Trouble Every Day

<br>Frank zappa (lead guitar, vocals)<br><br>Lowell george (guitar, vocals)<br><br>Roy estrada (bass)<br><br>Don preston (keyboards)<br><br>Buzz gardner (trumpet)<br><br>Ian underwood (alto saxophone)<br><br>Bunk gardner (tenor saxophone)<br><br>Motorhead sherwood (baritone saxophone)<br><br>Jimmy carl black (drums)<br><br>Arthur tripp (drums)<br><br><br><br>Well Im about to get up sick<br><br>From watchin my t.v.<br><br>Been checkin out the news<br><br>Until my eyeballs fail to see<br><br>I mean to say that every day<br><br>Is just another rotten mess<br><br>And when its gonna change, my friend<br><br>Is anybodys guess<br><br>So Im watching and Im waiting<br><br>Hopin for the best<br><br>Even think I go to praying<br><br>Every time I hear them sayin<br><br>That theres no way to delay<br><br>That trouble comin everyday<br><br>No way to delay<br><br>That trouble comin every day<br><br><br><br>Wednesday I watched the riot<br><br>Ive seen the cops out on the street<br><br>Watch them throwing rocks and stuff and choking in the heat<br><br>Listen to reports<br><br>About the whiskey passin round<br><br>Seen the smoke and fire<br><br>And the market burnin down<br><br>Watched while everybody on his street would take a turn<br><br>They stomp and smash and bash and crash and slash and bust n burn<br><br>And Im watching and Im waitin hopin for the best<br><br>Even think I go to prayin<br><br>Every time I hear em sayin<br><br>That theres no way to delay<br><br>That trouble comin every day<br><br>No way to delay<br><br>That trouble comin everyday<br><br><br><br>You can cool it<br><br>You can heat it<br><br>Cause baby I dont need it<br><br>Take your t.v. tube and eat it<br><br>And all that phony stuff on sports<br><br>And all those unconfirmed reports<br><br>You know I watch that rotten box<br><br>Until my head begin to hurt<br><br>From checkin out the way<br><br>The newsmen say they get the dirt<br><br>Before the guys on channel so and so<br><br>And further they assert<br><br>That any show they litter up<br><br>They bring you news if it comes up<br><br>They say that if the place blows up<br><br>They will be the first to tell<br><br>Cause the boys they got downtown<br><br>Working hard and doin swell<br><br>And if anybody gets the news<br><br>Before it hits the streets<br><br>They say that no one blams it faster<br><br>Their coverage cant be beat<br><br>And if another woman driver<br><br>Gets machine gunned from her seat<br><br>Theyll send some joker with a brownie<br><br>And youll see it all complete<br><br><br><br>So Im watching and Im waiting<br><br>Hopin for the best<br><br>Even think I go to praying<br><br>Every time I hear them saying<br><br>That theres no way to delay<br><br>That trouble comin everyday<br><br>No way to delay<br><br>That trouble comin every day<br><br><br><br>Well Ive seen the fires burnin<br><br>And the local people turnin<br><br>All the merchants and the shops<br><br>Who use to sell their brooms and mops<br><br>And every other household item<br><br>Watch the mob just turn and bite em<br><br>And they say it serve them right<br><br>Because a few of them are white<br><br>And its the same across the nation<br><br>Black and white discrimination<br><br>Yell and you can understand me<br><br>And all that other crap they hand me<br><br>In the papers and t.v.<br><br>And all that mass stupidity<br><br>That seems to grow more everyday<br><br>These time of year some asshole say<br><br>He wants to go and do you in<br><br>Cause the color of your skin<br><br>Just dont appeal to him<br><br>No matter if its black or white<br><br>Because hes out for blood tonight