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lyrics

Three in the morning and I'm soaking in my sheets
Sweat-beads, sea breeze, blowing through my dreams
Slam my hand against the wall, I missed that bug-by-a-beat
Buzzing in my ear, like Chinese violins on repeat

Call me crazy but do you really know?
I talk fast, I walk fast, then you call me slow
Go here go there, why can't you be everywhere
Be a mule waltzin' down the street, I hear the traffic sing:

(Chorus)
OoBa DeeBa DeeDah
SwatDa BaDoo Voula
VoutDee VooDoo BeeBa
Ba Baaaah, ba-dee bah-baaa
Ba Baaaah, ba-dee bah-baaa

Dizzy's playing in a tizzy, I've been living in a strain
Binders full of women are driving us all insane
Parkin' parallel I can't get back in the lane
My ankles bloody, eyes shot, where is my walkin' cane?

Cincinnati is such a long way.
I begged and I pleaded but she would not stay
So I climbed up on the fence, I saw the forest for the trees
I'm a fool trapped in ragtime, I hear babushkas sing:

(Repeat Chorus)

The train doors open, Cab Calloway busts in
He said "Enough with the Chinese music, please put some swing back in my gin"
Mismatch, record scratch, dirt from the garden patch
Police catch, car crash, alien body snatch

Now that cat is as crazy as a bird
If the facts are debatable then isn't truth just a word?
Here's the real question: what's the sound of freedom's ring?
Hit me with that chord change, to blunt the mosquito's sting...

(Repeat Chorus)

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from Hold That Tiger, released November 1, 2018

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The Muddy Basin Ramblers Taipei, Taiwan

Hello! We're Formosa's Favorite Hepcats, playing jug band, blues, string band and swing jazz...and original music inspired by all of the above. Founded in 2003 by US/UK expats living in Taipei,Taiwan. 大家好！我們是泥灘地浪人！

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