all around the big bad world

on the c.i.a. machine

ten ten the President's men

in a big black limousine

there's an i.c.b.m. flyin by

get down and get to work

high, high, we're high and dry

and we're dancing in the dirt



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i'm going to shake for the sheik

'till I feel my body break

I've got reds in the bed

hear them dancing in my bed

going to shake for the sheik

'till I feel my body break

I've got the blues - bad news

my heart's dropped down to my shoes

yeah yeah



from the holy temples of Beruit

to the factories of Japan

got to shine your shoes and hide your loot

and get rich while you can

there's a red neck rapping at my door

with bibles and grenades

and fighting for a one man's war

in bad black mirror shades



chorus



fat cats big ass rats

jumping to the beat

black, black oil

and crack

in a big black limousine



chorus