Toyang

Toyang is a song by the Eraserheads released as the second single from the band's debut album Ultraelectromagneticpop! in 1993.

The song is noted for its whimsical tone similar to the band's other song Tindahan ni Aling Nena, and for featuring creative wordplay, referencing popular songs of different genres.

Composition
The name "Toyang" is a pun on the Nat King Cole's 1951 single "Too Young" which was sung at the beginning and end of the song. In the lyrics, the narrator speaks of his love for a simple life with a girl named Toyang. One stanza of the song is also in Ilocano.

Buendia cites his cousin as one of the people from whom he got the inspiration for Toyang, who sang a similar Bicolano song back when he was young.

Toyang also references the Paul McCartney-penned "Silly Love Songs" and takes inspiration from popular Filipino songs such as "Penpen de Sarapen", a rhyming song used in children's games, and the folk song "Bahay Kubo".

In the Pop-U! demo, Toyang is sung in a slower tempo and the line "Sky Flakes, Coke 500 pahingi ng kiss; ang bayad mo sa jeepney kulang pa ng dies" was originally "sing sing sing wana wana pik; wana wana amik mukha ka nang Intsik".

Lyrics
They try to tell us we’re too young

Too young to really be in love

Bahay namin maliit lamang

Pero pero pero malinis 'to pati sa kusina

Kumain man kami laging sama-sama

Pen-pen-pen de sarapen

De kutsilyo de almasen

Haw-haw-haw de karabaw

De karabaw de batuten

Pengeng singko pambili ng puto

Sa mga tindera ng bicho-bicho

Sky Flakes, Coke 500 pahingi ng kiss

Ang bayad mo sa jeepney kulang pa ng diyes

Mahal ko si Toyang

Pagkat siya'y simple lamang

Kahit namomroblema

Basta't kami ay magkasama

Madalas man kaming walang pera

Makita lang ang kislap ng kanyang mga mata

Ako ay busog na

Nakatambay kami sa Tandang Sora

(Yo, Take it!) (Go Mark!) (Yeah man! Unsa man?)

Ti ayat ti maysa nga baro

(How can I tell you about my loved one) Ken balasang natalna

(How can I tell you about my loved one) Uray man, uray man, uray man

(How can I tell you about my loved one) Haan unay nga nadonya

(How can I tell you about my loved one)

Bahay namin maliit lamang

Pero pero pero malinis 'to pati sa kusina

Kumain man kami laging sama-sama

Pen-pen-pen de sarapen

De kutsilyo de almasen

Haw-haw-haw de karabaw

De karabaw de batuten

Mahal ko si Toyang

Pagkat siya'y simple lamang

Kahit namomroblema

Basta't kami ay magkasama

Toyang, oh Toyang

Please, pakinggan mo ko

I will always be true to you

(Take it!) We were not too young at all