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Fishy Swa Ska

Published on these records

Sunless Saturday

(1991)

(1993)

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
47 times	02 Aug 1991 @ Cameo Theatre - Miami Beach (FL-US)	29 Apr 2026 @ Cat's Cradle - Carrboro (NC-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Aug 19th 2018	The Chance - Poughkeepsie (NY)
Aug 24th 2018	Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn (NY)
Aug 26th 2018	Colony - Woodstock (NY)
Apr 22nd 2026	Empire Underground - Albany (NY)
Apr 23rd 2026	Crossroads - Garwood (NJ)
Apr 27th 2026	The Sinclair - Cambridge (MA)
Apr 29th 2026	Cat's Cradle - Carrboro (NC)

Found on these live recordings

26 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Mar 5th 1998	Crystal Ballroom - Portland (OR)	Soundboard
	Mar 28th 1998	Ripleys Alive - Cincinnati (OH)	Audience
	May 8th 1998	The Hurricane - Kansas City (MO)	Audience
	Mar 26th 2017	Waiting Room - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	Mar 26th 2017	Waiting Room - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	Mar 26th 2017	Waiting Room - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	Apr 2nd 2017	Duck Room at Blueberry Hill - St Louis (MO)	Audience
	Jul 1st 2017	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Audience
	Jul 1st 2017	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Audience
	Jul 1st 2017	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Audience

Found in these videos

Tagged in 3 videos

Found in 5 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...