Trouble Every Day

Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals) Lowell george (guitar, vocals) Roy estrada (ba*s) Don preston (keyboards) Buzz gardner (trumpet) Ian underwood (alto saxophone) Bunk gardner (tenor saxophone) Motorhead sherwood (baritone saxophone) Jimmy carl black (drums) Arthur tripp (drums) Well I'm about to get up sick From watchin my t.v. 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 watching and I'm waiting Hopin' for the best Even think I go to praying Every time I hear them sayin' That there's no way to delay That trouble comin' everyday No way to delay That trouble comin' every day Wednesday I watched the riot I've seen the cops out on the street Watch them throwing rocks and stuff and choking in the heat Listen to reports About the whiskey pa*sin' round Seen the smoke and fire And the market burnin' down Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn They stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust 'n burn And I'm watching and I'm waitin hopin' for the best Even think I 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' everyday You can cool it You can heat it Cause baby I don't need it Take your t.v. tube and eat it And all that phony stuff on sports And all those unconfirmed reports You know I watch that rotten box Until my head begin to hurt From checkin' out the way The newsmen say they get the dirt Before the guys on channel so and so And further they a*sert That any show they litter up They bring you news if it comes up They say that if the place blows up They will be the first to tell Cause the boys they got downtown Working hard and doin swell And if anybody gets the news Before it hits the streets They say that no one blams it faster Their coverage can't be beat And if another woman driver Gets machine gunned from her seat They'll send some joker with a brownie And youll see it all complete So I'm watching and I'm waiting Hopin for the best Even think I go to praying Every time I hear them saying That there's no way to delay That trouble comin' everyday No way to delay That trouble comin' every day Well I've seen the fires burnin' And the local people turnin' All the merchants and the shops Who use to sell their brooms and mops And every other household item Watch the mob just turn and bite em And they say it serve them right Because a few of them are white And it's the same across the nation Black and white discrimination Yell and you can understand me And all that other crap they hand me In the papers and t.v. And all that ma*s stupidity That seems to grow more everyday These time of year some a*shole say He wants to go and do you in Cause the color of your skin Just don't appeal to him No matter if it's black or white Because he's out for blood tonight