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Luck in Exile

from Klezmer Mongrels by Geoff Berner

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If you start to feel as though
You're exiled everywhere you go,
Burdened by the things you know
And running out of chances,

You have just begun to see
How we have felt for centuries--
Celebrate and grieve simultaneously
And get to drunken dancing.

That's the way, that's the way,
Exiles are entrancing,
That's the way, that's way,
When they're drunk and dancing.

See that sweet young Swedish girl
Pretending to hold up the wall?
Soon the drum will thump and pull
Her out to take her chancing

In a minute she will see a
Smart young man from Somalia
Pretty babies there will be
When they get drunk and dancing.

That's the way, that's the way,
Exiles are entrancing,
That's the way, that's way,
When they're drunk and dancing.

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from Klezmer Mongrels, released January 25, 2009
Words by: Geoff Berner, Trad. Music

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Geoff Berner Vancouver, British Columbia

Singer / songwriter / accordionist / novelist Geoff Berner's music combines klezmer, punk, political satire and Balkan dance rhythms. He writes sharp, literate songs that make you want to weep, laugh, grind your teeth, or kick out a window - often all at the same time. Having built a cult following with his weirdly compelling stage presence, G.B. has a strange ability to create fun chaos. ... more

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