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Fishy Swa Ska

Published on these records

Sunless Saturday

(1991)

(1993)

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
42 times	02 Aug 1991 @ Cameo Theatre - Miami Beach (FL-US)	26 Aug 2018 @ Colony - Woodstock (NY-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Mar 12th 1997	The Edge - Palo Alto (CA)
Feb 23rd 1998	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)
Mar 5th 1998	Crystal Ballroom - Portland (OR)
Mar 28th 1998	Ripleys Alive - Cincinnati (OH)
Mar 31st 1998	Peabody's - Virginia Beach (VA)
May 6th 1998	The Safari - Des Moines (IA)
May 8th 1998	The Hurricane - Kansas City (MO)
Feb 26th 2002	Gothic Theater - Denver (CO)
Feb 10th 2017	One Love Cali Reggae Fest - Long Beach (CA)
Mar 10th 2017	Magic Hat Brewery - Burlington (VT)

Found on these live recordings

23 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Aug 2nd 1991	Cameo Theatre - Miami Beach (FL)	Audience
	Oct 21st 1991	Astoria - Westminster (GB)	Audience
	Nov 3rd 1991	First Avenue - Minneapolis (MN)	Audience
	Nov 29th 1991	Cameo Theatre - Miami Beach (FL)	Audience
	May 2nd 1992	Buffalo University - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	Sep 21st 1993	Le Moulin - Marseille (FR)	Audience
	Sep 21st 1993	Le Moulin - Marseille (FR)	Audience
	Feb 26th 1997	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)	Audience
	Mar 2nd 1997	Josha's - Breckenridge (CO)	Audience
	Feb 23rd 1998	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 2 videos

Found in 4 full show videos

Lyrics

I feel like I'm being assassinated by boredom or something
I need some excitement, some adventure, some of that...
You know that "Je ne sais quoi"
I need some... some Fishbone

Day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year !
Your political leaders take it the ear for a beer and say :
"Hey ! As long as I've got my diamonds & pearls & free plane rides to Europe,
Let the poor be poorer and the underprived be underpriviledge, huh !"
A dog crosses the street
A butcher cuts his meat
C'mon you rebels, dance your blues away !
The Fishy Swa Ska, that's what I say !

And further more...

Call me a poser, call me a fake
I'd like to pour diarhea in your vanilla milkshake !
Rude boy, rude boy ! There's a hint you can take !
You wear your clothes and I wear mine
So don't give me a job !
You prejudice swine
So what if I wear mismatched monkey boots
Pajama bottoms and a suit made of poison ivy ?
For 6 million days ? Oh !
A bird drops a turd
A lot of cows make a herd
This mission I say will never be done
So why should I bother to move my tongue
C'mon you cats, c'mon you chicks !
Dance your blues away !

And furthermore...

See the preachers preach
But the devil deceits
So why should I let those bad guys stray me from my F-Bone beliefs !
I'm the one who experiments with the bullets and the sharks !
I'm the cause for the cross-over
For the brand new start in the dark
Yeah ! Radio man I'm talking to you !
And you machine beat junkies that have locked your doors
Will get diseased by the Rock-n-Roll Whore
If I dared not to get rude and make a fuss
This groove would be minor and riding in the back of a bus
No one cares about progression
So fuck you !
Cause if you did, you'd be making a confession
That's true !
But as the narrowminded say : "So near and far,
It'll never happen, it's too bizarre !"

Yeah ! But don't you fret ?...
There will be a movement in the light yet
So c'mon you cats, c'mon you chicks !
Dance your blues away !
The Fishy Swa Ska, that's what I say !

And furthermore...