The Taliban Song

Album: Shock'n Y'all (2003)
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  • We call it the Taliban song
    Everybody snap your fingers cmon
    Check it out, I'm just a middle-aged, middle-eastern camel herding man
    I got a little, 2 bedroom cave here in North Afghanistan
    Things used to be real nice and they got out of hand
    Since they moved in
    They call themselves the Taliban
    (Ooh yeah the Taliban, ooh the Taliban baby)

    Now I ain't seen my wife's face since they came here
    They make her wear a scarf over her head that covers her from ear to ear
    She loves the deert and the hot white sand
    But man she's just like me, nah she can't stand
    The Taliban (ooh the Taliban baby)

    But you know someday soon we're both going to saddle up and it'll be
    Ride Camel Ride
    My old lady she'll be here with me, just smiling right by my side
    We should do just fine out around Palestine
    Or maybe Turkmenistan
    We'll bid a fair adieu and flip the finger to the Taliban

    I know where you coming from brother!
    This is a patriotic love song
    So y'all feel free to salute if you want to
    I'll give you permission
    Now they attacked New York City cause they thought they could win
    Said they would, stand and fight until the very bloody end
    Mr. Bush got on the phone with Iraq and Iran and said "Now,
    You sons-of-bitches you better not be doing any business with the Taliban"

    So we prayed to Allah with all of our might
    Until those big U.S. Jets came flying in one night
    They dropped little bombs all over their holy land
    Man you should have seen them run like rabbits, they ran
    (The Taliban)

    But you know someday soon we're both going to saddle up and it'll be
    Ride Camel Ride
    My old lady she'll be here with me, just smiling right by my side
    We should do just fine out around Palestine
    Or maybe Turkmenistan
    We'll bid a fair adieu and flip a couple fingers to the Taliban
    We'll bid a fair adieu and flip a big boner to The Taliban
    Taliban Writer/s: Scott Emerick, Toby Keith
    Publisher: TKO ARTIST MANAGEMENT, Tokeco Tunes
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Mallory from Vineland, NjI agree with you. My husband was a soldier and he loved Toby Keith. He got a kick out of this song too...
  • Darrell from Thomasville, GaI heard a USAF general say on the capitol steps of Keith's home state of Oklahoma that he hoped the Taliban knew that some of those bombs bringing hellfire upon them were delivered by American women who were allowed to attend university, a big no-no in Bin Ladenville. Not his exact words, but pretty close. Toby is a soldier's songwriter and they love him for it!
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