Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977)


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Track List (links jump to lyrics for that song):

Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M)
Wizard of Finance
Funkentelechy
The Placebo Syndrome
Flash Light



 "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)"
Hmm!
Yeah!
Oooooh, yeahhh-aayy!

On guard!
Defend yourself!
Movin' right on you, baby!
On guard!
Defend yourself!
Down to get down, (down!) baby 

Turn me loose
We shall overcome
Where did you get that funk from, huh?

Turn me on
They're spoiling the fun
Let's shoot them with the bop gun

On guard!
Defend yourself!
Movin' right around, (hey baby)
We got to get over the hump (x4)
On guard!
Defend yourself!
Bound to get down, baby (hey!)

Turn me loose
Let me shoot them with the bop gun, ha, hmm

Endangered species (x3)
Let me shoot them with the bop gun
Endangered species (x4)

We got to get over the hump (x4)

When the syndrome is around (on guard!)
Don't let your guard down
All you've got to do is
Call on the funk, ohhh

On guard!
Defend yourself!
We shall overcome
Where did you get that funk from?
They're spoiling the fun
Shoot them with the bop gun
Ohh, hey baby
On guard!
Protect yourself!
Movin' in on you, baby
I don't think you hear me
I said they're spoiling the fun
We shall overcome
We got to shoot them with the bop gun
Hey, babe
Bound to get down
Closing in on you

When the syndrome is around 
Don't let your guard down
All you got to do is
Call on the funk (moving in on you, baby)

To dance is a protection
Funk is your connection
All you got to do is
Funk and dance

On guard!
Protect yourself!
On guard!
Defend yourself!

Endangered species (x5)
Shoot them with the bop gun
Endangered species (x7)
You got to shoot them with the bop gun
Endangered species (x6)
You got to shoot them with the bop gun

When the syndrome is around
Don't let your guard down
All you've got to do is
Call on the funk

On guard!
Defend yourself!
Movin' in on you
Turn me loose
We shall overcome
Where'd you get that funk from, huh?
I still said they're spoiling the fun
Shoot them with my bop gun
Hey, babe
Turn me loose, huh
Watch me get over the hump, ha!
Hey, babe

I got to get over the hump (x10) (we got to get on by the hump)
On guard!
Hey babe 
I got to get over the hump (x4) (got to get on by the hump)
On guard!
I got to get over the hump
Watch me, I'm gonna shoot them with my bop gun
I got to get over the hump (x8) (I got to get on by the hump, hey baby)
On guard!
Ooh
I got to get over the hump (x9) (I got to get on by the hump)
On guard!
Shoot them with my bop gun
I got to get over the hump (x9) 
Hey babe, hey babe, ohh!
On guard!
Defend yourself
I'm gonna shoot them with my bop gun
I got to get over the hump (x8)
Watch me



 "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention-B3M)"
I am Sir Nose'd
D'Voidoffunk
I have always been
Devoid of funk
I shall continue to be
Devoid of funk
Starchild
You have only won a battle
I am the subliminal seducer
I will never dance
I shall return, Starchild

Syndrome
Twe-dum, humdrum
(x2)
I will never dance (x2)

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum
Don't succumb
 (x3)

Better luck next time

I can dig it!
This is the Starchild
On another day
Chasing the noses away
Protector of the Pleasure Principle, yeah, ha, oh

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum
Don't succumb
 (x2)

(This is Starchild)
Three blind mice (let me put on my sunglasses)
See how they run (so I can see what they ain't lookin' at)
They all ran after the farmer's wife 
Turned on the fun with the water pipe
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? (ho!)
Those three blind mice (yeah)
Those blind three mice

Ho! I love those meeces to pieces!
Oh, speaking of the Zone of Zero Funkativity 
Better known as the Nose Zone
Has anybody seen ol' Smell-o-vision?
Where is Sir Nose'd?
If y'all see Sir Nose 
Tell him Starchild said:
"Ho! Put that snoot to use you mother!
'Cause you will dance, sucker"

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir
A nickel bag full
Ha, ha ha ha ha!

Better luck next time!

Pay attention!

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum
Don't succumb
 (x4)

Three blind mice 
See how they run 
They all ran after the farmer's wife (I wonder why)
Turned on the fun with the water pipe
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Those three blind mice (ho!)
Those blind three mice

Yeah, I love those meeces to pieces!

Better luck next time!

La la la la la, la, la la la la
Yeah, it's in my mind

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum
Don't succumb
 
Starchild
Protector of the Pleasure Principle
Ooh, hoo hoo hoo hoo
Yeah, I'm up to ??? on them there meeces

No one knows where the Nose go
When the door is closed (huck-a-buck)
 (x2)

Oh there's throwing a ????

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir
A nickel bag full
Ha, ha ha ha ha!

Pay attention!
Bum-bum
Yum-yum
Dum
Protector of the Pleasure Principle
Has anybody seen Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk?
Tell him he will dance
He must dance!
I'll shoot him with the bop gun

Three blind mice 
See how they run 
They all ran after the farmer's wife 
Turned on the fun with the water pipe
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Those three blind mice 
Those blind three mice

Oh, those meeces!
Better luck next time
I think they're gonna blow my mind, ha, ha, ha

Three blind mice (ho)
See how they run (hey)
They all ran after the farmer's wife (farmer's wife)
Turned on the fun with the water pipe (the water pipe)
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Those three blind mice (oh)
Those blind three mice

I am Starchild

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum
Don't succumb

Oh, gonna blow my mind
Pay attention!

Three blind mice 
See how they run 
They all ran after the farmer's wife 
Turned on the fun with the water pipe 
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Those three blind mice 
Those blind three mice

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum
Don't succumb
 (x2)

Oh, there's a picture within a picture behind a picture
They're building a nose I think I recognize

Baa baa black sheep
Have you any wool? (have you seen Sir Nose?)
Yes sir, yes sir
A nickel bag full

Come on out, Sir Nose
Yeah, come on out and dance
Dance!

Do you know what you can do with your funk, Starchild?
You will never see me dance
I am Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk
I will never dance!
Better luck next time

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

I hate those meeces!
Oh, I do hate those meeces, hehhehheh

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

Oooh, curses!

See how they run
They all ran after the farmer's wife
Turned on the fun with the water pipe
Have you ever seen such a sight in your life?
Those three blind mice
Those blind three mice

Better luck next time

Curses, curses
I'll get your for this, Starchild

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

Put that funkin' out, Starchild!

Syndrome

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum 
Don't succumb

Yum-yum
Tweedle-dee-dum
Dum dum
Don't succumb

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum 
Don't succumb

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 

Syndrome
Tweedle-dee-dee-dum
Humdrum 
Don't succumb

Have you ever seen such a sight in your life? 
Three blind mice 
 (x2)



 "Wizard Of Finance"
Yeah, whoa-whoa-whoa
If I was a wizard of finance
Speculating every day on Wall Street
My dividends would be so tremendous, baby
Even Dow Jones would find it hard to believe

It's your lovin' 
Can I kiss you 
Can I squeeze you
Can I hug you 
Right now baby (it's the squeezing kind)
  (x2)

All-right!

If I had plenty of money
I would probably in one year
I'd be busy buying you flowers, girl
Just to show I appreciate your being here

It's your lovin'
Can I kiss you
Can I squeeze you
Can I hug you
Right now, baby
It's the squeezing kind
 (x2)

It's the lovin' kind
It's the squeezin' kind
 (x2)

It's your lovin'
Can I kiss you
Can I squeeze you
Can I hug you
Can I squeeze you kind, yeah darling 

It's the lovin' kind
It's the squeezing kind
 (x2)

If I were a wizard of finance
I would probably invest my life in you
My dividend would be so tremendous, baby
Even Dow Jones won't believe it's true

It's the lovin' kind
It's the squeezing kind
 (x2)

It's your lovin'
Can I kiss you
Can I squeeze you
Can I hold you
Can I hug you
Can I please you
Can I squeeze you kind, yeah 

It's the lovin' kind
It's the squeezing kind
 (x3)



 "Funkentelechy"
Yo, this is mood control (yo-ho!)
Saying you might as well pay attention (this is mood control)
You can't afford free speech 
(mood, mood, mood, someone's funking with the mood!)

Mood control is designed to render funkable
Ideas brought to you by the makers of Mr. Prolong
Better known as Urge Overkill
The pimping of the Pleasure Principle

Oh, but we'll be pecking lightly
Like a woodpecker with a headache
'Cause it's cheaper to funk 
Than it is to pay attention
You dig?
Huck-a-buck
A-Lo and behold, someone's funking with the mood control

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(deprogram, program)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill 
(peck me lightly like a woodpecker with a headache)

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(Funk! The nonprofit organization)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill 
Where'd you get your funk from (where'd you get that funk from?)

Heh! Name that feeling!
Would you trade your funk for what's behind the third door?
The big deal!
Heads I win, tails you lose!

How do you spell relief?
Huck-a-buck, sucker!

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(Ho! The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(You deserve a break today)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill
(Have it your way)
Where'd you get that funk from?
(Ooh, who was that? ha ha ha ha ha ha, ohh ohh ohh)

The salvation of inspiration is the motivation
Fasten your safety belt
While I take you face-to-face with the nosiest computer I know
Where'd you get that funk from?
When I count to ten I want you to jump up! Stay there!
Oh, ho! But don't come down til I Flash the Light.
You deserve a break today, have it your way
Funk is not domestically produced. Ho!
There's nothing that the proper attitude won't render...funkable.
Where'd you get your funk from? Funktism! Hey!

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(Mood control!)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(Urge overkill!)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill
(yeah, ho!)
Where'd you get that funk from?
(Program)
Where'd you get that funk from?
(Deprogram)
(And reprogram)

?????

Heads I win, tails you lose (how do you spell relief?)
Would you trade your funk...for this? (you deserve a break today)
Or that?  (have it your way)
A funk a day keeps the nose away...ain't it true!
I ain't gonna hold the lettuce, the pickles or the mustard (ha ha!)
Yo!

Step up and dance until I tell you to come down
You deserve a break today, sucker!
I'm gonna flash the light and flop the j, down again????

This is mood de-control
Saying pay more attention
For free speech is high finance
possible funkability???
Ho, Let the funk begin!
Do anybody have change for funk?

Where'd you get your funk from?
Oh yes, this is heavyweight funk
Put up your dukes, haha!
You want to funk around with me, oh!

This is mood de-control, yo-ho!
The home of the P.Funk, the Bomb
Mind your wants 'cause there's someone that wants your mind

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill
(How do you spell relief?)

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill)
Nothing seems to ever cure your ill
(whoa, this is the big pill)
(yeah, ho!)

Where'd you get that funk from?
(there they go again, there they go again)
(You might as well pay attention, free speech is too high)
Where'd you get that funk from?
(Huck-a-buck! Ho!)
(You deserve a break today)
(How do you spell relief?)
Where'd you get that funk from?
(Hey, wind me up!)

Yeah!
Take it to the bridge, hahaha
Let's take it to the stoop???
This is mood control

Funkentelechy (program,deprogram,reprogram)
Funkentelechy (how's your funkentelechy)
Funkentelechy (I got you back into turnaround)
Funkentelechy (right now, so y'all space)
Funkentelechy (heavyweight funk/hey ????!)
Funkentelechy (rump to rump, we)
Funkentelechy (shall get down)
Funkentelechy 
Funkentelechy (how's your funk?)
Funkentelechy (how's your funkentelechy?)

How's your funk-en-te-lechy?
How's your funk-entelechy?
 (x2)

How's your funk-en-te-lechy? (When you're taking every kind of pill)
How's your funk-entelechy? (Nothing ever seems to cure your ill)
 (x2)

Where'd you get your funk from? (ho!)
You're in the presence of your future
You deserve a break today
Have it your way
I ain't gonna hold the lettuce, the pickles or the mustard
A funk a day keep the Nose away
Mind your wants 'cause someone wants your mind
Funk is a non-profit organization
Peck me lightly, like a woodpecker with a headache
'Cause funk is not domestically produced
It is responsive to your mood
You can score it any day
On WEFUNK, we-funk, HO!

Name that feeling, baby
This is mood de-control
Program, reprogram and deprogram
Funkentelechy (how's your funkentelechy?)
Funkentelechy (you might as well pay attention free speech is too high)
Funkentelechy (we are specially programmed for your p's????)
Funkentelechy (unfunky possibilities arrive for the makers of urge overkill)
Funkentelechy (and not your funky funny bone)
Funkentelechy (you deserve a break today so name that feeling)
Funkentelechy (would you trade your funk for what's behind the third door)
Funkentelechy (the big deal, heads I win, tails you lose)
Funkentelechy (there's nothing that funk will not render funkable)
Funkentelechy (this is mood decontrol, urge you to Funk On!)
Funkentelechy (oh ho, how's your funk-en-tel-echy?)
Funkentelechy (ideas brought to you by the makers of urge overkill)

Do not respond
This has been a test
Ha ha ha ha ha!

And once again the Pleasure Principle has been rescued
With the aid of the funk
(this is Mr. Prolong)

How's your funk-en-te-lechy? (I have to leave early today, ha ha ha)
And in doing so, (How's your funk-entelechy?)
Freed the possibilities of funk beyond compare (How's your funk-entelechy?)
Program, deprogram, reprogram (How's your funk-entelechy?)

When you're taking every kind of pill (How do you spell relief)
Nothing ever seems to cure your ill (You deserve a break today)

When you're taking every kind of pill (ha ha ha ha)
Nothing ever seems to cure your ill (have it your way, this is the doctor)

When you're taking every kind of pill 
(saying, the bigger the headache, the bigger the pill)
Nothing ever seems to cure your ill (what's happening?)
Ha ha ha
Sucker!

How's your funk?
How's your funk? (what's happening?)
Funkentelechy (x2)
Funkentelechy (I want you to stay up there until I tell you to come down)
Funkentelechy (Check your funk pressure)
Funkentelechy (fly on)
Funkentelechy (ain't nothing but a party, baby)
Funkentelechy

How's your funk-entelechy?
How's your funk-en-te-lech-y?
How's your funk-entelechy? (Heads I win tails you lose!)



 "Placebo Syndrome"
Ahh rum pum pum do waa
There's so much syndrome, baby (there's so much syndrome, baby)

When all the smiles are out of town
You're going round and round
You find the Syndrome

When your ups lift you down
Your placebo is too weak
You're in the Syndrome 

You're in the Syndrome
And the intensity of their ????
Is equal to the intensity they enjoy

There's so much Syndrome, baby

When all the thing is out of sound
There's no coming round
Play with the Syndrome

What used to be such fun to do
Can often lead you weak
Into the Syndrome

Livin' at the top of the Syndrome
Placebo Syndrome
 (x12)

There's so much Syndrome, baby (there's so much Syndrome, baby)

When all the smiles are out of town
You're falling round and round
You find the Syndrome
When your ups lift you down
Your placebo is too weak
You're in the Syndrome 
 (x2)

So good, Syndrome, livin' in the Syndrome
Syndrome, baby!

Livin' at the top of the Syndrome
Placebo Syndrome
 (x7)



 "Flash Light"
Now, I lay me down to sleep
Ooh, I just can't find a beat
Flash light (ohh, I will never dance!)
Flash light (x3)

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da

Oh, it's no use!

Flash light
Red light
Neon light
Ooh, stop light

Now I lay me down to sleep
I guess I'll go count the sheep
Oh, but I will never dance

(oh, don't make me do it)
(Dance, sucker! ooh ha ha!)
(oww! Get him!)

Most of all he needs the funk (shine it)
Help him find the funk (ha, funk it!)
Most of all he needs the funk 
Help him find the funk (get him)
Most of all he needs the funk (I know we can get him)
Help him find the funk (ho!)
Most of all he needs the funk (ha, don't!)
Help him find the funk (I know you will! Dance, sucker!)
Most of all he needs the funk (Shine the spotlight on him!)
Help him find the funk (Oh funk me!)

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (Dance, Nose! You know you on my funk street???)
Oh, funk me!
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (get on down, Nose! I like it! Dance, then!)

Flash light
Flash light (oh ho ho!)
Spot light
Neon light (neon light)
Street light (street light)

Oh ho, ha ha!

Everybody's got a little light under the sun

Shinin' on the funk (x2)

Most of all he need the funk 
Help him find the funk 

Most of all he need the funk (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da)
Help him find the funk 
 (x3)

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Oh
Flash light (flash light, flash light) (x2)
Flash light (oh, flash light) (x2)
Spot light (spot light)
Neon light (ooooh, neon light)
Flash light (ooh, flash light ho!)
Stop light (stop light)

Now I lay me down to sleep
I guess I'll go count the sheep
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (oh)
Shake your funk (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da)
Shake your funk (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da)
Shake your rump (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da) (ho!)
I think I found the funk

Flash light (flash light)
Day light (day light)
Spot light (spot light)
Red light (ohhh, hooo, red light!)

Everybody's got a little light under the sun

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (x7)

Everybody's got a little light under the sun
Under the sun (x9)