"Mabuti Pa Sila" by Gary Granada

While looking forward to welcoming romance into my life this year, I glanced back at how I felt about being unattached by reading my post Single Since Birth. A Filipino pop song suddenly came to mind.

"Mabuti Pa Sila" vividly and humorously captures the angst of a perennially single guy infused with a rich flavor of Filipino culture. The song was entered in the 1998 Metropop Song Festival and won the grand prize.

It's one of my favorite songs because, needless to say, it hums my lovelife's tune. :) It may as well be the longest playing theme song of my life.

It was written, composed and sung by one of my favorite Filipino musicians - Gary Granada. Following is a music file and the lyrics. Enjoy.

[Gratitude to michra_15 for making this music file available on the Internet. Per my experience, the file does not play in Safari, but does in Firefox.]

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Mabuti Pa Sila
{Gary Granada}

Mabuti pa ang mga surot,
laging mayrong masisiksikan
Mabuti pa ang bubble gum, laging mayrong didikitan
Mabuti pa ang salamin, laging mayrong tumitingin
Di tulad kong laging walang pumapansin

Mabuti pa ang mga lapis, sinusulatan ang papel
At mas mapalad ang kamatis, maya't maya napipisil
Napakaswerte ng bayong, hawak ng aleng maganda
Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa

Ano ba'ng wala ako na mayron sila
Di man lang makaisa habang iba'y dala-dalwa
Pigilan n'yo akong magpatiwakal
Mabuti pa ang galunggong nasasabihan ng 'mahal'

Kahit ang suka ay may toyo at ang asin may paminta
Mabuti pa ang lumang dyaryo
at yakap-yakap ang isda
Mabuti pa sila, mabuti pa sila
Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa

Mabuti pa ang simpleng tissue at laging nahahalikan
Mabuti pa ang mga bisyo, umaasang babalikan
Mabuti pa sila, mabuti pa sila
Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa

(Interlude)

Pigilan n'yo akong magpatiwakal
Bakit si Gabby Concepcion lagi na lang kinakasal

Mabuti pa ang mga isnatser,
palaging may naghahabol
Ang aking luma na kompyuter,
mayron pa ring compatible
Mabuti pa sila, mabuti pa sila
Di tulad kong lagi na lang nag-iisa