Racist? Period piece? Mañana is good enough for me!

This song wouldn't be a hit today, that's for sure, but I remember hearing it when I was a baby.

Was it on the radio? It was a big hit for Peggy Lee, who co-wrote it.

Maybe it's a harbinger of the Aztlan Reconquista -- a 'Mexican' approach to patching the budget mess in Sacramento!

Mañana is good enough for me!

The faucet she is dripping and the fences she's falling down
My pocket needs some money so I can't go in to town
My brother he ain't working and my sister doesn't care
The car it needs a motor so I can't go anywhere

Manana Manana
Manana is good enough for me

My mother´s always workin´ she is working very hard
But every time she looks for me I´m sleeping in the yard
My mother thinks I´m lazy and maybe she is right
I gotta work manana but I gotta sleep tonight

Manana Manana
Manana is good enough for me

Once I had some money but I gave it to my friend
He said he'd pay me double it was only for a lend
But he said a little later that the horse she was so slow
Why he gave the horse my money is something I don't know

Manana Manana
Manana is good enough for me

My brother took his suitcase and he went away to school
My father said he only learned to be a silly fool
My father said that I should learn to make a chili pot
But then I burned the house down the chili was too hot

Manana Manana
Manana is good enough for me

The window she is broken and the rain is coming in
If someone doesn't fix it I'll be soaking to my skin
But if we wait a day or two the rain may go away
And we don't need a window on such a sunny day

Manana Manana
Manana is good enough for me

BBC web volume goes to 11

The BBC's web volume goes to 11, as this screenshot shows. 4:02 AM Thursday, August 6, 2009