Friday, May 22, 2020

The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKAfter Party

Goldfinger, "Tijuana Sunrise" from The Knife (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)

Skammentary: I'm principally drawn to "Tijuana Sunrise" by the music—I drink, but never to forget my troubles & to the point of intoxication only in select & very social settings—but the lyrics are interesting in how utterly alien they are to my experience.
"I fell in love down in Mexico,
She took me for everything I had,
Woke up in jail in Rosarito,
Federales took it all,
I'm out of cash about to crash.

"Smash the bottles on the reef,
Wash the dirt off of my feet,
That was the summer of my life!

"I've been drinking to forget just how good it was.
I was drinking with you,
Then I'm drinking till noon,
Now I'm drinking by myself.
I've been drinking to forget 'bout the both of us.
I was drinking with you,
Then I'm drinking till noon,
Now I'm drinking by myself…"

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