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SICK IN SANTORINI

SONG LYRICS

I know that when you touched down
You had to hit the ground running
Your friends weren't around they were done in
By the girl who speaks Ouzo babble well

I guess the word just got around
The new wave bitch from hell ain't got no lover
She's come back to the island for another
Spilling drachma in her vodka all night long

I heard you really got sick
Sick in Santorini
You found a greek who liked martinis
You used the olives for bikinis

You never like to take it slow
Forever fire you were roaring
Niagra Falls, you just keep pouring
No act of God could slow your party down, no

But every story got an ending
You kissed every boy, saint and sinner
Your Grecian holiday was a winner
'Til they had to scrape your head up off the ground

I heard you really got sick
Sick in Santorini
The sun was down and you were frying
The boys weren't around and you were dying

You know, you know you got sick
Sick in Santorini
You found a Greek who liked martinis
You used the olives for bikinis

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

(solo)

You know I heard you got sick
Sick in Santorini
The sun was down and you were frying
The boys weren't around and you were dying

You know, you know you got sick
Sick in Santorini
You found a Greek who liked martinis
You used the olives for bikinis

You know, you know you got sick
You know you got sick
You know I heard you got sick
You know I heard you got sick

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

SONG DETAILS
Performed By: Dada
Written By: Calio/Gurley/Leavitt
Published By: Thumbsucker Music / Pop's Morgan Music / IRS Music / Little Mother Music / Music Corporation Of America, Inc. (BMI)

SONG NOTES

To quote the guys, this song is about "a good time gone wrong in the Greek Isles".

At the 2003 Hartford show, Joie related this story about the origin of this song (not a direct quote): The song originally had completely different music set to it. It was nothing like what it is now. So while they were recording the 3rd album, he had to go take a piss... on his way to the bathroom (or when he was in it?), he heard Mike and Phil jamming in the studio to the famous riff (that we know now), and it came to him that that was the music for those lyrics, so he ran back from the bathroom zipping up his pants and started singing his lyrics over the music. And that's how that song came about.

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