Name: Why Did She Dump Me In Shibuya?
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: Inspired by an emotional pilgrimage to Tower Records in Shibuya that he took with members of his college punk band, Bad Voltage, New Yeller's bass player Bill Lienhard wrote this song about a guy who gets stone-cold dumped on a fancy vacation in Japan.

Why Did She Dump Me In Shibuya?

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Inspired by an emotional pilgrimage to Tower Records in Shibuya that he took with members of his college punk band, Bad Voltage, New Yeller's bass player Bill Lienhard wrote this song about a guy who gets stone-cold dumped on a fancy vacation in Japan.

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Why did she dump me in Shibuya, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya, yeah yeah yeah

We went hiking on Mt. Fuji / Up the Subashiri Trail
Oh yeah she was a ballet dancer / With a PhD from Yale
Sushi on the Shinkansen / We both loved that bullet train
But now I’m sitting here in Tokyo / I think I’m about to go, about to go insane

Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah, yeah yeah

Took to her to Seven Eleven / They got the best food in Japan
Got us lost in Shin-Imiya / But then I found Mount Koyasan
Did she hate the pickled squid guts / That we ate in Tsukiji
Or was it my fanny pack / I just wish I could go back, was it her or me

Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah, yeah yeah

Went to the Meiji Shrine and I
Tossed my coin and I
Clapped me hands
Help me understand

She could have dumped me back in Brooklyn / Before we had to board the plane
Now my memories of Japan / Are just memories of Japain
And there is no trip insurance / To compensate a broken heart
Now I’m sitting here in Tokyo / I don’t know where I should go. This food makes me fart

Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah
Why did she dump me in Shibuya yeah, yeah yeah

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released October 1, 2020
Songwriter: Bill Lienhard
Lead Vocal: Buck McAllister
Backing Vocals: Launa Schweizer, Bill Lienhard, Rick Knutsen, Jon Freeman
Drums: John Newbery
Keyboard: Rick Knutsen
Guitar: Jon Freeman

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Founded in 2016, New Yeller is a Gowanus, Brooklyn-based rock band that blends indie pop, prog rock, folk-rock, and jamband sounds. Band members include Launa Schweizer (vocals), Buck McCallister (mandolin, vocals), Jon Freeman (guitar, vocals), Tom Waker (keys), Justin Credible (drums) and Bill Lienhard (bass). ... more

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