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(When It's) Argentina

from Gorgeous Tom by Archipelago

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(When It’s) Argentina

I’ve been loafing on this sofa
so long I look like a loofah
won’t you set fire to my feet?
catapult me from this damned seat

wake me when it’s Argentina
where the football’s always meaner
where the pampas seem much greener
where the gauchos ride much leaner
racing on their chestnut horses
wake me for those stylish forces

shake me when it’s Indonesia
I’ll be calm and have no seizures
when the pounding gamelan advances
liquid Ramayana dancers
chance a world that’s ten times older
shake me toward a life that’s bolder

shove me over a waterfall
snow me in at Tierra del Fuego
anywhere outside these four walls
say yes, say now, say out--
and just say go

tell me when it’s Tanzania
Serengeti, where the scene is
buff and bright and red all over
victim, vicious, or in clover
over bones of dusky grey
tell me life may last one day

shove me over a waterfall
snow me in at Tierra del Fuego
anywhere outside these four walls
say yes, say now, say out--
and just say go
wake me when it’s Argentina

wake me when it’s Costa Rica
Vanuatu Venezuela
surely someplace has that certain
je-ne-sais-quoi, that I-don’t-know-what
I don’t know just what I’m missing
wake me on some ground worth kissing

shove me over a waterfall
snow me in at Tierra del Fuego
anywhere outside these four walls
say yes, say now, say out--
and just say go

wake me when it’s Argentina
Texarkana Tanzania
Ypsilanti Indonesia
Pensacola Mandalay and Argentina

credits

from Gorgeous Tom, released August 14, 2020
Brian diBlassio: drums
Owl diBlassio: bass, percussion
Peter Smith: slide guitar
Josh Grekin: keyboard
Jeremy Bredfeldt: trumpet
Carol Gray: vocals
Merrill Hodnefield: vocals
Karl Sikkenga: guitar, vocals

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Archipelago Ypsilanti, Michigan

Archipelago is a collective based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. We are purveyors of toothsome music and smart lyrics.

There are many ways to be humane in this world, and we need every one of them. Our hope is that listening to our dozen endeavors will help. ... more

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