When the Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind of Guy) Lyrics

As I walked into the bar
A man came up to me and said
"You know the older you will get
The more perverted you will get!"
Hey! I'd like to see you try it!
Now what you going to do about it?!
Opzay! Be a bad priest?!
[Ukrainian]
[Ukrainian]
[Ukrainian]
Yeah, give it a try
For me I'm just a Bordello kind of guy!

Mama, of course the hopes are so fragile!
Papa, I can't believe what it cost!
[Ukrainian]
So I did, what I did, and it's worth, what it's worth, what it's worth!

And when the trickster starts a-walking
He sends the whole world askew
Just when you think that it's all through
It's just the birth of something new
And when the trickster starts a-talking
He does not need to ask permission
Before he goes in to position
I guess he's just a Bordello kind of guy!

Mama, of course the hopes are so fragile!
Papa, I can't believe what it costs!
[Ukrainian]
So I did, what I did, and it's worth, what it's worth, what it's worth!

I walked-out out of the bar
And drove like crazy for half mile
I was thirteen beers drunk
In Houston I jumped on some truck
We ventured on New York freeway
Where myself I heard I say
"Shall I be classic self-crasher
Or be a good flasher?"

Hey! I'd like to see you try it!
Now what you going to do about it?!
Hey, be a bad priest!
[Ukrainian]
[Ukrainian]
[Ukrainian]
I guess I'm just a Bordello kind of guy!
Bordello kind of guy!
Bordello kind of guy!
Bordello kind of guy!
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This song is great to dance to.

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trickster = Loki?

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Well, a bordello is a whore house, and hes talking about a drunk guy telling him about how you will go to bordellos and such as you get older. hes talking about being realy drunk and getting perverted himself. a "bordello kind of guy" would be a very perverted man, IMO

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"What's that?! Me, a bad priest?!" Should read "Opzay! Be a bad priest?!"

"Mama, of course the hopes are so FRAGILE!"

"I was THIRTEEN beers drunk,"

"[Ukrainian] so drunk." should read: "ON HOUSTON I JUMPED IN SOME TRUNK"

"We ventured on New York FREEWAY"

"Shall I be CLASSIC self-crasher?"

"HEY be a bad priest"

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The hopes are not frail they're fragile.

"Shall I be CLASSIC self-crasher?"

what's the line after that?

"or be a goat flasher?"

that can't be it...

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could it be "sends the world askew" instead of "sense the worlds askew" maybe? oh and this is such a fucking awesome song

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After the "bad priest" bit, and the two ukrainian lines which follow it, the lyrics are:

"[Ukrainian], do you deny? Or a-be a good Siddhartha (oh try oh try!)"

He's offering different types of lifestyles (to be like Siddhartha would be to abstain from material wealth and physical pleasures).

In the end, this is not for him - He's just a bordello kinda guy!

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'He does not need to ask permission, Before he goes in to position'

sounds like the bordello guy is a rapist

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it's fun to dance to for sure. see em live..

Cover art for When the Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind of Guy) lyrics by Gogol Bordello

It seems like: Opzay! Be a bad priest или примерный онанист! (or exemplary fistfucker!) maybe it' a decision situation, a choise between two evils?

 
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