Murder By Numbers (Live)

Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals) Ike Willis (guitar, vocals) Mike Keneally (guitar, synthesizer, vocals) Bobby Martin (keyboards, vocals) Ed Mann (percussion) Walt Fowler (trumpet) Bruce Fowler (trombone) Paul Carman (alto saxophone) Albert Wing (tenor saxophone) Kurt McGettrick (baritone saxophone) Scott Thunes (bass) Chad Wackerman (drums) Eric Buxton (vocals) Mr. Sting (vocals) Performance by Sting How'd he get in the show? Sting & Andy Summers) Alright . . . Now, This afternoon on my way down the elevator We stopped at the lobby, And I wasduced to a man Named Sting who I'd never met before. And, he's a very nice man, And he came to the show tonight And I just talked to him in the dressing room A little while ago and I said: "How would you, Mr. Sting, Like to come up on stage and perform with us?" Now . . . How's [...] . It's not in my nature to Kick a man when he's down. When I saw the first part of the show I realised I had to come up here and tell you something. Well, four years ago Jimmy Swaggart said this about me: He said this here song by The Police, Performed by the sons of SATAN! BEELZEBUB! LUCIFER! THE HORNED ONE! I wrote the fuckin' song, alright? Once that you've decided on a killing First you make a stone of your heart If you find that your hands are still willing Then you can turn a murder into art There really isn't any need for bloodshed You just do it with a little more finesse If you can slip a tablet into someone's coffee Then it avoids an awful lot of mess because It's murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Now if you have a taste for this experience And you're flushed with your very first success Then you must try a twosome or a threesome And you'll find your conscience bothers you much less Because a murder is like anything you take to It's a habit-forming need for more and more You can bump off every member of your family And anybody else you find a bore Because it's murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC I said murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers one two three It's as easy to learn as your ABC Murder by numbers A B C D E Mr. Sting! Ladies and gentlemen . . . Mr. Sting! Sting! Thank you! "Murder By Numbers" . . . And then, suddenly