Name: Spamburgers in Paradise
Duration: P00H03M14S
Description: A country song about imperialism

Spamburgers in Paradise

by Intellectual Dark Wave

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A country song about imperialism

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Verse 1:
Well it's gettin pretty cold over here in Baltimore
I wish I was on an island drinkin at a tiki bar
I'm gonna take off early from work
Put on my favorite aloha shirt
Grab my steel guitar
Paradise feels like it ain't that far

I'm dreamin that I'm a guest at the White Lotus
Way out in the home of the first Black POTUS
If I had a lot of cash
I'd be lyin on a beach of volcanic ash
Tryin hard to lose my focus
Wastin time like my name is Otis (Redding)

Chorus:
Pour me a mai tai and make in cold
And fix me up another tuna poke bowl
I wanna get away from the rain and snow
And relax til the day I get old

Verse 2:
A century ago Hawai'i was a sovereign nation
Then it started fillin up with American sugar plantations
Once we got a taste
We went right in and invaded the place
And soon that occupation
Turned into an annexation

Now this country has a habit of takin stuff that isn't ours
And then we go and hide it under Elvis Presley wearin hibiscus flowers
We say we're the liberators
But the truth is we're the invaders
And you wonder why foreign powers
Would wanna go and knock down the twin towers

Chorus:
Pour me a mai tai and make in cold
And fix me up another tuna poke bowl
I wanna get away from the rain and snow
And relax til the day I get old

Bridge:
Well I hear Hawai'i is a beautiful place
With an ugly history that we refuse to face
It was never ours
Well a fact's a fact
Like Peter Garrett said
It's time to give it back

Pour me some coffee, it's gettin cold
I hope I see Hawai'i before I get old
But until it's free I'm not gonna go
I guess I'll just have to deal with the snow

Chorus:
Pour me a mai tai and make in cold
And fix me up another tuna poke bowl
I wanna get away from the rain and snow
And relax til the day I get old

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released December 10, 2021
Written, performed and recorded by Intellectual Dark Wave
Mixed and mastered by Kevin Carafa

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