"Egypt Is Burning"

[rsdean]

Here's song I wrote with CNN on last night - it's supposed to have a loose, jam session-type feel to it. Thanks for listening...

Bob

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10242262

Freedom is a funny word
In some parts of the world
The sky is not the limit
If you're a poor Egyptian girl
The vendor on the street
Or the father pumping gas
The mother pacing nervously
And looking through the glass

Chorus:
Egypt is burning
In the dead of the night
There's tossing and turning
In the towers of bright lights
30 years of waiting
Is about to be set right
Make peace with the ashes
Cause Egypt is burning tonight

Gimme some of that freedom
That you've been speaking of
I'll wrap it around my country
It will fit it her like a glove
Sunshine on the marketplace
In spite of what they say
The hell with the politicians
They can all just go away

Chorus: repeat

Camels and Mercedes
Riding side by side
Look up extreme inequity
And get back to me by five
You can work all your life
But you'll never see those riches
Gonna ride this revolution
And drive out those sons of *****es

Chorus: repeat