Does humor belong…

… in music, vroeg Zappa zich af. Ik denk dat het antwoord gewoon ja is. Zeker als het goed gebeurt, bijvoorbeeld:

If I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
I’d buy you a house
   
I would buy you a house
If I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
I’d buy you furniture for your house
   
Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you a K-Car
   
A nice Reliant automobile
If I had a million dollars I’d buy your love

If I had a million dollars
    I’d build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
   
You could help, it wouldn’t be that hard
If I had million dollars
   
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there              somewhere
    You know, we could just go up there and hang out
   
Like open the fridge and stuff
   
There would already be laid out foods for us
   
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things

   
They have pre-wrapped sausages
    but they don’t have pre-wrapped bacon
    Well, can you blame ’em
   
Uh, yeah

If I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you a fur coat
   
But not a real fur coat that’s cruel
And if I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you an exotic pet
   
Yep, like a llama or an emu
And if I had a million dollars
   
If I had a a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you John Merrick’s remains
   Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones
And If I had a million dollars I’d buy your love

If I had a million dollars
   We wouldn’t have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars
   
Now, we’d take a limousine ’cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
   
We wouldn’t have to eat Kraft Dinner
    But we would eat Kraft Dinner
   
Of course we would, we’d just eat more
   
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
   
That’s right, all the fanciest ke… dijon ketchups!
    Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm

If I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you a green dress
   
But not a real green dress, that’s cruel
And if I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you some art
   
A Picasso or a Garfunkel
If I had a million dollars
   
If I had a million dollars
Well, I’d buy you a monkey
   
Haven’t you always wanted a monkey

If I had a million dollars
I’d buy your love

If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, If I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
I’d be rich

Ik bedoel maar.

Naschrift: Zoals Marc terecht opmerkt, dit schoons is van de Bare Naked Ladies, strafpunten voor mij.