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Oh Virginie

from The Quiet Storm by Zach D.

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While staying at a hostel in Athens, Greece I met an incredible Quebecer woman named Virginie. This song is dedicated to our journey to Crete and adventure in an olive picking town called Spilia where as the song details we worked for a family with brute of a son named Yoni, who tried to steal my girl.

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Oh Virginie
I was traveled and lonely
You were dreadlocked and free
When you ate my okra
I heard the oracle speak

There's an island where the olives are guarded
By Poseidon and a village of Cretans
When we make it we will be greeted
By ouzo and feta cheese

Oh Virginie
You were one Quebecer
and now you are three
When we ask for work
It's like they're speaking Greek

You can't pick olives when it's raining
our translator is an arrogant Englishman
there's a family who could maybe use a hand
But the price will be steep

Oh Virginie
They see you for a daughter
For their son Yonny
A feast of goat they offer
for the dowry

He's a barrel chested brute
With his eye on me
Watching my every move Virginie
I stand between his pride and his progeny
What's he plotting

His dad has a pig to kill
Drawn to slaughter for the thrill
Takes a hammer to its head
Slits its throat until it's bled

Yoni takes me for a ride
Steals my glasses from my eyes
I say I don't want to fight
and try to offer him some insight

Being an asshole
Don't make you a man
I'm just a nice guy
who never worked with his hands

I may be blind
But it's plain to see
I'm taking my girl
like she took my...

Oh Virginie

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from The Quiet Storm, released June 17, 1991

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Zach D. San Francisco, California

At heart, Zach D. writes simple introspective songs many with relational themes. In jest, he sings hilarious parodies. Known for his intimate stage presence and witty lyrics, the San Francisco songwriter regularly performs in the Bay Area.

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