No No Raja lyrics

(Jian on lead)
I wanna taste it,
give me a little taste.
I wanna taste it again.
(All)
Oh, no, no Raja,
don`t you go back to her.
No, no Raja, don`t you.
(Jian)
I wanna smell it,
just a little smell.
I wanna smell it again.
(All)
No, no, no Raja,
don`t you go back to her.
No, no Raja, don`t you.
(Jian)
And it`s so hard,
khaili mushkileh, (*See below*)
it`s getting so hard again.
(All)
Oh, no, no Raja,
don`t you go back to her.
No, no Raja,
don`t you.
(Jian)
I want it stupid,
just a little feel.
I wanna feel it again.
(All)
Oh, no, no Raja,
don`t you go back to her.
No, no Raja, don`t you.
(Jian)
For Raja, quiesence was wrought from the start.
Now Raja bleeds out his broken heart.
I want it stupid.
Just a little feel.
I wanna feel it again.
(All)
Oh, no, no Raja,
don`t you go back to her.
No, no Raja, don`t you.
No, no Raja,
don`t you go back to her.
No, no Raja, don`t you.

**Thanks to Nancy McGrath for this info: The `foreign language` in which
Jian mutters during `No No Raja` is (no surprise)
Farsi, which is the language of his native (or at least ancestral)
country, Iran (Persia).
The words he says are, (transliterated into English characters) `khaili
mushkileh,` which translates as `big problem` or `very
problematic.`
I confess I am amazed at myself; I studied Farsi for only one year a
long time ago (much longer ago than I care to admit) but I
still remember a fair amount of it. (Of course, the second word is also
really an Arabic word, and I am nearly fluent in Arabic,
so I guess remembering `khaili,` which roughly translates as `very,` is
not such a big deal...)
From the Liner:
(Dave-vocals, banjo; Jian-lead vocal, dumbek, percussion; Mike-vocals;
Murray-vocals, bass, low drum; Danny
Levin-strings)
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