Dokdo Rider Blues - Part I
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The little bits of rock islands of Dokdo, which continue to be a diplomatic issue for Japan and a life-or-death, nationalistic struggle for Korea, are in the news again.
South Korea launched a research vessel from here in Pusan to antagonize Japan conduct research. The Japanese Coast Guard chased the vessel. The vessel finished its antagonization research and is returning to port.
With that bit of news, I feel the need to check in on the Dokdo Riders. When last we left the Dokdo Riders, they were meeting the East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club and preparing to ride to Texas. Updates coming soon.
In order to celebrate the return of the Dokdo Riders to my blog and the public conscience, I have recorded a song that I call “Dokdo Rider Blues.”
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Lyrics:
Now tell me where my Dokdo Rider’s gone?
Won’t you tell me where my Dokdo Rider’s gone?
Well, everywhere these Japanese are always wrong.
Dokdo rider, he ride out on the road.
Dokdo rider, he ride out on the road.
I’m a poor boy here and I got nowhere to go.
There will be a time when we don’t need no Japan.
There will be a time when we don’t need no Japan.
So shut your mouth and don’t be raisin’ no sand.*
Bike I ride don’t burn no fuel at all**
Bike I ride don’t burn no fuel at all
The fuel I’s burnin’ some say is the cannonball
I went to the Island and put my old flag down.
I went to the Island and put my old flag down.
Dokdo blues overtake me and tears come rollin’ down.
Island I love it must be Korea land.
Island I love, it must be Korea land.
People say it’s Takeshima, and my face it in a terrible frown
I know a guy he protestin’ all of the time.
I know a guy he’s protestin’ all of the time.
Man if you don’t stop protesting you goin’ lose your mind.
Said fair brown what the matter now?
Said fair brown what the matter now?
Japan tryin’ to take my island and he don’t know how.
*“Raisin’ sand” is a blues term that means “causing trouble”, “making problems,” or “arguing.”
** This is a fairly inuendo-ridden sentence. In blues terminology “ride” is very commonly used to refer to an intimate act. “Cannonball” is used similarly.