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Bodhisattva - Steely Dan
Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance performed at the 2005 CCTV Spring Festival Gala by 21 hearing impaired girls and boys
with the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT) in Beijing.
Bodhisattva
Would you take me by the hand
Can you show me
The shine of your japan
The sparkle of your china
Can you show me
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva
I'm gonna sell my house in town
And I'll be there
To shine in your japan
To sparkle in your china
Yes, I'll be there
Bodhisattva
This song is about the fickle perception of Eastern Mysticism held by the West. "Can you show me the shine of your japan, the sparkle of your china" represent the narrow, stereotypical views that many Americans and Europeans have of the far east. This also coupled with the view that enlightment or spiritual realisation is possible without much effort, or is something that can be easily bought, "I'm gonna sell my house in town".
The lyrics revolve around two puns: "The shine in your japan" (a type of furniture polish) and "the sparkle in your china"
(Porcelain dishes and cups & saucers).
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6145
Bodhisattva - Steely Dan
Thousand-hand Bodhisattva dance performed at the 2005 CCTV Spring Festival Gala by 21 hearing impaired girls and boys
with the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe (CDPPAT) in Beijing.
Bodhisattva
Would you take me by the hand
Can you show me
The shine of your japan
The sparkle of your china
Can you show me
Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva
I'm gonna sell my house in town
And I'll be there
To shine in your japan
To sparkle in your china
Yes, I'll be there
Bodhisattva
This song is about the fickle perception of Eastern Mysticism held by the West. "Can you show me the shine of your japan, the sparkle of your china" represent the narrow, stereotypical views that many Americans and Europeans have of the far east. This also coupled with the view that enlightment or spiritual realisation is possible without much effort, or is something that can be easily bought, "I'm gonna sell my house in town".
The lyrics revolve around two puns: "The shine in your japan" (a type of furniture polish) and "the sparkle in your china"
(Porcelain dishes and cups & saucers).
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6145