Puro Tilin-Tilin David Seitz July, 2005

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Was walking down Calle Central, when the sky it start to thunder

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The lightening flash, I tried to find a some’ting I could hide under

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(”Then I look up and see blue sky and say”)

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Puro Tilin, tilin y nada de Paleta

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You tricking me dat de rain doth come but now we all know betta’.

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Drove the new road ‘cross the isthmus, was a toll I had to pay

But to my surprise instead of Colon, the road end in Chilibre G

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(“half way road with full toll” - “sound like they took YOU for a ride” )

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Puro Tilin, tilin y nada de Paleta

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Looking forward to the easy drive, but now we all know betta

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Was in need of a vacation, from my work down at the grindstone

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I got one cheap, I found out why, was a 3 night stay at Cerro Patacon.

(“I bet the view was good,” “but the smell was ras nasty”)

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Puro Tilin, tilin y nada de Paleta

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Was going to relax in Panama, but now we all know betta

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I went to eat at Lake view, I got a nice corvina dish

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When the plate arrive, it was no jive, I was about to eat a maid fish

(“it was a nasty jack trying to masquerade as a corvina” – “ya man I saw one trying to look like a Barracuda once”)

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Puro Tilin, tilin y nada de Paleta

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They advertise for a tasty treat, but now we all know betta.

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Someone sell you Thatcher ferry bridge or a dream that might come true

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Remember it’s all a bunch of lacalaca If it seems to good to you.

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“You know it is likkle known that Slim Own de Panama Canal. “Ya man I bought it for 16 dolla’ back in 1995”

“Good investment buay”

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Puro tilin, tilin y nada de Paleta.

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They say they dey gwan to make you rich but now we all know betta

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They say you gwan to own de ditch but now we all know betta

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