T.I.N.A. to Ska

You might have coffee black or white
You might be riding left or right
You can run or you can hide
You can be rude or quite polite
But one choice is set so far:
There’s no alternative to Ska

There is brandy, scotch and gin
Here is virtue, there is sin
Do you prefer blond or red?
Or rather curly brunette?
Besides the issues at the bar
There’s no alternative to Ska

There’s no alternative to Ska
There’s no alternative to Ska
There’s no alternative to Ska-Ska-Ska-Ska
There’s no alternative to Ska
Yes, one choice is set so far:
There’s no alternative to Ska

Some choices are quite awful
The devil or the deep blue sea
But then again in a deli
You will pick quite happily
It’s clear from here to Srinagar:
There’s no alternative to Ska

There’s no alternative to Ska
There’s no alternative to Ska
There’s no alternative to Ska-Ska-Ska-Ska
There’s no alternative to Ska
Yes, one choice is set so far:
There’s no alternative to Ska

Truth is always in between,
Between all the truths around.
Even facts have different faces,
It’s the new White-House-sound
Our solid certainty so far:
There’s no alternative to Ska

There’s no alternative to Ska

Besides the issues at the bar
There’s no alternative to Ska
Our solid certainty so far:
There’s no alternative to Ska

[Music & Lyrics: M. Schramhauser]
Release: "Straight Ahead" (album)