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| My attempt to purge my anglo-western yuppie guilt after visiting a dirt-poor 3rd world country (Nepal). We were hiking at 16,000 feet and had hired a porter to carry our gear for us. We paid Jangbo $6 per day to carry 40 kilos of stuff. Meanwhile, we were probably wearing the equivalent of the annual GDP of Nepal in new Goretex, fleece, polypro, hiking boots, and other high-tech crap.
Our over-abundant goodwill really hit me when I noticed (as I was gasping for air on the side of the trail in the brain-bustingly thin air) that Jangbo had only flip-flops, shorts, and a t-shirt on (and was smoking a no-filter cigarette, just to rub it in). Guilt, nothing like it. Then I went home and found about 20 old pairs of shoes in my closet that I had been meaning to throw out, and I felt even more guilty. So I wrote this song, hoping to make some
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CD: on the new Pat Burtis release, due fall 2001
Label: self-released
Credits: Words and music by Pat Burtis (c) 2000 |
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