Stuck inside of Phnom Penh with the Memphis Blues again (It's not the Mississippi, it's the Mekong)

from From Shore To Shore by Scoddy

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Stuck inside of Phnom Penh with the Memphis blues again (It’s not the Mississippi, it’s the Mekong)

There’s a whole lot of wats, and a whole lot of whys
And long hot nights under tropical skies
There’s rivers in the east, they put the court out in the west
Some got a lot, the rest got all the rest
But I’ve been watching American TV
All seven series on one DVD

And I don’t know much, I haven’t been here long
I'm trying to play the blues but it comes out wrong
Same same but a different song
It’s not the Mississippi it’s the Mekong

I got myself a Lonely Planet, I took myself to Tuol Sleng
I got a Tintin tee shirt, I ate spiders at Romdeng
Got a two dollar haircut near Wat Phnom
Left my shades in a tuk tuk out on Kampuchea Krom
Still got my health, as far as I can see
I got Dengue Fever, but only on CD

The riverside is full of Madison, and the lake is full of sand
The markets are full of all sorts of things that I don’t understand
I can say awkun, I can say moi tiet
I can say sok sabay, the rest I forget

There’s a whole lot of vodka, and a whole lot of beer
Sometimes I think I’ll stay forever, sometimes I think get me out of here
I learned the hard way, you won’t get too far
Trying to tune a Vietnamese guitar

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from From Shore To Shore, released January 4, 2018
Scoddy: vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion
drums: Antti Siitonen; bass: Adrien Gayraud; rhythm guitar: Chuck Villar; lead guitar: Pavel zargz Ramirez; amused Cambodian vocal: Kak Channthy

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Singer/songwriter, once of Tasmania, now resident of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Well crafted songs from rockers to lullabies, happy to sad, looking forward and looking back.

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