Pedasi.panama.2004
A couple days after the boxing day tsunami, i had written some really heavy songs [i had lost friends]...i wanted to write something to lighten up... i was newly in love and traveling with my then girlfriend... now wife... mostly on the azuero peninsula where my father founded a marine science reserve.
In a nearby cowboy town, after a particularly brutal rodeo, a band played... samy and sandra sandoval... one of the more awesome musical experiences i have ever witnessed... a cayman had just tried eating a friend's labrador... the panamanian president at the time was walking thru the midnight dirt streets of pedasi with her girlfriends drinking... as were we... the local seco [moonshine].
We were staying at this eccentric french guy's insanely beautiful bed and breakfast... it was a beautiful time and place... not sure how spike got into this one... glad he's here...
At least you're trying
Everybody else down here's just buying
Whatever is at the going rate today
It's always got to be about the chase
My friend Spike
Said sorry, but it's just a pony ride
But it's on the table here today
So it's going to have to be okay
In Panama
In Panama
It's going to have to be okay
And then we give it all away
We'll at least you're thinking
Everybody else I know is just drinking
Drinking up a wave of regret
And I don't think they've finished drinking yet
In the dancing hall
Samy and Sandra Sandoval
Finger on the heartbeat of it all
From Pedasi to Cambutal
In Panama
In Panama
It's going to have to be okay
But everybody loves you anyway
And then the question comes up
Are we wasting our time
Is this the presence of God
Or just a presence of mind
In Panama
In Panama
It's going to have to be okay
Think you're going to make it anyway
Hanging over
Over to a hanger for a party
The flying season's getting started
You'll take it on a wing and fly away
We'll at least you're flying
Because everybody else I know here's dying
It's what you've got to love about the crocodile
At least he's going to kill you with a smile
In Panama
In Panama
It's going to have to be okay
Everybody loves you anyway
In Panama
In Panama
It's going to have to be okay
Everybody loves you, baby