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The American Spirit Blues

by Tree Danko

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Spliff Nation & HappyFish Records present an all-new Banjo-centric psychedelic punk-blue-rock track featuring Tree Danko, Scruffy Ilo Jones, Bob Marley, Bradley Nowell, Squidd Dreadd & Bob Marlin.

lyrics

Our record, well check it out
All it is is three or four guys in a studio
Just screwing around, we're not trying to write punk rock
We're not trying to write reggae, we're not trying to write ska
We're just trying to write a good song
However it comes out, it's pretty much spontainious in the studio
She could bring a guitar and we could kick it
Do some drugs and watch the sunset, sounds fun, right
Sunsets here and I think it's clear I've got no need for you
What's your name - what's your name - oh don't tell me - don't tell me
Tell me it's all the same honey darling
It's not in what you say it's how you say it
Watch what you say Tre, I said hey
Don't tell me your name, to me it's all the same
A magic potion, your words are a spell, in motion
They all say hey that's Tre, he's so fucking fun
But what's that smell, he's a socio-narccisistic empath
Maybe baby hey maybe I'm the one for you
Stay away from him baby he's dangerous
I'm perfect I just got out of a relationship too
Tree Four Five Six, hey honey darlin' is there more than this
And I'm soooo fucking bubbly, you're going down - fu fu
I'm so - fu fu fu fu - so fucking fun - Tree can you babysit
And you'd be pissed to see this HappyFish you know, Cruising
Honey he's unfit to watch my kid with nothing but a smile on
And you'd be pissed honey darling to see me cruising mainstream
Rockin' shirtcockin' rockin' nothin' but a smile on
Got a hard smile on - God damn it, it's pointing right at you
I can see, bubble man, your little sister staring down me, no - ohhh
I got teen spirit - uh, boom wiki wiki waaah - uh yeah, I got, got spirit
I got you, I got, American, uh, but it's not dark blue
The Amerikkkan Spirit Blues, anyway, anyway aren't you a hippie
Trippy, what, I don't even think I remember you man
But that's okay, coz they all say, hey, fu fu, I'm so fuckin' fun
I'm so fuckin' bubbly, I got, uh, I got teen, teen spirit, fuckin' bubbly
Smoking nicotine, till I'm washed up and drownin' and burnt out
And you'd be pissed to see Squidd Dredd, the crazy bald head and Bob Marlin -uh
Rockin nothing, nothin', one love baby, you know, it's always somethin
Nothin' but a smile on, got a hard smile on and it's pointing right at you
If you take a look at me, uh uh yeah come on down here Flounder go downstream
On me and find it's true, I got long hair like a woman but yeah hey Flounder
I rock different parts than you, than you wanna see, wanna see, wanna see
Come on and shirt cock in the short bus with me
I'm a Puffer Fish, come on pump me up little Miss, Miss Puffer Fish
Excuse me, you know, Cruisin' your stream, nothing but a Bong-Along
Hey look at me, you'd be pissed to see this possibly socio-narccisictic
Empathetic, non-circus freak cruisin' your scene with nothin' but his Bong-Along
Lost memories, got a fully packed bowl, can't see, God damn-it I'm not gonna share with you
The Forest for the Tree, no way Bubble Man, Hail Mary and bitch-slapped with blessings dude
Pucker-up Princess Sucker Fish, we got, we got, spirit, cruisin', shadow-whisperin' dark spirits
With nothin' but a Bong-Along, (non-profit), you'd be pissed to see this hippie so fuckin
The Church, Bubbly, the Church of, askin', (hey yeah), for nothin', I'm so fuckin' fun
The Forest for the Tree, Smiles, socio-narccisistic empathic, are free
But hugs, maybe baby, hugs, I'm a light-working one, hugs are five bucks,
Don't you see, or trade me for drugs, come on, step out of the darkness with me, uhh
Into the shadows, dance with the shadows, and you'd be pissed
When I don't, ohhh, when I don't do what you want me to
In the shadows, hey Tre come over here and play for me all day
I'm not a rainbow I have a shadow, I'm hiding from you, shhhh
And you'd be pissed, I'm shadow-werkin' it, to see this Happy Fish
You know, cruisin' with his Puffer Fish friend and the Flounder, yeah
They've got notnin' but smiles on, uh Tre, Angel Sister May
Got a hard smile on, Flounderin' around back then, God damn man
They're pointin' em right at you, how you doin' today
Rock steady, Squidd Dreddy, it's heady when my smile's hard for you
When I lookin' at ourself as a musician
And look at checkin' in ourselves as a people
And we feel like if somebody gonna force down something on yah
Ya know what I mean you see life in that sense and just accepting what is happening
And God we know that somebody make the rules, ya know
And at the time that the people made the rules they didn't have to be right
So if they are wrong today they shouldn't accept that they are wrong
You know, if the people realize that life is more than just working for the next man
Until you retire on pension, I mean, you know, working is good, you know but you have to have something
Else (that keeps it inside you), yes ... respect what we feel in this atmosphere, I mean you know
Love and respect, creation, you know, and then, you start search, you will find Rastafari
You will find Rastafari

credits

released April 23, 2021
Tree Danko - Banjo, Drums, Vocals, Lyrics
Scruffy Ilo Jones - Bass Guitar

Recorded, mixed & mastered at Studio 3 on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
Production by HappyFish Records

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Tree Danko Kalapana, Hawaii

Psychedelic Rock banjo player singer/songwriter from the Big Island of Hawai'i.

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