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Artist: Gogol Bordello
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When The Trickster Starts A-poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy)
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When The Trickster Starts A-poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy)
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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
Oh what you gonna do about it?
Optza, be a bad priest?
Ili primernij onanist?!
Be bad transvestaten? Daju danai
Or be a good zoldaten?! Optzay optzay
Yeah, give it a try, vai vai vai vai
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
Sily, sily oni pokidajut
So I did what I did
And it's worth what it's worth, what it's worth
Ah ha hey
When the trickster starts a-walking
He sets the whole world askew
Just when you think that it's all through
It's just a birth of something new
And when the trickster starts a-talkin' daju danaj
Who does he need to ask permission optza optzaj
Before he goes in third position? Vaj vaj vaj vaj
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 cost
Sily, sily oni pokidajut
So I did what I did
And it's worth what it's worth, what it's worth
Ah ha hey
I walked out, out of a bar
And drove like crazy for half-mile
I was thirteen beers drunk
On houston I jumped in some trunk
We ventured on New York throughway
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
Oh what you gonna do about it?
Hey, be a bad priest?
Ili primernij onanist
Dayuda naj
Optzay optzay
Vai vai vai vai
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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