BABAGANOUSH [English translation]

Beirut feels like New York like any city

From the south of Lebanon everything seems bigger

I go down the stairs on a rainy Sunday

To see where the wind will take me

The storm makes me stay just below

My house they've opened a new restaurant I go inside and say good evening

Salam aleikum

A shot of rum

I put on a Googoosh1 record

What is a "baba ganoush"2?

It is all that you want

Mamma mia, those blue eyes

But why are you so down?

The night I stay awake with the Beelzebub monster

But my wooden soul wants to burn

A good Christian wants me up in Malibu

But tonight I'll have a baba ganoush

Let me play and I forget everything

And if night comes, just give me a baba ganoush

Hurt me and then kiss me on the mouth

And if death comes, it will taste like a baba ganoush

Shots that pierce the wood of the cedars

Some black spots on this city

We will trade the kingdom of heaven

For an anarchy of the soul

Sleep with your eyes closed like doors

And I pull even if it says: "Push"

We dance barefoot over death

I choke inside the baba ganoush

I can put you in my pochette

And paint for you with the Mediterranean

An elephant amidst the meth crystals

What's up?

I do not know

Are you ok?

It's you

Why?

I don't trust it all the way and I get confused

Lost in your world, I sink

Like a ship inside an hurricane

Like a fakir with a nail in his hand

Let me play and I forget everything

And if night comes, give me a baba ganoush

Hurt me and then kiss me on the mouth

And if death comes, it will taste like a baba ganoush

[Interlude: Nuclear Tactical Penguins & Madame]

Hey, yeah, I was the one who went up the stairs this time

Look, there's something important I need to tell you

And I don't want to spin this too much

I'm engaged

Ah, huh, me too

Okay

Come in

Let me play and I forget everything

And if night comes, give me a baba ganoush

Hurt me and then kiss me on the mouth

And if death comes, it will taste like a baba ganoush

1. Faegheh Atashin, better known by her stage name Googoosh is an Iranian singer and actress2. Baba ghanoush (also spelled baba ganoush or baba ghanouj) is a Levantine appetizer of Lebanese origin consisting of mashed cooked eggplant, olive oil, lemon juice, various seasonings, and sometimes tahini