Look out get out of my way I'm going to the atomic cafe I'm going to the atomic cafe You're a mystery to me kabuki girl Don't say sayonara I want to see you tomorrow I want to see you tonight You're a mystery to me kabuki girl Your face is white Your hair is black You'll probably stab me in the back But that's the chance I'm gonna take Don't say sayonara I want to see you tomorrow I want to see you tonight You're a mystery to me kabuki girl East is east, west is west Girls from the east are the best They got more of what I'm lookin' for Ahhhhhh! Look out get out of way I'm going to the atomic cafe I'm going to the atomic cafe You're a mystery to me kabuki girl (c) 1982 New Alliance Music (BMI)
We all know this lovely ode:
but now i also know who that girl was:
and here is the full story:
http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/little-tokyo/atomic-cafe.html
and if you like that backdrop then you gotta read James Ellroy and his masterpiece on Little Tokyo – Perfidia.
Read it now! And listen to “Kabuki Girl”. Over and over.
And then the full “Milo goes to college” over and over again.
And yet again.
Thanks Descendents – forever grateful.