{"id":75,"date":"2026-05-07T18:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/?p=75"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:43:27","slug":"youth-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/2026\/05\/07\/youth-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-block-embed-soundcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youth in Asia by Lobster Optimus Ltd\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F2251576157&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I told John we needed a title song for the new album. He didn&#8217;t know I was planning on writing a title song. A few hours later I got an e-mail with the lyrics. We laid down some tracks the following Saturday and after some overdubs, viola&#8217;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youth in Asia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 40 years of working, they finally sent the note to retire<br>Napping in your lazy-boy hoping the TV will inspire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late night cable has the strangest of ads<br>Some that appeal to retired granddads<br>They\u2019re showing laughing children on a tropical beach<br>For 20,000 dollars it\u2019s not far out of reach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youth in Asia, Youth in Asia<br>So seductive and from Malaysia<br>Euthanasia is the answer<br>Feel like the pole of an erotic dancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the airplane at the airport, often illegals they will deport<br>In your minds eye your flying so high that you will never feel the pain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You show your passport, you get a couple of stamps<br>Next thing you\u2019re kidnapped and in enemy camps<br>The child you gazed at on the poster<br>Is standing above you and carries a holster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youth in Asia, Youth in Asia<br>So productive at how they attain ya<br>Euthanasia might be the answer<br>It\u2019s better than dying of some kind of cancer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I told John we needed a title song for the new album. He didn&#8217;t know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lobsteroptimus.com\/ltd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}