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I post this with no irony, it's relevant in a way (Original Post) Shellback Squid Aug 2025 OP
I'm laughing and I'm mortified all at the same time. Haggard Celine Aug 2025 #1
Lyrics jxla Aug 2025 #2
As an American of Mexican descent Snoopy 7 Aug 2025 #3

jxla

(267 posts)
2. Lyrics
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 06:11 AM
Aug 2025

Track 5 from their twelfth album “Genesis” released in 1983 copyright Atlantic Records. Written by Phil Collins, Tony Banks & Mike Rutherford and produced by Genesis & Hugh Padgham.

Got out of bed, wasn't feeling too good
With my wallet and my passport, a new pair of shoes
The sun is shining so I head for the park
With a bottle of tequila and a new pack of cigarettes

I got a cousin and she got a friend
Who thought that her aunt knew a man who could help
At his apartment I knocked on the door
He wouldn't come out until he got paid
Now don't tell anybody what I wanna do
If they find out, you know that they'll never let me through

'Cause it's no fun bein' an illegal alien
No, it's no fun bein' an illegal alien

Down at the office, had to fill out the forms
A pink one, a red one, the colours you choose
Up to the counter to see what they think
They said "it doesn't count man, it ain't written in ink"
I don't trust anybody, least not around here

'Cause it's no fun bein' an illegal alien
I tell ya, it's no fun bein' an illegal alien, no, no, no, no, no
It's no fun bein' an illegal alien, I mean it when I tell ya that
It's no fun bein' an illegal alien
An illegal alien, OK

Consideration for your fellow man
Would not hurt anybody, it sure fits in with my plan
Over the border, there lies the promised land
Where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand

Keep your suspicions, I've seen that look before
But I ain't done nothin' wrong now, is that such a surprise?
But I've got a sister who'd be willing to oblige
She will do anything now to help me get to the outside

So don't tell anybody what I wanna do
If they find out you know that they'll never let me through

Because it's no fun bein' an illegal alien
I tell ya, it's no fun bein' an illegal alien, and it's gettin' me down
It's no fun bein' an illegal alien, no, no, no, no, no
It's no fun bein' an illegal alien, yeah, yeah, yeah

(It's no fun) It's not much fun (bein' an illegal alien), I tell ya that
(It's no fun) bein' an (bein' an illegal alien), I tell ya
(It's no fun bein' an illegal alien), no, no, no
(It's no fun) it's not much fun (bein' an illegal alien) no, no, no
(It's no fun) it's not very much fun (bein' an illegal alien)
(It's no fun bein' an illegal alien) and that's what I am

Snoopy 7

(732 posts)
3. As an American of Mexican descent
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 06:50 AM
Aug 2025

I find that to be funny at the time now I'm not so sure. Not because of the song or video but because of the orange idiot with the blond squirl on his head...

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