Agency Man 歌詞
Frank Zappa
Guitar vocals
Ian Underwood
Alto saxophone piano
Bunk Gardner
Tenor saxophone clarinet
Motorhead Sherwood
Baritone saxophone tambourine
Roy Estrada
Bass vocals
Don Preston
Electric piano
Arthur Tripp
Drums percussion
Jimmy Carl Black
Drums
Members of The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Were The Mothers of Invention Ahead of their time at least in the case of AGENCY MAN
Written in 1967
About Ronald Reagan running for president
Since Bill Casey was Reagan campaign manager and later became head of the CIA the idea of a political sales pitch emanating from an agency man takes on a whole new dimension
Sell us a president agency man
Smiling Big Brother stern father perhaps
Sell us a president agency man
A gay
Smiling up we know never craps
Let's try California
Pay us first before we do it
We get a smilin nazi
March him right on through
Wham a baby
Kiss a baby
Ladies in for tea
And here's a bunch of speeches
Well toss 'em in for free
Sell us a president agency man
Smiling Big Brother stern father perhaps
Sell us a president agency man
A gay
Smiling up we know never craps
We'll sell him in the movies
On the tube throughout the year
We'll sell him by the bucket
To the Okies drinking beer
We'll teach him how to walk and talk
We'll putty up his chin
We'll print his picture everywhere
Of course the shmuck will win
From the heart of Death Valley
To the ruling of our land
A simple trick you simple pig
It's just the way we planned