Dumb All Over lyrics

Whoever we are, wherever we're from

We shoulda noticed by now, our behavior is dumb

And if our chances expect to improve

It's gonna take a lot more, than trying to remove the other race

Or the other whatever, from the face

Of the planet altogether

They call it THE EARTH, which is a dumb kinda name

But they named it right, cause we behave the same...

We are dumb all over

Dumb all over, yes we are

Dumb all over, near an' far

Dumb all over, black an' white

People, we is not wrapped tight

Nerds on the left, nerds on the right

Religious fanatics on the air every night

Saying the Bible tells the story

Makes the details sound real gory

About what to do if the geeks over there

Don't believe in the book we got over here

You can't run a race without no feet

An' pretty soon there won't be no street

For dummies to jog on or doggies to dog on

Religious fanatics can make it be all gone

It won't blow up an' disappear

It'll just look ugly for a thousand years...

You can't run a country by a book of religion

Not by a heap or a lump or a smidgeon

Of foolish rules of ancient date

Designed to make you all feel great

While you fold, spindle and mutilate

Those unbelievers from a neighboring state

TO ARMS! TO ARMS! Hooray! That's great

Two legs ain't bad unless there's a crate

They ship the parts to mama in

For souvenirs: two ears - Get Down!

Not his, not hers, but what the hey?

The Good Book says: "It's gotta be that way!"

But their book says: "REVENGE THE CRUSADES!!!!..."

With whips an' chains an' hand grenades..."

TWO ARMS? TWO ARMS? Have another and another

Our God says: "There ain't no other!"

Our God says: "It's all okay!"

Our God says: "This is the way!"

It says in the book: "Burn and destroy....."

An' repent, an' redeem, an' revenge, an' deploy

An' rumble thee forth to the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side

Cause they don't go for what's in the Book

An' that makes 'em BAD

So, verily we must choppeth them up

Or stompeth them down

Or rent a nice French bomb

To poof them out of existence

While leaving their real estate just where we need it

To use again for temples in which to praise OUR GOD

"Cause He can really take care of business!"

And when His humble TV servant

With humble white hair and humble glasses

And a nice brown suit

And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls

Tells us it's okay to do this stuff, then we're supposed do it

Cause if we don't do it, we ain't gwine up to hebbin!

(Depending on which book you're using at the time...)

Can't use theirs... it's all lies...... Gotta use mine... Ain't that right?

That's what they say -- Every night... Every day...

Hey, we can't really be dumb, if we're just following God's Orders

Well let's get serious, God knows what he's doin'

He wrote this book here an' in the Book He says:

"He made us all to be just like Him,"

So... If we're dumb... Then God is dumb...

An' maybe even a little ugly on the side

DUMB ALL OVER – a little ugly on the side

DUMB ALL OVER – a little ugly on the side

DUMB ALL OVER – a little ugly on the side

• Artist:Frank Zappa
• Album:You Are What You Is