Pare Ko

Pare Ko (clean version: Walang Hiyang Pare Ko) is a song by the Eraserheads from their debut album ultraelectromagneticpop! released as its third single in 1993.

Being one of the first original songs the band ever performed, Buendia had called Pare Ko the "mother of all our pop songs."

Composition
Written by vocalist Ely Buendia, "Pare Ko" tells the point of view of an anguished suitor confiding to a friend about a girl who had just turned him down after being led on.

Walang Hiyang Pare Ko
Reportedly, "Pare Ko" and the entire ultraelectromagneticpop! album were nearly censored by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) due to the Tagalog profanities "‘tang ina" (Filipino slang for "whore mother") and "leche". Swear words were unheard of in Philippine music at the time, and as such their record label asked them to record a clean version of the song, resulting in the track "Walang Hiyang Pare Ko" also be found in the album. The clean version replaced "' tang ina" with "'lang hiya", and "ako'y nabuburat na" with "ako'y naiinis na."

According to Buendia, they played Pare Ko on a complicated E-flat tuning because it was the trend at the time and that they wanted to give "songhits" a hard time in tabbing their songs. At 5 minutes and 11 seconds, "Pare Ko" and "Walang Hiyang Pare Ko" are the longest tracks in the album.

Cover versions
The song was covered by the APO Hiking Society for Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music Of The Eraserheads and by Spongecola for The Reunion: An Eraserheads Tribute Album.

Lyrics
O pare ko

Meron akong problema

'Wag mong sabihin "na naman"

In-love ako

Sa isang kolehiyala

Hindi ko maintindihan

'Wag na nating idaan

Sa maboteng usapan

Lalo lang madaragdagan

Ang sakit ng ulo at bilbil sa tiyan

Anong sarap

Kami'y naging magkaibigan

Napuno ako ng pag-asa

Yun pala

Hanggang doon lang ang kaya

Akala ko ay puwede pa

Masakit mang isipin

Kailangan tanggapin

Kung kailan ka naging seryoso

Saka ka niya gagaguhin

O Diyos ko! Ano ba naman ito?

Di ba, 'tang ina

Nagmukha akong tanga

Pinaasa niya lang ako

Lecheng pag-ibig 'to

Diyos ko

Ano ba naman ito

Sabi niya

Ayaw niya munang magkasyota

Dehins ako naniwala

Di nagtagal

Naging ganun na rin ang tema

Kulang na lang ang sagot niya

Ba't ba ang labo niya?

Di ko maipinta

Hanggang kailan maghihintay

Ako ay naiinis na

Pero minamahal ko siya

Di biro, T.L. ako sa kanya

Alam kong nababaduyan ka na

Sa mga sinasabi ko

Pero sana naman ay maintindihan mo

O pare ko

Meron ka bang maipapayo?

Kung wala ay okay lang

Kailangan lang ay iyong pakikiramay

Nandito ka ay ayos na