Tell Me You Love Me

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1978: Essentially played as on YCDTOSA Volume I, accounting for obvious differences in instrumentation, and thus lacking Vai's firepower. From tapes and available setlists, it appears that this was only played twice, on 9/17 and on 9/21.

1980: Essentially performed as on "Tinseltown Rebellion."

1982: Essentially performed as on YCDTOSA Volume I.

1984: This song made several appearances early in the tour, before disappearing until the '88 tour got of hold of it and slightly rewrote it. Known as "Don't Be A Lawyer" by band members and tape collectors until the "Broadway" release, this song is essentially "Tell Me You Love Me" with different lyrics. For the most part, the lyrics are the same as in the '88 version, except they are not directed towards Michael Jackson and thus are missing some of the more specific references. Also, there is a third verse which has a chorus of "Don't Be A Lawyer". Like "Tell Me You Love Me" in previous tours, this song was used as a set closer the handful of times it was performed.

1988: Essentially performed as on BTHW, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's end-of-song-list-of-people-not-related-to-Michael-Jackson bit. This is Stage III in the evolution of "Tell Me You Love Me". Stage I is the "Chunga's Revenge" version (which would be performed in '78 and in the early '80's), Stage II is the 1984 "Don't Be A Lawyer/Why Don't You Like Me" version, and Stage III is this. [Note: Notice the poor edit at approximately the 2:00 minute mark- Frank fails to keep a consistent beat in his editing job]

 

Don't Be A Lawyer

From Charles Ulrich

Here are the 1984 lyrics of Tell Me You Love Me:

Why don't you like me?
(Hunh?)
Why don't you like me?
(Are you kidding me?)
Why don't you like me?
Am I really that bad?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

You're ugly as fuck and you're ignorant too
You're a radical [?] schmuck
They oughta lock you up
And beat the shit outta you
(Oh, thank you)
Beat the shit outta you
(Thank you very much)

(You're too kind)
(Whip it good)

I hate my mother
(Hunh?)
I hate my mother
('Cause she looks like you)
I hate my sister
I hate my brother
Your brother, your brother, your brother

He's ugly as fuck
He goes to college too
He's studying law
He oughta eat it raw

Don't be a lawyer, don't be a lawyer
Don't be a lawyer, don't be a lawyer
(Be an accountant)
Don't be a lawyer, don't be a lawyer
Don't be a lawyer, don't be a lawyer
(Maybe a dentist)

Why don't you like me?
(Hunh?)
Why don't you like me?
(Are you kidding me?)
Why don't you like me?
Am I really that bad?
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

You're xxx slime and you are ignorant too
You're the scum of the nation
I'm changing the station
'Cause we gotta get rid of you
(Oh, hurt me)
We gotta get rid of you
(Hurt me very much)
We gotta get rid of you
(I like it when you hurt me)
We gotta get rid of you
(I'm so achey [?])

Why don't you like me?
(Are you kidding me?)
Why don't you like me?
(Are you kidding me?)
Why don't you like me?
(Are you kidding me?)
Like me? like me?
No
(Oh, that really hurt. Please do it again!)
(Okay, Bob)

 

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