Sunday, February 11, 2007

Highway 6 Rebuilt

my first song in Siem Reap is done, and has been played a few time already in public. people like it, especially if you have taken the road between Poiphet and Siem Reap, no explanation is needed.
obvious homage to Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" if you know what i mean.

HIGHWAY 6 REBUILT (Holes in the Road)
words and music by Toshiro Yamaguchi

Well, this big truck roaring by sprinkling up the dust
And the tourist bus's filled with curiousity and lust
People gather 'round you like the wind that gusts
Look them in the eyes b'fore you decide not to trust
The commition fee is just to keep you away from any mess and bust
'Cos without it, the holes in the road will never be fixed
And you'll keep jumping up and down on Highway six

Five stars hotels and restaurants been built
They keep digging underground for the water they spilt
And in the mornings go to schools for the tour-guiding skills
They never get to visit lakes, temples and hills
But that's alright babe, I'm just trying to get my basic needs fulfilled
Until then the holes in the road will never be fixed
And we'll all keep jumping up and down on Highway six

Airline companies don't wanna lose their fliers
Electric plants don't wanna draw another wire
Plastics, papers, and compost, just set them all on fire
They see themselves as the sellers, as we are the buyers
Cops, they say they never take any bribe, well, they're just a bunch of liers
Money's pouring in but the holes are never fixed
And we all keep jumping up and down on Highway six

People here all believe in Shiva and Buddha
In their hearts we're all the same, there's no Judas
But there's no time to think of what they might have or could have
Or complain about the things with which they always put up
They always think they'll save up, only to find out they've always been chewed up
Carrying pigs and rice and tourists over the holes never fixed
And we're all jumping up and down on Highway six.

*and pictures here still don't show the worst part of Highway 6

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