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Feb 27, 2004

Mekong 

Ever since Dana at Note-It Posts busted out with "I Love this Bar", I've wanted to do this. Jeff did this with some Johnny Cash, as well (or Hank Snow, if you really want to get into the old country music vault). And being as my Wif (pronounced WEEF) left me to go on vacation and visit one of her friends in Japan (that's right ladies... I'm hitched... sorry), I've had plenty of time on my hands. So, I give you all "Mekong."

This is a song by the now defunct "Refreshments" off of their Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy album. I shit you not - this is one of the greatest records of all time. It was written as the end result of a drunken binge in Mexico when the lead singer broke up with his girlfriend, if that tells you anything...

You know these guys. The song "Banditos" ring a bell? "Give your ID card to the border guard. Now your alias says you're Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the United Federation of Planets, cuz he won't speak english anyway..." Well, this is probably my favorite song off that album (from front to back it's one of the best rock records ever. Period).

I have searched in vein for hours trying to find a copy of this online. The Amazon.com link above will give you a snippet of it. If you have a file-sharing program that you can download it from, I strongly recommend that you go get this song.

I didn't know what a Mekong was for years. I assumed from the context of the song that it was booze. I was right. My buddy Nikoms cleared that up for me in the comments to my "Mojo" post. After the six Tecates and Red Stripes I just had, plus the two Captain Morgan and cokes I'm taking care of, a Mekong sounds pretty good right about now.

I now present... Mekong.
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Barkeep, another Mekong please
Yes of course you can keep the change
A new glass here for this new friend of mine
Forgive me I forgot your name
Flip a coin, what shall we talk about
Heads I tell the truth and tails I lie

Well, I came all the way from Taipei today
Now Bangkok's pourin' rain and I'm goin' blind again
and I haven't seen my girl for fifteen thousand miles

Well is it true it's always happy hour here?
And if it is, I'd like to stay awhile
Well as cliche'd as it may sound, I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle’s empty help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time, and here's to life

Barkeep, we need to go around again
One for me and what's his name, my new best friend
so deal me in, and I'll pick my cards up off the floor
I'll see your lucky coin and raise a pack of lies
So smile to the girl at the door, another 4 dollar whore
But don't look her in the eye, she'll break your heart

We came all the way from Taipei today
Still Bangkok's pissin' rain and we're goin' blind again
and I haven't seen my girl, for fifteen thousand miles

Well is it true it's always happy hour here?
And if it is, I'd like to stay awhile
Well as cliche'd as it may sound, I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle’s empty help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time, and here's to life

Well is it true it's always happy hour here?
And if it is, I'd like to stay awhile
Well as cliche'd as it may sound, I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle’s empty help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time

Well as cliche'd as it may sound, I'd like to raise another round
And if your bottle’s empty help yourself to mine
Thank you for your time, and here's to life

Here's to life
Here's to life
Here's to life… again
Posted by: Mike the Marine / 20:33
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