Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brechtian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the The Birthday Party and Einstürzende Neubauten in his native Ukraine.
After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical, outsider qualities of gypsy music.
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AmGFE Yeah oh yeah you seen me walk GAm On burning bridges AmGFE Yeah oh yeah you seen me fall GAm In love with witches AmGFE And you know my head is held GAm Inside by stitches AmGFE Yet you know I did survive GAm All of your lovely sieges
AmF And you know that I'll pick up G Every time you call E Just to thank you one more time
GAm (anytime Eugene sings the word “alcohol” in the song, it falls on these chords) Alcohol AmGFEGAm Alcohol AmGFEGAm Alcohol
AmF And you know that I'll survive G Every time you come E Just to thank you one more time For everything you've done
AmGFEGAm Aaaaaah! Alcohol Alcohol Aaaaah!
I am sorry some of us Given you bad name yeah o yeah cause without you Nothing is the same Yeah o yeah I miss you so Every time we break up Just to hit a higher note Every time we make up
And you know that I'll pick up Every time you call Just to thank you one more time
Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol
So you know I will survive Every time you come Just to thank you one more time For everything you've done Aaaaaah!
(Instrumental) AmGFEGAm X 8
Alcohol X
AmGFEGAm Who is crawlin' up my spine - alcohol I was waiting long long time - alcohol Now you teach me how to rhyme - alcohol Just don't stab me in the back with a cortisol
Now forever reunite - alcohol Now you teach me how to rhyme - alcohol Screw a light bulb in my head - alcohol may that ceremony be happy or sad
And you know that I'll pick up Every time you call Just to thank you one more time For everything you've done
And you know that I'll pick up Every time you call Just to thank you one more tiiiiime