Gaijin Desu Kara

I sang a song with Eric, he's from Queens, at the Christmas party on Friday night. (more on the party later, because the long post I wrote out seconds ago was lost through the perturbations of the internet and I don't feel up to rehashing it)

Actually, we sang two songs together, and one he just sang on his own. It was a ton of fun, have I mentioned how much I like singing?

The last song, the one Eric did on his own, he also wrote. He's a talented man, not mentioning the fact that he speaks like four (4) languages. Here's the lyrics to the one he wrote, because they're hilarious.

Though, if you've never been to Japan on exchange it might be somewhat less so.

Gaijin Desu Kara

I am just a gaijin
Okaasan will blow a fuse
If once more I forget
To remove my shoes.

Yet another gaijin smash
We walk when we eat
And every weekend one of us
Collapses in the street

Big Papa's katsu curry
For me is haute cuisine
But oh how much I miss
Canadian poutine

Yet another gaijin smash
At dinner I blew my nose.
Before I eat, please tell me
What the hell are those?

Je ne suis qu'un Gaijin
Qu'est-ce que je peux dire?
Il faut que tu comprennes
Kani je peux pas lire.

Wil ick nur ein gaijin bin
Ich cerstandte gar nichts,
Als du mich gesagt hatte
“Achtung” Auf japanisch.

Gaijin-desu kara
Nandemo dekimasu.
Aruite-kinagara
Itsumo tabemasu