The Air

Frank zappa (guitar, vocals, percussion)

Ray collins (vocals)

Jimmy carl black (drums)

Roy estrada (electric bass)

Don preston (electric piano)

Billy mundi (drums)

Bunk gardner (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bassoon)

Ian underwood (electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)

Arthur tripp (drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes)

Motorhead sherwood (tenor saxophone, tambourine)

Ruth komanoff (marimba, vibes)

The air

Escaping from your mouth

The hair

Escaping from your nose

My heart

Escaping from the scraping

And the shaping

Of the draping...

I'm awaking

In a t-shirt

In a chevy

At a beach

And i'm freezing

And i'm wheezing

And i know

You were only teasing

Then i hit you

And i beat you

And told you

That i love you

In my car

In a jar

The air

Escaping from your pits

The hair

Escaping from my teeth

My hands

Are gripping

But they're slipping

And they're dripping

'cause i'm tripping

I got busted

Coming through customs

With a suitcase

Full of tapes

It was special

Tape recording

And they grabbed me

While i was boarding

Then they hit me

And they beat me

And they told me

They don't like me

And i crashed

In my nash

We can crash

In my nash

Etc.