Thanks to Dianna for recording and posting this (Youtube).
Final Dinner Performance: "An ETA Mash-up"
Sunday June 26, 2011, Dragon Hill Lodge, U.S. Army Base
Transcript:
[Well, I have the pleasure of not seeing any of you face-to-face, which will make this task much easier presumably but...
I don't really know who signed me up for this act but,
I think he's foolish (I was referring to myself)...
But while I'm out here,
I'd like you take you on a personal retrospective if you will
on my previous grant year.
I seek your patience and forgiveness where it may be required.
Now, prizes for anyone who can name the song and title (I meant "artist") of each song I'll be covering today.]
to the tune of "Desperado" by The Eagles
Goesangun
Why don't you come to your senses
I've been out riding buses, for so long now
It may be rainin', but I just can't see past those mountains
You better let somebody find you (let somebody find you)
You better let somebody find you
Before I leave to get some tacos
interlude/narration to the tune of "Everday" by Carly Commando
[Mr. Kim Sung Kee is an English teacher at my school. He is a very kind man, married, fifty years. One day he comes up to me and says, "Hello." Ah, Mr. Kim! How are you? Oh very good, very good. Great!
Silence.
I notice his necktie and try to make it a point of conversation. So I tell him it's a very nice. Oh thank you, with a big grin on his face.
But then I see that he's thinking, he's thinking about something and I realize, oh well he was just complimented by a native English speaker, so of course he wants to return a compliment.
So I wait. And I wait. Finally he says:
"You have beautiful eyes."]
to the tune of "Easy" by the Commodores
[Of course, I'll miss all my goofy teachers,
But I'll also miss my students. Inevitably]
Know it sounds funny but I just can't change the word
It's silver, not "shil-buh"
Seems to me boys you know I've done all I can
Played games with candy and prizes
Now you're sleeping
Sleeping like it's Sunday morning
Now you're sleeping
Sleeping like it's Sunday morning
to the tune of "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt
[Of course I'll miss my students and teachers,
but I think sometimes I'll miss the little things in Korea.]
Did I disappoint you, or let you down
Should I be feeling guilty, or let the judges frown
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
[I messed up badly.]
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.
Goodbye, Samgyupsal.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
Goodbye, Bibimbap.
Goodbye, Kimchi.
You have been the ones
You have been the ones for me.
I'm so hollow baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow.
to the tune of "Friends, Lovers or Nothing" by John Mayer
[And as we move into the final stretch of our journey,
we have to look at the big picture.]
Now that I am over as the Fulbright kind
I'll be dreamin' ways to keep the good alive
Only when I want is not a compromise
I'll be pourin' tears into your dryin' eyes.
Mail, Facebook or Twitter
There will always be more than one
Mail, Facebook or Twitter
It'll never be oh quite the same
But stay in touch.
[I've made many memories and many experiences in Korea,
But what I've valued the most
is that which I have derived and learned from the most,
and truth be told that's
all of you.
It has been my utmost privilege--and I say this frankly--
to have been part of this wonderful community and family.
Thank you so much.]
Anything other than send is no
Anything other than a Tweet is no
Anything less than a wall-post is cheating
Anything other than send is no
Anything other than a Tweet is no
Anything less than a wall-post is cheating
Mail, Facebook or Twitter
There will always be more than one
Mail, Facebook or Twitter
It'll never be oh quite the same
But stay in touch.
Thank you.
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