Inca Roads

Album: One Size Fits All (1975)
Play Video
  • Frank zappa (guitar, vocals)
    George duke (keyboards, synthesizer, lead vocals)
    Napoleon murphy brock (flute, tenor saxophone, vocals)
    Chester thompson (drums)
    Tom fowler (bass)
    Ruth underwood (vibes, marimba, percussion)
    Bloodshot rollin' red (harmonica)

    Did a vehicle
    Come from somewhere out there
    Just to land in the andes?
    Was it round
    And did it have
    A motor
    Or was it
    Something
    Different

    Did a vehicle
    Did a vehicle
    Did a vehicle
    Fly along the mountains
    And find a place to park itself

    Or did someone
    Build a place
    To leave a space
    For such a vehicle to land

    Did a vehicle
    Come from somewhere out there
    Did a vehicle
    Come from somewhere out there
    Did the indians, first on the bill
    Carve up the hill

    Did a booger-bear
    Come from somewhere out there
    Just to land in the andes?
    Was she round
    And did she have a motor
    Or was she something different

    Guacamole queen
    Guacamole queen
    Guacamole queen
    Guacamole queen
    At the armadillo in austin texas, her aura,
    Or did someone build a place
    Or leave a space for chester's thing to land
    (chester's thing... on ruth)
    Did a booger-beer
    Come from somewhere out there
    Did a booger-bear
    Come from somewhere out there
    Did the indians, first on the bill
    Carve up her hill
    On ruth
    On ruth
    That's ruth
    Writer/s: BURT F BACHARACH, HAL DAVID
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Anthony Teresi from Los Angeles, CaI have an original copy of the drum chart of Inca Roads in Frank's hand, as handed to me by Frank hmself in approx 1972. I was wondering if there is any interest in an auction?
  • Diane from CaliforniaMy favorite Zappa song. Thanks Alexander I'm going to be paying attention to find the skip you speak of.
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Timothy B. Schmit

Timothy B. SchmitSongwriter Interviews

The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.

80s Video Director Jay Dubin

80s Video Director Jay DubinSong Writing

Billy Joel and Hall & Oates hated making videos, so they chose a director with similar contempt for the medium. That was Jay Dubin, and he has a lot to say on the subject.

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in Songs

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in SongsSong Writing

Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.

The Truth Is Out There: A History of Alien Songs

The Truth Is Out There: A History of Alien SongsSong Writing

The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry.

Church Lyrics

Church LyricsMusic Quiz

Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.

Don Dokken

Don DokkenSongwriter Interviews

Dokken frontman Don Dokken explains what broke up the band at the height of their success in the late '80s, and talks about the botched surgery that paralyzed his right arm.