What does Bright Eyes say at the end of the "Tonight Show" peformance?

[Eric J in MN]

Phil Mishmish?

Link to the performance is here:
http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2005_05_06_fun_musical_performance_on_tonight_show_asks_questions_about_bush_talking_to_god.asp

[seemslikeadream]

1. Does he ever smell his own bullshit

"In the ear of every anarchist who sleeps but doesn't dream, we must sing, we must sing, we must sing,"



"When The President Talks To God"

When the president talks to God
Are the conversations brief or long?
Does he ask to rape our women’s' rights
And send poor farm kids off to die?
Does God suggest an oil hike
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Are the consonants all hard or soft?
Is he resolute all down the line?
Is every issue black or white?
Does what God say ever change his mind
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
Does he fake that drawl or merely nod?
Agree which convicts should be killed?
Where prisons should be built and filled?
Which voter fraud must be concealed
When the president talks to God?

When the president talks to God
I wonder which one plays the better cop
We should find some jobs. the ghetto's broke
No, they're lazy, George, I say we don't
Just give 'em more liquor stores and dirty coke
That's what God recommends

When the president talks to God
Do they drink near beer and go play golf
While they pick which countries to invade
Which Muslim souls still can be saved?
I guess god just calls a spade a spade
When the president talks to God

When the president talks to God
Does he ever think that maybe he's not?
That that voice is just inside his head
When he kneels next to the presidential bed
Does he ever smell his own bullshit
When the president talks to God?

I doubt it

I doubt it

Conor Oberst


Aylin Aslim (aka Mish Mish)? Dreamer

[Eric J in MN]

3. In what language? nt

nt

[seemslikeadream]

5. Turkish?

nt

[babylonsister]

2. I did a search and found this:

Someone in another thread posted:


Then, when I thought I couldn't be more pleasantly shocked at something on tv, he popped out with "fil mish, mish" twice at the end.

That's a fairly obscure Arabic colloqualism you hear most among "fellahin" or rural communities in places like Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

It means impossible to the point of being laughable. How appropriate - it was a great touch at the end, IMO.

[Eric J in MN]

4. OK, thanks (nt)

nt

[DemonFighterLives]

6. Thanks for the link

That was the first time I heard him. It seems that the crowd was really into it.
Babylonsister, thanks for providing the answer to the mystery phrase.
What a courageous young fellow.