Lyr Add: Hypocritical Song (Rob Maxtone Graham)

Subject: Lyr Add: HYPOCRITICAL SONG (Rob Maxtone Graham)
From: Max Tone
Date: 11 Oct 01 - 02:25 PM

Thanks to Donuel's and Amos' postings to my economic roots of terrorism thread, See chilling evidence here, I've ended up parodying a song......again.........

Oh, how I wish it wasn't true........but Oil's a root of the invasion, again......

The HYPOCRITICAL SONG
Rob Maxtone Graham,
to tune of "The Hippopotamus Song", by Flanders & Swann.

A pair hypocritical,
They got out their guns,
Down by the old Khyber Pass.
On a pretext political,
Their web it was spun,
An' they rally us all to kick ass.
So when we've got 'Bin' and our puppets are in,
Our mighty new pipeline we'll lay.
We'll teach 'em & tax 'em, an' sell them Big Macs, an'
Then, once again we can say..........

Chorus
Oil, Oil, glorious Oil,
Nothing quite like it a war to embroil.
So follow me, follow, let's cause some more sorrow,
An' then we can wallow, whilst Earth we despoil.

The pretext's political,
To save 'ghanistan;
Let's rid the world of these guys.
But the reason's soritical,
To sell heaps of cans;
That's Global Trading's disguise.
And back in the west, we'll cop our invest-
ments -- all the way to the bank
We never forget to cause third world debt,
'Cos we've got Mammon to thank.....for.....

Chorus

Our aims parasitical,
How easy we're led
To back an unholy crusade.
But blessed by Leviticals,
It's gone to our head;
We'll not stop till Osama's been Laid
To rest as a martyr, so then we can barter
Cheap lives against what we purvey.
We move in like vultures, & trample on cultures,
Just looking for ways to make pay........

Chorus.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oil Oil, Glorious Oil (Hypocritical
From: Max Tone
Date: 11 Oct 01 - 07:47 PM

A cheeky refresh. Methinks the title's been putting folk off, judging by some reactions to the GAS! GAS! thread.
Rob

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oil Oil, Glorious Oil (Hypocritical
From: Donuel
Date: 11 Oct 01 - 08:13 PM

WOW Max, that had some power to it. It is also

I keep trying to html the correct breaks in mine and correct the pentameter and think I will never be satisfied. Last version? I hope to god it is.

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In the early morning hours, there were ghosts up in the sky. In a land that loved its freedom, and the towers that stood high . In the early morning hours enemies unknown, were on their way, without warning, on that clear September day They loved their God and aimed the planes for the wrath that god has wrought. Soon the enemy had a face that said "I'm innocent, you deserved what you got" ON 911 a faceless enemy attacked NY ...with AIRPLANES, FUEL AND CUTS ... STEEL, BLOOD AND GUTS. The Saudis are responsible, along with Allah's love. If you think it ends here, you surely must be nuts. After all the God damn wars , for some God that is above, Is it time to drink some beer and shout "lets give this god a shove". The faceless enemies were here, and we scarcely gave a glance. While in their hearts and minds was Allah's violence. The love of God has promised you, that you'll change the course of time. The depth and horror of your hate, was to us, the greatest crime. Somewhere tonight, there is the man that plots his sacred war. Plots the deaths, plots costs and how to even the score. It is not for God , it is not for love but for a family he has lost. The war he wants at his request is another holocaust. An eye for an eye, a scar in the sky, the shock and horror for families that cried. We will find a way, to teach you, its not a god who hated liberty, it was a bearded man that lied. Its not a god that hated liberty , it was a bearded man that lied. Don Hakman Oct.11, 2001

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oil Oil, Glorious Oil (Hypocritical
From: Max Tone
Date: 11 Oct 01 - 08:27 PM

Don,
Seek out Joe Offer's FAQ for HTML info for formatting and Blue Blickies. It's much easier to post a link to a song on your own thread, than format the lyrics, time and again.
Rob

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oil Oil, Glorious Oil (Hypocritical
From: Wolfgang
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 03:41 AM

link to the relevant bit of the FAQ

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oil Oil, Glorious Oil (Hypocritical
From: Max Tone
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 07:55 PM

Cheers, Wolfgang,
I had another URL on my clipboard, ready for another thread, so couldn't put Joe's one in without mind-bending surfing and short term memory loss, so retreated into manana.

Rob

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oil Oil, Glorious Oil (Hypocritical
From: Reiver 2
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 08:31 PM

Great parody, Max! When I saw the thread name I immediatly thought it might have something to do with the old Flanders and Swann number. It was fun, but your version has a very serious twist, but still done through the use of humor.