Frank Black

Brackish Boy

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This man he was a mexican
Oh yeah
Adopted into norwegian
Oh yeah
Turned into american
Oh yeah
But he felt a mexican
Oh yeah
He was a walking fish
Oh yeah
Down mexico way
He had to learn spanish
Oh yeah
He was a walking fish
Oh yeah
He was feeling so brackish
Between norwegian and english
He decided it was time to go
To find the people that he did not know
But the road to mexico
Oh yeah
They sure go fast but they should go slow
Oh yeah
Its a dangerous road
By now you know that he was fucked
By now you know he had no luck
He was smashed head on by a giant truck
Down mexico way

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alieno On Feb 21, 2005

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2005-02-21 22:24:08

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by DevastatorJr.

19y ago

It's pretty straight forward, a young Mexican man was adopted by Norwegian family, but wanted to go back to Mexico to discover his roots, and met a bad end. Down Mexico wayyyyyyyyy...

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by Alieno

19y ago

I think the "walking fish" image refers to a fish out of water: a living being out of his element... that's a Mexican out of Mexico.

At frankblack.net there's a liner note from him that states this song is based on a true story. Sad.

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by Phonophobe

15y ago

A walking fish is a fish out of water. The guy was a fish out of water cos he was adopted into a family that wasn't his culture. Cos he didn't fit in he decided to leave and go back to Mexico but, ironically, he was smashed on the way.

Dat's what I fink

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by Tricky1979

12y ago

A sad and true story.... I think it's one of Frank's more self-explanatory songs. Simple, elgant and heartfelt.

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by bokononist

19y ago

I'm actually not sure what the song is about, but I've always loved the line "By now you know that he was fucked." Made me laugh the first time I heard it.

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by chineselaundry

19y ago

you think walking fish could refer to the babel fish? mexican spanish, norwegian and english? i don't know.

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