[center]The Muffin Man

is seated at the table<br>In the laboratory of the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen . . .<br><br>Reaching for an oversized chrome spoon<br>

<br>He gathers an intimate quantity of dried muffin remnants<br>And, brushing his scapular aside,<br>Proceeds to dump these inside of his shirt . . .<br>He turns to us and speaks:<br>"Some people like cupcakes better. <br>

<br>I, for one, Care LESS for them!"<br>Arrogantly twisting the sterile canvas snoot of a fully charged icing-anointment utensil,<br>He poots forth a quarter-ounce green rosetta<br>Near . . . <br>(Let's try that again . . . )<br>He poots forth a quarter-ounce green rosetta<br>Near the summit of a dense-but-radiant muffin of his own design<br>Later he says:<br>"Some people . . . some people like cupcakes exclusively,<br>While I myself say there is naught, nor ought there be,<br>Nothing so exalted on the face of God's grey earth<br>As that Prince of Foods . . . The Muffin!" <br>

<br><br>Girl, you thought he was a man<br>But he was a muffin<br>He hung around till you found<br>That he didn't know nuthin' <br>

<br><br>Girl, you thought he was a man<br>But he only was a-puffin'<br>No cries is heard in the night<br>As a result of him stuffin' <br><br>Girl, you thought he was a man<br>But he was a muffin<br>No cries is heard in the night<br>As a result of him stuffin' <br><br>FZ: Bruce Fowler on trombone, <br>

<br>Napoleon Murphy Brock on tenor sax and lead vocals, <br>

<br>Terry Bozzio on drums, <br>

<br>Tom Fowler on bass, <br>

<br>Denny Walley on slide, <br>

<br>George Duke on keyboards, <br>

<br>Captain Beefheart on vocals and soprano sax and madness. <br>

<br>Thank you very much for coming to the concert tonight. Hope you enjoyed it. Goodnight [s]Austin, Texas[/s]
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