Remy Cox - The Japanese Deer of Nara

Mt. Fuji hitchhiking. Typhoon battering the coast. Side of the road, caught in the rain, some gracious people took pity on the crazy foreigner. A family, a surfer, a truck driver and a business man picked me up. Arriving in serene Kyoto, too late to contact Kelly, I hid from the storm under a bridge. I wrote this song by rainy streetlight and slept on the damp ground. The next day was sunny. I called Kelly and we took the train to Nara, a city where Sika Deer romp around freely. We bought some deer cookies, found a hill, and pressed record. In the spirit of traveling, we did the song in one take. It is moment in time. The laughter, the bro-deer biting the microphone, the notes sang flat. It’s all here. Unedited, unrefined. The deer came with the music, and left with the silence. (To be fair, it should be noted that the cookies conveniently ran out at the end of the song, so I can’t say for sure if the deer genuinely liked the song or just liked the cookies.) But I hope you like it. Here it is.

lyrics: what’s gonna happen to all the poor polar bears
when they run out of white snow to sleep on?
what’s gonna happen to sad San Francisco
when the big quake comes and takes our homes?

I don’t know
what’s gonna happen
to our love
when I go
to Tokyo

what’s gonna happen to the Sordid Staes of America
when we find out you can’t eat money?
what’s gonna happen to my memories
when I close my eyes for eternity?

I don’t know
what’s gonna happen
to our love
when I go
to Tokyo
to Tokyo

what’s gonna happen to our love
when I don’t come home
and I drift on into the unknown
alone

Видео Remy Cox - The Japanese Deer of Nara канала Remington Cox