Big Gringo

from Gods and Sods by Too Much Joy

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A song we live-demoed for Cereal Killers, but never bothered recording for real.

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BIG GRINGO

I got a bike
I called it Rosa
I got a car
I called it Rosa, too
It was the only Spanish word I knew

Big Gringo says I’m happy
I am alone I am alive

I met a girl
Named guess what
We went swimming
We did not speak
If we ever have a son I’ll call him John

This giant fan
On my ceiling
Could fall down
Cut me in half
These hotel maids wouldn’t be surprised

Now my skin
it been baked red
Like the hearts
These statues lack
And so they ask for mine

I see blackness I see blue sky
I see treetops I see her

Blumenfield/Quirk/Smallens/Vinton
Published by People Suck Music, 1990

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from Gods and Sods, released September 21, 1999
Recorded live to two track at The Loft, 1990

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Too Much Joy Scarsdale, New York

TMJ is/was a punk-pop band of some minor renown. Some of that renown was due to their music, which included semi-hits such as “Crush Story,” “Donna Everywhere,” and “That’s a Lie” — a cover of the LL Cool J tune that featured the man himself in the music video, which actually got played quite a bit during daylight hours on MTV back when they did that sort of thing. ... more

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