This was originally written last week, but it’s still sufficiently au courant to merit a Tatler post:
Walk Like an Egyptian 2011
– lyrics by buzzsawmonkey; music by Liam Sternberg & The Bangles
(Here’s the original or a karaoke version if you want to sing along.)
All the young Muslims in the street
Are shouting Mubarak must go
El-Baradei (Oh-Way-Oh)
Wants the Brotherhood to run the show
Obama’s in his swivel chair
Trying to decide who he can dump
With seventy billion (Oh-Way-Oh)
Mubarak’s played us for a chump
Swiss banks are all giving thanks and sing:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-oooooooooooh…
Walk like an Egyptian.
The Copts are hiding where they can
While the Islamists burn their church
They’re Christians (Oh-Way-Oh)
So the West leaves them in the lurch
We worry more about mummies’ heads
Than heads attached to living folks
Lots of pretty words (Oh-Way-Oh)
Can hide a political hoax
The folks there in Tahrir Square say:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-oooooooooooh…
Walk like an Egyptian.
[Musical/whistle interlude]
The newsmen get pulled from their cars
Are roughed up by the angry mob
Hear taqiyya (Oh-Way-Oh)
Recognizing it is not their job
The pundits on the TV screen
Say they support the people’s choice
But here at home (Oh-Way-Oh)
They slough off the Tea Party voice
Islamic unrest blindsided
All the smart boys in the government
So they run around (Oh-Way-Oh)
As they walk along with the Egyptians
All the pundits on the screens say:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-oooooooooooh…
Walk like an Egyptian.
Walk like an Egyptian.
Thanks so much for posting this, zombie.
Excellent work, as usual, buzzsawmonkey. Thanks for posting it here, Zombie!
Buzz, you are the lyrical genius.
Well done Buzz!
And hi Zombie, we still love ya.
Most excellent Buzz!!! A real treat.
And thank you Zombie for posting it and giving it a bigger audience.
Painfully accurate. Thanks very much for posting this!
Buzz is the BEST! He posted this gem this morning …
Walker Pneumonia
—apologies to “Rockin’ Pneumonia”
Demonstratin’ ‘stead of teachin’ class
Don’t want union restrictions to pass
Covered my ass with a doctor’s note, too
I got the Walker pneumonia and a case of union flu
Legislators hidin’ in motels
Ducking out on their duties as well
Over the border so what can the governor do?
They got the Walker pneumonia and a case of union flu
Obama wants the unions to win
So he’s callin’ organizers in
Sent a couple busloads of SEIU
He’s got the Walker pneumonia and a case of union flu
…and I’ve been singing it all day!
HIYA ZOMBIE!
Incredible.
As usual.