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Thank You, No Thank You

from We Are Going to Bremen To Be Musicians by Geoff Berner

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7. Thank You, No Thank You

It seems we Jews have found some brand new friends.
God knows we can use all we can get.
I know you shouldn’t judge a person by their fashion sense,
Or just because you think you smell something funny on their breath,
But these new friends they are a special kind--
They used to say that we pollute their blood, and worse.
They used to kind of hate us, until they changed their mind,
They suspected that we were more skillful lovers
(true of course).

But now they march around their rallies
With a Star of David in their hand
They don’t even throw it in a bonfire at the end.
I suppose we should be grateful now they hate some people more,
I was raised to be polite, so I say “Thank you, nat-
Zhonalist
Scumbags
For your support.”

I say
Thank you,
Thank you,
Thank you,
But no thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you,
Thank you thank you thank you thank you
A dank a dank a dank a dank
A takka takka takka takka takka takka takka takka takka
Boom.

And then there are those Christians born again,
You know they used to call us Christ-killers but now,
The sons of Sherriff Clark were on the Road to Washington
When they converted Izzruhl
To their sacred cow,

But it’s all just to serve their comic book of prophecy,
You see
For Jesus to return it is imperative that we
Be the center of a war that will destroy the world entire,
Then they’ll laugh and dance and sing as we fall,
With the Six Million,
Into their lake of fire,

Singing,
Thank you,
Thank you,
Thank you,
But no thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you,
Thank you thank you thank you thank you
A dank a dank a dank a dank
A takka takka takka takka takka takka takka takka takka
Boom.

Have you ever been invited to a party,
You look around and think “I feel so wrong here,” and then
You whisper to your soul, “Oh soul, where are we?
“And why do all these assholes act like we belong here
“With them?”

And you think about what your mom said about
The company you keep,
You are lingering by the cheese dip,
So depressed you wanna weep,
Well maybe that’s the time when it is time to contemplate
Why we’re getting so much love from all these people
More famous
For their ability
To incinerate,

And say
Thank you
Madame le Pen,
Thank you,
UKIP,
Thank you
Geert Wilders,
But no thank you,
No thank you,
And
Thank you,
Mr. Blocher
Thank you
Siv Jensen
Thank you
Mr. Breivik,
But no thank you,
No thank you,
And
Thank you,
Stephen Harper,
Thank you,
Sarah Palin,
Thank you Netanyahu,
But no thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you,
No thank you,
Thank you thank you thank you thank you
A dank a dank a dank a dank
A takka takka takka takka takka takka takka takka takka
Boom.

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from We Are Going to Bremen To Be Musicians, released October 16, 2015
Lyrics and Music by: Geoff Berner

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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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