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Wonderlust King Lyrics
Back in the day, as we learned
A man was not considered to be
Considered to be fully grown
Has he not gone beyond the hills
Has he not crossed the seven seas
Yeah, seven seas at least
Now all them jokers kept around
Just like the scarecrows in hometown
Yeah, scarecrows in hometown
From screen to screen, them traveling
But I'm a wonderlust king
I stay on the run
Let me out, let me be gone
In the world, beat-up road sign
I saw new history of time
New history of time
Through Siberian woods breaking up their neck
Breaking up their neck
Chinese moving in building discotheques
Building discotheques
Tran-Siberian sex toys and what not
Yeah, why not?
Oh, well at least it's something different
From what they got in every other airport
Ja ne evrei, no koje-chto pohozge
Sovrat ne dast ni Yura ni Seryozga
Simple because I'm not a total gadjo
Da ja shut, ja tziratch, nu tak stozge?
I traveled the world looking for understanding
Of the times that we live in
Hunting and gathering first-hand information
Challenging definitions of sin
I traveled the world looking for lovers
Of the ultimate beauty but never settled in
I'm a wonderlust king
I stay on the run
Let me out, let me be gone
In the world, beat-up road sign
I saw new history of time
New history of time
And presidents and billionaires and generals
They'll never know, they'll never know
What I have owned, what I have owned
I'm a wonderlust king
A man was not considered to be
Considered to be fully grown
Has he not crossed the seven seas
Yeah, seven seas at least
Just like the scarecrows in hometown
Yeah, scarecrows in hometown
From screen to screen, them traveling
I stay on the run
Let me out, let me be gone
In the world, beat-up road sign
I saw new history of time
New history of time
Breaking up their neck
Chinese moving in building discotheques
Building discotheques
Yeah, why not?
Oh, well at least it's something different
From what they got in every other airport
Sovrat ne dast ni Yura ni Seryozga
Simple because I'm not a total gadjo
Da ja shut, ja tziratch, nu tak stozge?
Of the times that we live in
Hunting and gathering first-hand information
Challenging definitions of sin
Of the ultimate beauty but never settled in
I stay on the run
Let me out, let me be gone
In the world, beat-up road sign
I saw new history of time
New history of time
They'll never know, they'll never know
What I have owned, what I have owned
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Writer
Eliot Ferguson, Eugene Hutz, Oren Kaplan, Sergey Ryabstev, Thomas Gobena, Yuri Lemeshev
Duration
3:55
Submitted by
wonderlust_ On Jul 14, 2007
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Let me be the first to comment on how amazingly INCREDIBLE this song is! This song is about "wanderlust", traveling from place to place, looking for something but not too sure what you're looking for. Its about seeing the world and still craving more.
well said, doubleethink. i agree. the song is one of my favourites on the new album.
well said, doubleethink. i agree. the song is one of my favourites on the new album.
I agree with doubleethink as well. I love this song; it gets stuck in my head every time I hear this song. I'm not complaining though. one of my current favourites by GB.
realy like in gogol's songs lines in russian, fun :)
Anyone know what the lines in (presumably) Russion mean?
Oh yeah, I love this song, probably one of my favorite songs right now.
i'm not a jew but something of this sort Yura and Seryozha will prove it simply because i'm not a simple gadjo yes, i'm a fool, i'm a circus actor, but what's then?
the song writer said that this song was about his father going into relapses from alcoholosm or some kind of drug abuse
Da ja shut, ja tziratch, nu tak stozge? yes, i'm a fool, i'm a circus actor, but what's then?
this is a direct quote (with a tune as well!) from the Russian translation of the Imre Kalman's operetta "The Circus Princess". This translation is widely known in former Soviet Union.
Ïîòðÿñàþùàÿ ïåñíÿ, êàê, â îáùåì è ñàìà ãðóïïà. Áåñøàáàøíàÿ, âåñåëàÿ,çàæèãàòåëüíàÿ îíà - íå÷òî ñîâåðøåííî íîâîå â ñîâðåìåííîé ìóçûêå. Ñîåäèíèâ â ñåáå ðóññêèé õàðàêòåð è àìåðèêàíñêóþ ðàñêðóòêó è êà÷åñòâî, Gogol Bordello ïðèíåñëè â ýòó ÷åðòîâó Àìåðèêó íàñòîÿùåå ðàñïèçäÿéñòâî))