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Khmerica

from 1975 by No-No Boy

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lyrics

Some nights, I’m a tourist to my kind
Landscape caught within a frame, a glimpse of another side
Call you, call you in my best Khmerican
Painter, pick up your round brush and fill the details in
Be my eyes

Cracked paint, a place enchanted
The colors of your life
Sunsets playing on the temple
And you, who survived
Be my eyes

Some kids move because their parents take new jobs
Some kids move ʼcause of Napalm

Cracked paint, a place enchanted
The colors of your life
Siem Reap bathed in gold and umber and
Palm trees climb so high
Sunsets playing on the temple
And you, you who survived
Be my eyes, father, be my eyes

I can play the old music
We can dance to all the old songs
But I’ll never walk with you through it
What a cruel, cruel task to belong
Yay said, “The moon ain’t sitting right”
When you wanted to marry mom
Be my eyes, father, oh be my eyes

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from 1975, released April 2, 2021

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No-No Boy Portland, Oregon

Nashville-born, Oregon musician & scholar. New album "Empire Electric out on Smithsonian Folkways fall 2023.

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