Big Baboons
"Big Baboons" is a song by Ween recorded during the Wad sessions. Circulated for years under the title "Baboon (Part 2)" in severely damaged quality, Ween archivist Chris Buly released a high quality recording through the Boognish Rising Christmas 2013 Sampler.
"Big Baboons" is known to have been played live at least once at an unknown date in early 1989,[1][2] although it's very likely it was performed more as many of Ween's early shows and setlists are lost to time.
Music Video[edit | edit source]
One of few GodWeenSatan music videos to be released publicly, the band created a homemade music video for Big Baboons in 1987
The video was uploaded to the internet briefly in 2013 by Chris Buly[citation needed] and later republished[3] on the night of September 14th, 2025. It features Gene Ween talking to someone off camera, Staring at his hands, and shots of him yelling and moving around in darkness during the solo.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Sometimes when I'm alone
And thinking about myself
I go to the phone
And call someone else
The human is not at home
She's warping past the moon
Well I think I'll go insane
And become a big baboon
Big baboons don't worry about the weather
Oh, I said
Big baboons don't worry about the time
I have baboon friend named Freddy
He's a, he's a good friend of mine
Take it, Dean!
Well, Freddy likes to eat fruit
And chew upon the vines
He doesn't wear a suit
And he doesn't do lines
He's just a baboon
Unlike you and me
He's got ears and he's got a tail, well
He can even see
Big baboons don't worry about the weather
I said, I said, I said, I said
Big baboons don't worry about the time
I have a baboon friend named Freddy
He's a good friend of mine