant went belly up. He then moved his family out of our wealthy neighborhood and I lost contact with them, except I saw Mike and his older sister Julie at a night club just before Mike died. Mike was sloppy drunk and all coked up and left to drive home. Julie said that it was scary.

  29. B.... H....

    Hard to dance to. Too many beat changes. Happy music, though. Love it to death.

  30. B.... H....

    I wasn't born a Zombie Woof, I adapted to an evil, dangerous world. It is not a part of my essential nature. Like God said of His destructive work punishing the wicked, it is strange to Him. It was added to my weapons in the war against the forces of darkness after I repented and begged God for mercy.

  31. t.... i....

    Love from sweden........Zappa was/is a genius......

  32. C.... C....

    Mother's......:)

  33. D.... K....

    Every channel who has a version of this song uploaded must be so confused as to why zombie woof's views have gone up exponentially...music theory gang.....

  34. D.... S....

    AP Music Theory gang

  35. R.... G....

    GODDAMN THIS SHIT WAS HOT DURING THE AP TEST

  36. J.... ....

    AP Music Theory gang

  37. O.... ....

    That’s some chromatic baseline huh

  38. M.... B....

    Bruh ap music theory gang rise up

  39. C.... R....

    We were all jammin during the ap test

  40. I.... S....

    Everyone in jazz band who took the AP Test looked plesently surprised when this played

  41. A.... C....

    How y’all doing on the music theory

  42. A.... C....

    THIS NOT THE MUSIC THEORY VERSION

  43. K.... S....

    This piece was performed by a jazz band for my AP music theory exam

  44. s.... ....

    AP music theory gang 👊

  45. J.... ....

    The intro was a minor third interval, rest in peace my AP score :(

    J.... ....

    Jawz4Lyfe shit I put 5th

    J.... ....

    @Ethan Nimmer Got the question right only because I already knew how to play the song!

  46. f.... ....

    ap music theory cd: the jazz piece will now be played for the first time

    Me: *piss leaks out of my jorts* t-the jazz w-wha-

    *TKTKTK TDRDRRR DR TKTKTK TDRDRRR DR*

  47. V.... D....

    Where’s the trombone part

    V.... D....

    It’s a different recording. This is the song with the lyrics. The one with the trombone was recorded by the asphalt orchestra

  48. F.... ....

    this caught me completely off guard during that ap music theory exam!! i was so hyped to hear this!

  49. H.... B....

    Hello AP Music Theory people

  50. N.... N....

    Music theory gang rise up

  51. S.... o....

    Everybody said they were bopping in the theory room but man we all burst into LAUGHTER we couldn’t contain ourselves. They played that shit 5 times and i was like ????

    S.... o....

    Our classroom all burst into laughter and we stared at each other after the first playing like wtf was that 😂

  52. E.... L....

    Bluecoats vs my AP Theory Exam

  53. j.... ....

    ap music theory what’s good
    this caught me so OFF GUARD

  54. D.... H....

    This shit had me bumpin during the AP test today

    D.... H....

    Hugh G. Rection exactly!

  55. B.... ....

    god damn the entire ap music theory room was boppin during this excerpt

    B.... ....

    Braneeto lmao sameeee. I knew the trombone solo from Bluecoats 2017.

    B.... ....

    Hell yeah

    B.... ....

    The whole class chuckled after hearing it the first time. I don't know if it was our delirium or that we never expected such a song.

  56. V.... D....

    Who’s here from that lit excerpt from AP theory

  57. Y.... L....

    tfw u jammin to zomby woof on the ap theory exam

  58. i.... a....

    This piece had me shook

  59. H.... ....

    This was the best part of the AP music theory test

    H.... ....

    I didn’t answer any of the questions the first two playings of it, I was just like “ahh this is nice” q😂

    H.... ....

    Eduardo Lopez the dvorak piece he means

    H.... ....

    *College Board wants to know your location*

    H.... ....

    Songs My Mother Taught Me - Perlman, Crooks 1:13-3:00 FOUND IT

    H.... ....

    @Joshy J YOU ARE A GOD

  60. A.... B....

    AP Music Theory *jazz*

  61. E.... R....

    AP Music theory 2019 crew

  62. D.... ....

    AP Music Theory 2019 Gang

    D.... ....

    got a 5 reeeeeeeeeee

    D.... ....

    Richard Chen I GOT A 4 AND I AIN'T MAD HAH YESSS WE THRIVING

    D.... ....

    Yessss, college board spreading the Zappa joy

    D.... ....

    @Ethan Ray cris stapelton

  63. H.... D....

    AP MUSIC THEORY 2019 HERE WE GO!!!

  64. D.... D....

    This might be a perfect song.

  65. C.... G....

    Frank would be 84 this year.....Miss you, great F. Zappa...

    C.... G....

    He was born on December 21 1940

  66. W.... F....

    Zappa is the absolute most underrated guitarist right behind Robin Trower

  67. T.... S....

    One of the most underrated Zappa tracks ever

  68. J.... A....

    61 zombies

  69. P.... G....

    They should have made this the theme song to The Walking Dead. I might have actually watched an episode.

  70. t.... w....

    Beast mode guitar solo...

  71. L.... I....

    Zappa is the Durian of music

  72. G.... S....

    When you can't make music so you make shit and tell people with taste they don't understand it what a joke

  73. J.... C....

    Always so good

  74. J.... S....

    If you were ever worried that the next generation can't appreciate Zappa, check out these college kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37blzlnt5tk

  75. L.... M....

    BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  76. j.... ....

    The Ikettes’ background vocals were so goddamn amazing on this entire album. This and Apostrophe are two of Frank’s heaviest, rawest, and funkiest albums that he ever put out. I’m 32 years old, and it absolutely breaks my heart that most people my age or younger don’t have a shred of respect or appreciation for this kind of music. I’ve shown this album to so many friends of mine, and the overwhelming majority of them either didn’t understand it, didn’t like it, or a little bit of both. I guess the only thing I can do is take pity on them, because they’ll never be able to go to the aural paradises that Frank’s music can take you to. Eh, fuck em. More for the rest of us! Great googily moogily!

  77. v.... ....

    1:17 reminds me of Bobcat Goldthwait for some reason.

  78. D.... D....

    Its Steve Vay soloing.. FZ's stunt-guitarist :-)

    D.... D....

    No It's not, this was 1973, Vai didn't join for another few years, all the guitar work on here is Zappa himself.

  79. T.... l....

    God danm that solo never gets old

  80. j.... r....

    He had the best rocksolo whit muffin man 76

  81. S.... D....

    Didja ever wake up in the mornin'
    With a ZOMBY WOOF behind your eyes. Im not sure.....

  82. C.... ....

    damn this is soooo good !!!

  83. K.... S....

    After many years of incessantly listening to Frank, I can only just now say definitively that this song is (with a few others) tied for first as my fav of his. The album Overnite Sensation blows my fucking mind and adds so much therapeutic relief from this game of control or be controlled that we call life

  84. M.... B....

    "Well, I'm about to get upset,
    from watching my TV.
    Been checkin' out the news

    Until my eyeballs fail to see
    I mean to say that every day
    Is just another rotten mess
    And when it's gonna change, my friend
    Is anybody's guess

    So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
    Hopin' for the best
    Even think I'll go to prayin'
    Every time I hear 'em sayin'
    That there's no way to delay
    That trouble comin' every day
    No way to delay
    That trouble comin' every day

  85. J.... M....

    This is too good for words. Musically the bestest. Genius.

  86. J.... G....

    Frank was the master no mistaken

  87. J.... ....

    Been to Wyoming,does that count?didnt see any zircon encrusted tweezers for sale,but the truck stops were interesting for a boy from england..god bless the us and a,not sure frank would have liked the nu America,but still very much loved in czecoslovakia!

  88. J.... ....

    that’s why I’m moving to Montana ..soon!

  89. J.... ....

    Agree totally

  90. M.... D....

    Between "An' I was a Zomby for you, little lady . . ." and "I got a great big pointed fang" they laid down some seriously noted riffs.

  91. B.... 3....

    Six words lets go Blue!!!!! ........BLLLLLUUUUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

  92. l.... ....

    I remember buying this when it came out.
    Upon the first listening of the album ,
    I recall we all openly wept when this track finished

    "I might snatch you up screamin' through the window all nekkid
    An' do it to you on the roof, don't mess with the
    ZOMBY WOOF"

  93. E.... ....

    bloo 2k18!

  94. B.... C....

    what the fuck is blooo im peruvian

    B.... C....

    Bluecoats. Theyre basically a professional marching band

  95. F.... T....

    Garbage.

  96. G.... ....

    Jojo broute mi hyr

  97. A.... G....

    ...en el nor-oeste de la república mexicana se encuentra la árida Baja California,llena de ambientes,climas,costas ricas en color,aguas abiertas y aguas someras de privilegio a la vista,que ahora están cercadas por el sucio confort con el que describo el ecosistema de la región,la dorsal único muro de una severa larga franja se erige a veces llena de nieve otras incendiada por la devastadora arides generada por la escaces de la lluvia que entre son y son contonea millones de litros de agua..encerrada la flora y fauna en espera de su extinción sin sentido pero con menbrecia,es Baja California entre son y son.. welcom to Baja California México...Patria Libre,Venceremos!!!!

  98. C.... P....

    griezelig deze gitaar solo, blijft in mijn geheugen doorspelen,