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Artist: Mothers Of Invention
Canonical path: /mothers-of-invention/it-can-t-happen-here
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It Can't Happen Here
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It Can't Happen Here
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It can't happen here
It can't happen here
I'm telling you, my dear
That it can't happen here
Because I been checkin' it out, baby
I checked it out a couple
a times, hmmmmmmmm
And I'm telling you
It can't happen here
Oh darling, it's important
that you believe me
(Bop bop bop bop bop)
That it can't happen here
Who could imagine that
they would freak out
somewhere in Kansas...
Kansas Kansas tototototodo
Kansas Kansas tototototodo
Kansas Kansas
Who could imagine that
they would freak out in
Minnesota...
Mimimimimimimi Minnesota,
Minnesota, Minnesota
Who could imagine...
Who could imagine
That they would freak out
in Washington, D.C.
D.C. D.C. D.C. D.C. D.C.
It can't happen here
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
It can't happen here
It can't happen here
Everybody's safe and it
can't happen here
No freaks for us
It can't happen here
Everybody's clean and it
can't happen here
No, no, it won't happen here
I'm telling you it can't
It won't happen here
(Bop bop didi bop didi bop bop bop)
Plastic folks, you know
It won't happen here
You're safe, mama
You're safe, baby
You just cook a TV dinner
And you make it
(Bop bop bop)
No no no no
Oh, we're gonna get a TV
dinner and cook it up
Go get a TV dinner and cook it up
Cook it up
Oh, and it won't happen here
(No no no no no no no no no no no
Man you guys are really safe
Everything's cool).
Who could imagine
Who could imagine
That they would freak
out in the suburbs
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
They had a swimming pool
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
They had a swimming pool
I remember (tu-tu)
I remember (tu-tu)
They had a swimming pool.
And they thought it
couldn't happen here
(duh duh duh duh duh)
They knew it couldn't happen here
They were so sure it
couldn't happen here
But...
Suzie...
Yes yes yes--I've always felt that
Yes I agree man, it really
makes it...yeah...
It's a real THING, man
And it really makes it
(Makes it)
Suzie, you just got to town,
And we've been, we've
been very interested
In your development,
Since you first took the shots.
Forget it!
Hmmmmmmmmm
(It can't happen here)
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