Zappa, Frank - Dancin' Fool Lyrics






I don't know much about dancin'
That's why I got this song
One of my legs is shorter than the other
And both my feet's too long
'Course now right along with 'em
I got no natural rhythm
But I go dancin' every night
Hopin' one day I might get it right
I'm a Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool
I hear that beat
I jump outta my seat
But I can't compete
'Cause I'm a
Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool

The disco folks all dressed up
Like they's fit to kill
I walk on in 'n see 'em there
Gonna give them all a thrill
When they see me comin'
They all steps aside
They has a fit while I commit
My social suicide

I'm a Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool
I'm a Dancin' fool

The beat goes on
And I'm so wrong
(Ahhhhhh)
The beat goes on
And I'm so wrong
(Ahhhhhh)
The beat goes on
And I'm so wrong
(Ahhhhhh)

The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
Dancin' fool,
I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
Dancin' fool

Yowsa, yowsa, yowsa

I've got it all together now
With my very own disco clothes, hey!
My shirt's half open, to show you my chain
And the spoon for up my nose
I am-a really something
That's what you'd probably say
So smoke your little smoke
Drink your little drink
While I dance the night away

I'm a
Dancin' fool
I'm a
Dancin' fool
I'm a
Dancin' fool
I'm a
Dancin' fool
He's a
Dancin' fool

I may be totally wrong but I'm a
I may be totally wrong but I'm a
I may be totally wrong but I'm a
I May Be Totally wrong but I'm a FOOL, yeah! Uh!

Hey, darlin'... can I buy ya a couple 'a drinks, Hmm?
Lookin' for Mister Goodbar?
Here he is...
Wait a minute...
I've got it... you're an Italian!
Huh?
Yer Jewish?
Love your nails ...
You must be a Libra... Your place or mine?
Heh heh heh yeah...





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  1. S.... B....

    Social suicide what a statement. Ha.ha ha.thats Frank.

  2. B.... F....

    So damn funny.

  3. c.... ....

    Love & Respect for Frank Zappa <3

  4. K.... C....

    The beat goes on and I'm so wrong :-)>

  5. R.... ....

    Frank knew that "Disco Sucked", We all miss him.

  6. g.... ....

    Yowza, Yowza, Yowza!!!

  7. J.... D....

    02:16-02:23 was infamously deleted by the late great 99X/WXLO NYC, most likely a result of an in house razor blade splice and replace with scotch tape edit, probably an order handed down by station managment in order not to offend younger listeners or to prevent any confrontation with the FCC in regards to the song's reference to cocaine useage.

  8. s.... ....

    Pretty much just sounds like a crappy number from a Broadway musical.

    s.... ....

    Zappa is overrated. People think that they are smarter than anyone else because they "Get him". He is very talented but a lot of his stuff is pretty mediocre...

    s.... ....

    Steve P couldn’t agree more!

  9. f.... ....

    When they see me comin’, they all steps aside. They has a fit while I commit my social suicide!

  10. j.... m....

    Dr. Demento.

  11. n.... ....

    I loved the pre-PC era. You could say anything you want and people laughed if they felt like it or ignored it if they didn't. And you didn't have people left and right offended by every word or sentence that was not sanitized

  12. n.... n....

    Yowsa Yowsa Yowsa.....

  13. U.... ....

    Shake your booty

  14. R.... ....

    imaybetotallywrongbutima

  15. C.... B....

    Zelda cartoons brought me here.

  16. G.... E....

    it's funny how no smarmy comments about dead loved ones...LOL I have noticed nearly every serious song has bullshit comments like that from people needing attention, and they get it from the suckers.

  17. L.... C....

    Surprised this doesn't have more views. This one was pretty big back in the day.

  18. G.... B....

    I
    May
    Be
    Totaly
    Wrong
    But
    Im
    A
    Fool

  19. J.... T....

    Hahahahahaha SOCIAL SUICIDE!!! that was Fank Zappa's thing,he made a living off of committing social suicide,,, he was quite brilliant while the rest of us fell into depression for being rejected at the time.

  20. Y.... V....

    Aw, i am going to add a public comment because it is what is asked, im i right mom ?

  21. J.... C....

    Always loved the cheeky xylophone clonking away😁

  22. F.... O....

    I'm sheiking mybouti right now

  23. U.... �....

    3:30 ... "You' re jewish ..oh.?

    "Love your nails."
    Haha .. these are the last thoughts of Jesus.

    U.... �....

    NO, they are NOT. When He was on the cross YOU were on His mind.

    U.... �....

    @Larz Gustafsson

    .... Ich weiß ...
    Aber wußte es Zappa ?

  24. R.... T....

    Just the best...I have 30 Zappa Albums & I still have not scratched the surface of this Genius!!

  25. M.... H....

    Every chick who's a 2 at 10, is a 10 at 2.

  26. J.... C....

    Amitarshmldshsturetsdami.... lama 🤣🤣🤣

  27. D.... S....

    Yowza, yowza, yowza!

  28. D.... R....

    Anyone here listening in 2019 😂

  29. H.... K....

    Who freehanded the album title?

  30. E.... M....

    The best music ever

  31. b.... p....

    Awesome, lmao.....!!!

  32. B.... S....

    Frank Zappa taking the entire Disco Scene down in 1978 like the boss that he was. 👍

    B.... S....

    a-FUCKIN'-men!!!

  33. P.... ....

    Re listening to this song, I never realized the entire lyrics were about his awkward use of a euphemistic leg.

  34. B.... ....

    No song needed to be in DDR cabinets more than this.

  35. B.... A....

    In 1979 this song motivated me to hike 25 miles during the Boy Scout 50 mile Afoot Afloat award competition.

  36. j.... t....

    I've got it all together now...

  37. B.... G....

    Peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979.

  38. r.... E....

    Heard this for the first time yesterday on the radio, and almost crashed my car because I was laughing so hard.

  39. F.... V....

    Grande Francesco!

  40. B.... G....

    Peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979, his second biggest hit song behind 1982’s “Valley Girl”.

  41. F.... M....

    ZaPPa loved to piss the Media off. Imagine what he would be capable of with today's Social Media Rats .😜

    Nobody has yet even come close to ZAPPA'S amazing talent in the 21st century...👍😎

    F.... M....

    Frank M there’ll never be another Zappa.

    F.... M....

    Its what I LOVED about Frank...his absolute disdain for media whores...lololo

  42. M.... ....

    I'm here because my trombone professor has fantastic musical taste

  43. R.... ....

    An enormous loss, the day Frank left us. Everything he was so worried and vocal about, as actually come to pass, but much worse.

  44. L.... C....

    licksquid

  45. T.... ....

    This song was a 1970s disco era parody

    T.... ....

    No Shit, Sherlock.

  46. R.... R....

    A little spoon of 'Fark yhou' from Frank to the Bee-gees.

  47. t.... 1....

    I love your music it's so good

  48. W.... ....

    Nobody like him then and sure as hell nobody like him now.

  49. F.... V....

    Merci pour cette lucidité !

  50. A.... S....

    meravigliosa

  51. S.... A....

    If you dont chew big red or listen to Frank Zappa then fuck you

  52. t.... ....

    The mix on this recording isn't too good.

  53. J.... T....

    They "we're only it for the money!" Thank you Mom!

  54. s.... ....

    nice to hear this again

  55. n.... c....

    He did it all for the wookie

  56. m.... m....

    FRANK WROTE THIS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE DISCO ERA. HE NAILED IT......DIE BEE GEES DIE!!!

  57. K.... M....

    I remember listening to this song on the radio when I was a senior in high school.

  58. m.... m....

    the song that put the final shovelful of dirt on the grave of disco

  59. T.... ....

    This showed that disco really sucked!

  60. S.... ....

    How come this never caught on as a disco song?

    S.... ....

    Well it was mocking the disco culture. That’s not exactly going to thrill disco lovers and propel the song to the top of the dance charts. It did chart at #45 on the US Billboards.

  61. T.... H....

    One of America's true treasures. He has since passed, yet his works lives on !!!

  62. S.... S....

    <3 <3 <3 no coment .

  63. P.... ....

    Genius in France anybody?

    P.... ....

    Sweetbutterflykripperino "But nevertheless and in spite of the evidence, I am so widely considered to be a genius in France."

  64. k.... G....

    one word for this song or album for that matter... Oye!!

  65. S.... K....

    Danscenephuul!

  66. A.... A....

    وانا احسبك خليجي من الجروح و القصايد

  67. a.... ....

    IMAYBETOTTALYWRONGBUTIMA...

  68. R.... l....

    te una imaginació per composar molt bona

  69. j.... S....

    looking for mr goodbar hear he is. lol.

  70. j.... S....

    I am a dancing fool.

  71. J.... ....

    3:17 - the audio equivalent of "a picture's worth a thousand words" :D

  72. D.... R....

    Billy was a mountain......

  73. M.... I....

    Frank Zappa memed before it was cool.

  74. B.... A....

    Yowza yowza yowza

  75. R.... ....

    1:21 = Someone is texting you back in 1979.

  76. M.... ....

    "one of my leg's shorter than the other" zappa taking a jab at himself after he got operated when he fell from a stage. (pushed by some crazy fan)

  77. D.... M....

    41 people have committed social suicide.

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

    my heart and soul forever

    my heart and soul forever



    miss ya Frank, remember the Russian Lady.hope the beer was cold enough....

  79. S.... L....

    My ringtone ;)

  80. J.... C....

    hold it now
    3:25
    Come on!

    J.... C....

    Dream Theater!!!!

  81. H.... M....

    so so me..................................

  82. T.... G....

    ''DANCIN' FOOL '' should be added to the ''SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER '' SOUNDTRACK as the closing song !

    T.... G....

    Brilliant

    T.... G....

    No, it shouldn't, but then again, people like you have to hate dance music completely.

  83. H.... M....

    ah, feeling better now

  84. J.... C....

    fuck imust of been drug fucked back in 74

  85. H.... M....

    dance and continue..............................................................inhale and breathe.........................................................

  86. C.... B....

    Zelda cartoons did it!

  87. V.... V....

    I wish I could listen !!!why so much DAMN BUFFERING?😖

  88. D.... ....

    remember Valley girl

  89. R.... C....

    ahhhh Franky, u r pure gold my brudda. luvs from Australia

  90. k.... ....

    It''s hilarious the way Zappa mocks the disco crowd toward this end of this song. "Hey baby, looking for Mr. Good bar - here he is" "wait a minute, I've got it, you're an Italian" "love your nails" "hey baby, let me buy you a drink" "Your place or mine." Frank Zappa was so awesome.

    k.... ....

    I had a T-shirt that I would wear on the very rare occasion when I would go. it said "Tell me know before I spend $10 on drinks" (in those days $10 was a lot to spend for drinks)

    k.... ....

    Now you can barely avoid it depending on where you go.

  91. G.... B....

    i may be totaly wrong but im a fool

  92. C.... E....

    Great disco parody from the king of satire! Zappa dissed middle class consumerism on Absolutely Free and followed it up dismissing hippie pretentiousness on We're Only In it For the Money. And he'd soon follow Dancin' Fool with Valley Girl, with his daughter Moon's spot-on imitation of the snotty rich air headed California girl.

    C.... E....

    Now you only need to visit your local Starbucks, and every young person speaks this way. I wonder if Frank Zappa and his daughter knew that Valley speak would infect the whole country in a couple more decades?

  93. W.... o....

    "You're an Italian." lol

  94. W.... o....

    "The best music has already been written by guys wearing wigs and such..."

  95. S.... Z....

    sad his kids are fighting for that 40 million.

    S.... Z....

    all will inheriters do

    S.... Z....

    Gee whiz, 40 mill is plenty to go around!

    S.... Z....

    Well he had 4 kids. That is 10 million dollars per kid. What is there to fight about?

  96. B.... S....

    Just think, All we really have in Fukin Lady Gaga, & stupid shit. Emo dumb shit. Thats why Zappa rules. Always did, ALWAYS WILL. Suck it Pop.

  97. m.... m....

    miss you big guy

  98. J.... H....

    I'm a dancing fool for sure.