The Ballad of Abu Dhabi

1989 Muscat, Oman

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1)  One came from an Island, one came from the snow

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One came from the bayou, one came from Schipol

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The boss came in from Hong Kong bringin' his number one bo

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The girls came in from England looking' for the water show


2)  The show was in the desert, the show was in  the sun
They hoped to make some money they hoped to have some fun
Such a strange location, Bizarre for everyone
The show was in a part of the World where civilization had just begun

3)  They moved into the local inn, waiting for an important call
Everyone made it in safely, but that didn't bother them at all
It seems they had no license to dive into the sea
With out this sacred permit, they couldn't collect their fee

4)  Where would the buy their dinner, Where could they get a drink
Without making any money the troupe would surely sink
Although they had no Duetch Marks, although they had no yen
They found they had no problem as long as their was ink in their pen

5)  They finally set their ladder, A few hopped off the top
The swimmers got their act down, there's no way that they could flop
They took a break on Christmas day singin' blues sitting in the sand
It was only 8 days later that the show came to end

6)  Dubai was down the road a bit the troupe had nothing to lose
They snuck out of Abu Dhabi and took a 2 hour cruise
The people there were friendly, it seemed they were over the hump
The problem was with 8 feet of water, the divers always landed with a bump

7)  First a week in Sharjah  then they moved to town
A party with some Indians, Poncho was always getting down
Ar-a-bi-a followed by a jam-packed crowd made it a perfect day
Nobody wanted to teardown cause they were headin' Abu Dhabi way

8)  Poor Richard had too much to drink, one night it landed him in jail
He promised us to straighten out but we all knew he was bound to fail
He turned into a thief one night taking hundreds just to drink like a dork
The boss caught him red handed and kicked his ass back to New York

9)  The water wasn't very clean some time it wasn't there at all
You had to keep you balance as death would result from a fall
Would this show be cancelled? Could I start thinking of a shower?
Just as we'd get all packed up, they would tell us just to wait for an hour

10)  Abu Dhabi was ruthless but there's no way that we could tell
That just for walking the streets at night we were risking the wrath of hell
It's true they touched each other' it's true they'd had something to drink
But they never thought it would take an Ambassador to get their ass out of the clink

11)  The villain was Jamilla, Mocrum was her Ace
They said we'd get our money, but they had no economic base
Jamilla tried to hide away leaving Mocrun to settle her case
All he got for helping her was a bucket of Water in his face

12)  So now my story's over, the troupe spends its days in Oman
We play around in mountains and nobody's giving us a con
Abu Dhabi is history and we're all glad to say
That never again will we be treated in that Muther Fucking Abu Dhabi Way.
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