Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain Songtext
von Frank Zappa
Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain Songtext
It′s always been a business issue
The whole thing has been covered with the, uh
It's been injected with this moral tone, "Save the children!"
From what? From sex? From violence?
Look, a parent has the responsibility to educate their children about sex
You don′t want your child to know about sex, I think you're taking a risk
Because how can you expect a child to under— to protect itself
Or to understand the dangers of a weenie-wagger
Unless he knows what a weenie is?
You know, you can't keep them sexually ignorant, it′s dangerous for them
You want to protect your children from violence?
Don′t let 'em watch football
You know, what they′re talking about is really useless
And in law, I understand—although I only have a high school education
But somebody told me one time, that in matters pertaining to the First Amendment
You are supposed to look for the least restrictive alternative
And the least restrictive alternative in this case is, don't buy "Sugar Walls"
Nobody is making you buy it
You don′t need to buy "Eat Me Alive"
Rock 'n′ roll music was never written or performed or designed
For the taste of a conservative individual (we are the children)
Why should a group of conservative individuals (we are the world)
Exert their taste and their morals on people who want it?
If this music offends you, don't buy it
That's the best way to vote against it
If you think that your taste and your feeling about this thing is so exactly right
Just walk away from it
Or and or support music education in school
Music appreciation in school
Because how can a kid buy something else unless he knows that it exists?
Most American kids in the younger age bracket have never heard a
Symphony orchestra, never heard jazz, have never heard any kind of music
Other than rock ′n′ roll
That's all they see and that′s all they hear because that's all that gets broadcast
And music education was taken out of schools because of budget cuts
Who needs it? All right? So stick it back in, that′s what the PTA oughta be doing
And as far as the rest of the stuff, trying to pass all these minute little legislations
Of different ratings, you know, a generic warning, if you had to warn anybody
You should say, "Buyer beware! This music was not made for conservative tastes"
So just go do something else
Or buy instrumental music
The whole thing has been covered with the, uh
It's been injected with this moral tone, "Save the children!"
From what? From sex? From violence?
Look, a parent has the responsibility to educate their children about sex
You don′t want your child to know about sex, I think you're taking a risk
Because how can you expect a child to under— to protect itself
Or to understand the dangers of a weenie-wagger
Unless he knows what a weenie is?
You know, you can't keep them sexually ignorant, it′s dangerous for them
You want to protect your children from violence?
Don′t let 'em watch football
You know, what they′re talking about is really useless
And in law, I understand—although I only have a high school education
But somebody told me one time, that in matters pertaining to the First Amendment
You are supposed to look for the least restrictive alternative
And the least restrictive alternative in this case is, don't buy "Sugar Walls"
Nobody is making you buy it
You don′t need to buy "Eat Me Alive"
Rock 'n′ roll music was never written or performed or designed
For the taste of a conservative individual (we are the children)
Why should a group of conservative individuals (we are the world)
Exert their taste and their morals on people who want it?
If this music offends you, don't buy it
That's the best way to vote against it
If you think that your taste and your feeling about this thing is so exactly right
Just walk away from it
Or and or support music education in school
Music appreciation in school
Because how can a kid buy something else unless he knows that it exists?
Most American kids in the younger age bracket have never heard a
Symphony orchestra, never heard jazz, have never heard any kind of music
Other than rock ′n′ roll
That's all they see and that′s all they hear because that's all that gets broadcast
And music education was taken out of schools because of budget cuts
Who needs it? All right? So stick it back in, that′s what the PTA oughta be doing
And as far as the rest of the stuff, trying to pass all these minute little legislations
Of different ratings, you know, a generic warning, if you had to warn anybody
You should say, "Buyer beware! This music was not made for conservative tastes"
So just go do something else
Or buy instrumental music
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