Wonky

From the beginning of the war in Iraq I've been hearing the chorus in my head as the names of Iraqi cities were read off. My brain linked Aruba with Ba'qubah and that was it. Hopefully this will get it out of my head.


Ba'qubah, Haditha ooo I wanna take you
Samarra, Karbala come on pretty mama
Tall 'Afar, Fallujah baby why dont we go
Halabja

Off the Shatt al Arab
Theres a place called The Green Zone
Thats where you wanna go to get away from it all

Bodies in the sand
Tropical drink melting in your hand
Well be falling in love
To the soft thud of an RPG
Down in The Green Zone

Ba'qubah, Haditha ooo I wanna take you
Samarra, Karbala come on pretty mama
Tall 'Afar, Fallujah baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to The Green Zone
Well get there fast
And then well take it slow
Thats where we wanna go
Way down to The Green Zone

To Sadr City, that Baghdadi mystique

Well ride in our Humvee
And well perfect our chemistry
And hopefully avoid all the IED

Afternoon delight
Cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look in your eye
Give me Arabian contact high
Way down in The Green Zone

Ba'qubah, Haditha ooo I wanna take you
Samarra, Karbala come on pretty mama
Tall 'Afar, Fallujah baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to The Green Zone
Well get there fast
And then well take it slow
Thats where we wanna go
Way down to The Green Zone

Nasiriyah I just wanna see ya

Everybody knows
A little place like The Green Zone
Now if you wanna go
And get away from it all
Go down to The Green Zone

Ba'qubah, Haditha ooo I wanna take you
Samarra, Karbala come on pretty mama
Tall 'Afar, Fallujah baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to The Green Zone
Well get there fast
And then well take it slow
Thats where we wanna go
Way down to The Green Zone

Ba'qubah, Haditha ooo I wanna take you
Samarra, Karbala come on pretty mama
Tall 'Afar, Fallujah baby why dont we go

Ooo I wanna take you down to The Green Zone