“Banditos”
by The Refreshments
from the album Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy
1996
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I’ve mentioned this song to a few people and no one I’ve come across remembers it, which is a shame because it’s such a fun tune.  I thought it would be relegated to my list of songs I really want to sing, but will never be able to find ever, until we stumbled across it (and “Jane Says“) at weird little sports bar in Austin.

This song is so much fucking fun.  It’s got everything: a buddy road trip vibe, a robbery, a car chase and some Star Trek humor.  Check it out:

So just how far down do you wanna go
We could talk it out over a cup of Joe
And you can look deep in my eyes
Like I was a super-model
Uh huh

Well, it’s just you and me baby
No one else we can trust
We’ll say nothin’ to no one
No how or we’ll bust
Never crack a smile or flinch or cry
For nobody
Uh huh

So give you ID card to the border guard
Your alias says you Captain John Luke Picard
Of the United Federation of Planets
‘Cause they won’t speak English any ways

Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people So meet me at the mission at midnight
We’ll divy up there
Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people
So I got the pistol
So I get the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair

We’ll put the sugar in the tank of the sheriff’s car
We’ll slash the deputy’s tires
They won’t get very far
When they finally get the word
That there’s been a hold-up
Uh huh

So give you ID card to the border guard
Your alias says you Captain John Luke Picard
Of the United Federation of Planets
‘Cause they won’t speak English any ways

Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people So meet me at the mission at midnight
We’ll divy up there
Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people
So I got the pistol
So I get the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair

The video is pretty fun as well, but the only copy I could find was obviously dubbed from an old VHS.

Bonus fun fact: The Refreshments also performed the theme song for King of the Hill.