From the FAQ: What are the backward lyrics in Ya Hozna?



This is a joke on the self-appointed guardians of

public morals who got themselves whipped into a frenzy of

righteousness about "Satanic backward masking," a process

in which secret messages are allegedly inserted into rock

songs, revealed by playing the record backwards. In "Ya Hozna"

the members of Zappa's band are heard to be singing

unintelligible gibberish, and the lyrics sheet says "backward

vocal, you figure it out." Well, I had the LP and a belt-drive

turntable, so I was able to figure it out. It's just as

nonesensical played backwards (and pretty much sounds the

same as well) I guess they played around until they found

some nonesense syllables that sounded the same forward as

backward (as "ya hozna