Chalk in the riverbed
Was deposited by the ocean as it boiled off
Encased in calcium carbonate
We could drown or we could solder
I climbed the ranks of militiamen
And the Sadrites, and my parents felt a cautious pride
And disregarded Shari’a Law
And put the Tigris in a trench now[Pre-Chorus]
Give us rain, give us rain, give us rain, give us rain,
Give us rain, give us rain, send us water
Send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks, send us trucks,
Send us trucks, send us tanks, send us IEDs
Send us planes, send us planes, send us planes, send us planes,
Send us planes, send us planes, is the sky clear enough?
Send us dust storms, woah-
Allahu Akbar
The sand has lowered the vitamin
Saturation point, put a straw under the bridge and suck
We made a pact with the Arakeen
And we built ourselves a filter
The city hydro’s undrinkable
Shattered cinderblocks are their favorite things to talk about
We saw your face in the Guardian
And it raised the circulation
[Pre-Chorus]
Send us rain, please transmit
Please receive our dumb prayers,
Telepath, send a flood, send us an avalanche
Send us cold, send us ice, send us meteorites
Send us snow, send us hail, send us high speed rail
We can pay, we should pay, we will pay, we insist
No defaults but we must get down to Chechnya
We defend, we fight back, we plant bombs under tracks
We skip church, all the monotheists
Sing: “Allahu Akbar!”
And the Inuit sang
And the Zionists sang:
“Allahu Akbar!”
And the economists sang
And the astronomers sang
And the anarchists sang:
“Allahu Akbar!”
God is greatest!
God is greatest!
God is greatest!
“Allahu Akbar!”
