Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Subjunctive

In honor of Movie Month, here is a . . . song. I still haven't managed to create a viral YouTube video yet, although last night I watched the episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Sweet D and Charlie do-- courtesy of Pathetic Girl 43 and Green Man. I love Green Man.



I'll mix metaphors here: this song is still an open book, if anyone wants to add a verse, contact me-- I think there's plenty of other countries and ethnic groups that deserve "The Subjunctive."

Listen for my super awesome tambourine playing.


The Subjunctive

Sometimes I think I could have been a pretty good Romanian--
drink the wine, drink the beer, smoke a pack of cigarettes.
Curse the sun, curse the moon, that’s the way it always is,
when you have forty years, forty years of Communists.

Ceausescu hunts the bear-- what can you do?
drink the wine, drink the beer-- my sister is a prostitute.
Curse the sun curse the moon-- that's the way it always is,
when you are born among the folds of the Carpathians.

Sometimes I think I could have been a pretty good American.
Go to work, have a beer, buy a big TV.
Watch the cable, screw my wife, take the kids to soccer camp.
Mow the lawn, stain the deck, go shop at the mall.
Order pizza, get a dog, maybe have a barbecue.
Buy a house, lease a car, wonder where the years have gone.

Sometimes I think I could have been a pretty good Canadian--
wear the took, shoot the moose, drink a Labatt's.
Build a shed on the ice, buy a lot of chicken necks.
Case of beer, all my mates, fish and relax.

7 comments:

d-train said...

can't find on youtube yet but yesterday's balloon boy & fam were interviewed on Today show, er eh, today. it's a can't miss and a sure to be SNL skit this wkd

T.J. said...

Mayor Giuliani's kid was in the balloon?

d-train said...

no, but have you seen him on Big Break? he's all growed up.

Whitney said...

Dave, the new song sounds a lot like Gogol Bordello. (Best Song: "Wonderlust King"; Best Song Title: "Think Locally Fuck Globally")

I'll try to add a verse... and the song is a great candidate for another of your "come over, drink some beers, sing a verse" parties.

And I think they spell it "tuque." You know, they have that whole French thing going on up there.

T.J. said...

Dan, here here is that Today show interview you referenced

d-train said...

excellent...thank you.
i love the build-up to the hurling, and then the brother's reaction - to see it go down/come up live was exceptional.

Dave said...

apparently, you can spell it "tuque" or "took." luckily, all i need to do is sing it. i love "gogol bordello"-- they were definitely an influence on this one, going for that eastern european sound . . .

were they on the osundtrack for "everythign is illuminated"?