Recorded March 2022 at Boom Room Studios
Released 5/6/22
lyrics
Verse 1
Bi aabi haye Tabestoon
There was no water in the Summer
Bi borghi haye Zemestoon
No electricity in the Winter
Shabaa gorg o mish o naaleh
At night, the sound of howling wolves and weeping humans
Roozaa bomb o baroon
In days, bombs pouring down
Zabdar e chasb roo shisheh
Tape crossed over the window glass
Lek o lek e aaghaajoon
Grandfather hobbling
Shabaayeh por setarah
Nights, full of stars
Roozaa hame roo eyvoon
Days, everyone out on the porch
Chorus
G o Ch o P o Jh
Ye o Re o Mim o Lam o Noon
☨☨(see explanation at the end)
Verse 2
Aadma por efadeh
People are all full of arrogance
Vali gedoa faraavoon
But there is poverty everywhere
Borg o chars o hashish o shishah
Leaf and weed and hash and crystal
Bar o box hame daaghoon
Every friend, totally destroyed
Misaazimet dobaareh
We will fix you again
Shaayad hamin Tabestoon
Maybe this Summer
Shabaa rooza derazeh
Nights and days are long
Shayad ham ke Zemestoon
Or maybe also the Winter
Chorus
G o Ch o P o Jh
Ye o Re o Mim o Lam o Noon
Verse 3
Nakon enghadeh naleh
Don’t complain too much
Beshin posht e farmoon
Sit behind the steering wheel
Bezan berim dobaare
Let’s go again
Too ootooboonaye Tehroon
In the highways of Tehran
Ye rooz meyaym dobaareh
One day we will come again
Hame tooyeh khyaboon
All out in the streets
Par mikeshim dobaneh
We will fly free again
Vali mishim pashimoon
But we will regret it again
Chorus
G o Ch o P o Jh
Ye o Re o Mim o Lam o Noon
G o Ch o P o Jh
☨☨
The chorus is a word play in reference to the sociopolitical divide between the polarized views, which is represented by the 4 letters from Farsi that is G.Ch.P.Jh. which do not exist in the Arabic alphabet, while Ye, Re, Mim, Lam, Vav and Noon are letters which are pronounced a certain way in Arabic Religious texts.
credits
from Persiantown EP,
released December 31, 2022
Music by Luis Loza, Jacob Frank, Hooman Hamedani, Sam Sander-Effron, Ian Kung, Gabe Preston
Lyrics by Hooman Hamedani
Recording by Eric Bogacz
Recorded at Boom Room Studios, Pine St Studios
Mixing and Mastering by Aaron Nicholas Walter
Vocals- Hooman Hamedani; Guitar- Luis Loza; Bass guitar- Jacob Frank; Drums- Ian Kung; Trombone- Sam Sander-Effron; Alto saxophone- Gabe Preston; Flute- Gabe Preston
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