Lyrics

El Niño
Words and Music by Dave Nachmanoff

They're catching stingray in Washington State
Down south, there's nothing but drought
There's brushfires all over Australia
And in the north it's flooding them out
The tradewinds are stuck in the doldrums
The Pacific's receded and warm
The forecast is gloomy for winter
What's causing these tropical storms?

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El Niño, blame it all on El Niño
It's because of El Niño
Says the man on the news
El Niño, blame it all on El Niño
That anomalous weather phenomenon, from Peru

My last fifteen gigs have been empty
It feels like I'm under a curse
My computer's invaded by gremlins
And the stock market couldn't be worse
I broke a nail last Thursday
And the dog slipped and injured his paws
I gained twenty pounds and lost my wife
I tell you, there must be a cause

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It was born in the Andean mountains
Where the temperature gets below freezin'
The fishermen called it "the little one"
'Cause it came in the Christmas season

The rain kept the people from coming
Out to see all of my shows
The computer got wet when it flooded
As for the stock market, nobody knows
I broke my nail dialing the weather
And the dog slipped and fell in the rain
I couldn't go jogging, and gained that weight
So El Niño is really to blame

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