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Lyr Add: Battle of New Oil-Lease

voyager 08 Oct 02 - 06:58 PM
Sorcha 08 Oct 02 - 07:18 PM
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Subject: Lyr Add: Battle of New Oil-Lease
From: voyager
Date: 08 Oct 02 - 06:58 PM

WARNING - polemical, historical, lyrical discourse attached ---


CHORUS

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Iran thru the cameras

and Iran thru the papers

Iran thru the White House

Where the oil money flows

Iran so bad

Our Army couldn't catch 'em

They took our radar bases

in the Gulf of Texaco


VERSES

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Early in the winter

Year of '79

Some students in Iran,

They put it on the line

In a fight for independence

They took our embassy

Shouting out the slogans

Of their leader - KHOMENHI


CHORUS

With Americans for hostages

They bargained for the Shah

A rich, exiled dictator,
Who had broke their Muslim law

They said he owed them money

Was a traitor and a beast

And in the name of freedome

They upset the Middle East


CHORUS

As we move into the 80's

There's still no end in sight

Muslims beat themselves with chains

While spoiling for a fight

Ayatollah wants it his way

Carter disagrees

People everywhere

Are talking WWIII


CHORUS


-- end of polemical, historical, lyrical discourse ------


With apologies to the 8th of January & them that fought it


voyager

FSGW Ghetto


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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Battle of New Oil-Lease
From: Sorcha
Date: 08 Oct 02 - 07:18 PM

I gather that the tune is Eighth of Jan/Battle of New Orleans?


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