Morganblaðið is the major daily newspaper in Iceland like the NY Times except it covers the whole country (NYT can probably lay claim to something like that too, maybe...). Steinþór Guðbjartsson was nicelandic enough to promote a concert/video screening I was doing in Reykjavik at Bio Paradis (RIP) for Paris of Love and Paris Amoureux (which appear in this album as "bonus tracks"). Given that I was promoting songs about Paris, France, he thought it might be cheeky to suggest that I write songs about cities and (laughingly) maybe the next one might be the Reykjavik Shuffle. I say, "Ask and ye shall receive!"
Produced and recorded by Mackenzie Kristjon at the Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Canada. Mastered by Phil Demetro, Lacquer Channel, Toronto, Canada. SOCAN 100%. One Stop Easy Clearance. 100% master and 100% publishing control. macsonfire@gmail.com. thismaddesire.net.
Lyrics
Just got back yesterday from Iceland
I want you to be closer to me
I want you to feel the things I see
The plane is off the ground
We fly the speed of sound just to be free
You’ve gotta let it move your bones
Everywhere we are we’re coming home
It’s a little dance we do
An Icelandic romance to pull us through
Do the Reykjavik shuffle
Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Hidden in the land of ice and snow
Across the lava rock
So hot we cannot talk as the aurora glows
We’ll take you to the Blue Lagoon
And swim like fish beneath the moon
Then dream on down the street
Another party to get to
Do the Reykjavik shuffle
Do the Reykjavik shuffle
Or the Gimli glide
Here we go
We found a place where the huldufolk won’t find us
Another tropicool place where the people won’t mind us
Yeah
I want you to be closer to me
I want you to feel the things we see
The plane is off the ground
We fly the speed of sound just to be free
You’ve gotta let it move your bones
Everywhere we are we’re coming home
It’s a little dance we do
An Icelandic romance to pull us through
Do the Reykjavik shuffle
Do the Reykjavik shuffle
Or the Gimli glide
Here we go
We found a place where the huldufolk won’t find us
Another tropicool place where the people won’t mind us
Yeah
Reykjavik Shuffle
Reykjavik