9 Moons Ago

There is no video, but this way you can hear the whole song. I heard it for the first time today on wxpn. So pretty! I bought it on iTunes for 99 cents.

O La Pago Yo O La Paga Ella (Marino Pérez)

Either I’ll Pay or She’ll Have to Pay

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

Oye, cantinero
Traiga otra botella
Oye, cantinero
Traiga otra botella
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

La mujer que tengo
Eso parte el alma
La mujer que tengo
Eso parte el alma
Su boquita sabe, mamá
A melado de cana
Su boquita sabe, mami
A melado de cana

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

Cuando yo amanezco
Con ganas de beber
Cuando yo amanezco
Con ganas de beber
Pido una botella
Llamo a mi mujer
Pido una botella, mami
Llamo a mi mujer

Mamacita linda
No seas tan rechula
Mamacita linda
No seas tan rechula
Que me estás matando mamá
Con tu sabrosura
Que me estás matando
Con tu sabrosura

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

Cuando ella me dice,
“Pide lo que quiera”
Cuando ella me dice,
“Pide lo que quiera”
Seguimos bebiendo
La semana entera
Seguimos bebiendo, mami
La semana entera

La mujer que tengo
Eso parte el alma
La mujer que tengo
Eso parte el alma
Su boquita sabe, mamá
A melao de cana
Su boquita sabe, mami
A melao de cana

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

(Guitarra…)

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

Mamacita linda
No seas tan rechula
Mamacita linda
No seas tan rechula
Que me estás matando, mamá
Con tu sabrosura
Que me estás matando, mami
Con tu sabrosura

Cuando yo amanezco
Con ganas de beber
Cuando yo amanezco
Con ganas de beber
Pido una botella, mami
Llamo a mi mujer
Pido una botella, mamá
Llamo a mi mujer

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo o la paga ella
O la pago yo o la paga ella

Me voy a beber
Dos o tres botellas
O la pago yo…

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English translation:

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

Hey, barman
Bring me another bottle
Hey, barman
Bring me another bottle
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

The woman I have
It breaks my heart
The woman I have
It breaks my heart
Her little mouth tastes, mamá
Like sugar cane syrup
Her little mouth tastes, mami
Like sugar cane syrup.

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

When I wake up
With a desire to drink
When I wake up
With a desire to drink
I ask for a bottle
I call my woman
I ask for a bottle, mami
I call my woman

Beautiful little momma
Don’t be so sweet
Beautiful little momma
Don’t be so sweet
Because you’re killing me, mamá
With your tastiness
You’re killing me
With your tastiness

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

When she tells me,
“Ask for whatever you want”
When she tells me,
“Ask for whatever you want”
We keep drinking
All week long
We keep drinking, mami
All week long

The woman I have
It breaks my heart
The woman I have
It breaks my heart
Her little mouth tastes, mamá
Like sugar cane syrup
Her little mouth tastes, mami
Like sugar cane syrup

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

(Guitar…)

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

Beautiful little momma
Don’t be so sweet
Beautiful little momma
Don’t be so sweet
Because you’re killing me, mamá
With your tastiness
You’re killing me
With your tastiness

When I wake up
With a desire to drink
When I wake up
With a desire to drink
I ask for a bottle, mami
I call my woman
I ask for a bottle, mamá
I call my woman

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay
Either I’ll pay or she’ll have to pay

I’m going to go drink
Two or three bottles
Either I’ll pay…

Had fun shopping at Borders w/ Mumsy. Used some of my birthday money and gift cards to buy the awesomest movie, “Eagle vs. Shark”! (The male lead is played by Flight of the Conchords member, Jemaine Clement. The female lead, Loren Horsley, is brilliant too.)
Bought a gorgeous Japanese woodblock print 2010 calendar, in a nice large format. Will definitely be framing the art when the year is up!
And bought a book which will not be easy to read, but I’ve been meaning to for years, “Night” by Elie Wiessel, and his account of the Holocaust. (It’s also a new and more accurate translation written by his wife, Marion.)
The cashier laughed and said “That’s quite the range you’ve got there, isn’t it?”
Yep!
Watched the movie with Mom tonight and she agreed: Laugh-out-loud funny, ridiculous, quirky and cute. Love it.

It’s been bloody gorgeous outside!

Go take a peek at the rest of the recent pics on my flickr photostream: Autumn 2009

Looking out the window this morning, I see a carpet of red, gold, green and yellow leaves on the back lawn, which I’ll be heading out to rake soon. The chill in the air is just fine with me, as I put on my sweater and curl my hands ’round the coffee cup. Winter is right on the heels of this Autumn, but there is no frost at the moment, so the Season of Fall has been firmly established, at least for today.

However, as I type up a quick to-do list on the computer and turn the radio on, I catch myself feeling a pang after recognizing the band on the radio singing that familiar refrain, “Everywhere you go you always take the weather with you..” I turn up the volume loud, then louder. The band, Crowded House, started out in Melbourne, and also sang knowingly about “Four Seasons In One Day”, the phenomenon in Melbourne, a city which has such transient weather patterns, that a day which starts out looking like a bleak rainy Winter could change to a Sunny Spring 10 minutes later, and everything in-between before the day is up.

I am very happy to be in Pennsylvania today. To have my health, to have shelter, to be reuniting with old friends, surrounded by loving family. I feel the push and pull of starting new ventures and wanting to hibernate (just a little). I am on the verge of some artistic projects which I’d put on the back burner. I do not regret coming back.

God, but today, I miss Melbourne like hell!