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El Rey

from Chingadera by Face Command

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about

Face Command are based in Sydney. Singer, Tyler Broyles, grew up in San Francisco and this single is a fever dream about his youth in "The City". Memories (both good and tragic) are intertwined with mariachi lyrics to emulate the bond between San Francisco and Mexico along with the indestructible friendship Tyler has to this day with El Rey (the king), of San Francisco.
Nothing is straightforward in El Rey. It's equal parts manic, playful, swaggering, ironic, English and Spanish. Face Command's guitarist, Shaggy, describes the song as the sound of "falling over in fast forward after your first shot of tequila". The song was realised at a series of exuberantly perilous and raucous live shows.

lyrics

no tengo trono ni reina
the most loyal friend that you could get
ni nadie que me comprenda
karaoke jimmy buffet
y mi palabra es la ley
hands on hips bring back the crab
sigo siendo el rey

the fog rolled in
the club washed out
the CHP
were rolling about
the drunk tank scare
i return that glare
when i got out
he was there

he'll run that river the wrong way
drinks don pilar con vicente
he's up all night and sleeps all day
he's king of baghdad by the way
con un corazon gigante
he'll run that river the wrong way
the right way
he hates
LA

con dinero o sin dinero
in reverse up Lumbard street
haigo siempre lo que quiero
gang warfare with cardboard feet
y mi palabra es la ley
don't forget the tapatia
sigo siendo el rey

the fog rolled in
the club washed out
the CHP
were rolling about
the drunk tank scare
i return that glare
when i got out
he was there

he'll run that river the wrong way
drinks don pilar con vicente
he's up all night and sleeps all day
he's king of baghdad by the way
con un corazon gigante
he'll run that river the wrong way
the right way
the wrong way
the right way
he hates
we hate
LA

heckling was instigated
quoi de stick accumulated
fake id was laminated
flying fist premeditated
it was over-complicated
clever when inebriated
guilty but exonerated
leo's lamb was marinated
freddy was so medicated
like brothers but we're unrelated

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from Chingadera, track released September 10, 2020
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gksq5aKjCKg

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Face Command Sydney, Australia

Face Command has been leaving venues a mess since 2012 with live sets complete with bar walks, Spanish-spat diatribes, human set lists, milk-crate shoes and a cymbal-slash-motorbike helmet. Face Command claims to be the only band that’s orchestrated a wall of death in a wine bar. ... more

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