A busy weekend of writing; this particular day was also my first session with Michael Mainelli to discuss the idea that became Clean Business Cuisine – but that’s another story to be Ogblogged separately.
I’ll guess that I wrote this lyric in the morning before having lunch with Michael…
…guessing that neither my creative mind nor my alcohol-addled brain will have been up to much after the long lunchtime session.
Anyway, this lyric is about the Noriega saga (Panama) which was in the news at the time. It has a few decent lines in it, but didn’t make the cut for the show and I can understand why.
MEET ME IN PANAMA
(To the Tune of “Meet Me on the Corner”)
VERSE 1 – US MARINES SEIZE MANUEL NORIEGA
Hey Mr Noriega, how have you been,
Tell me, have you Coke folks can snort?
We came along, to seize you by the shlong,
And to seize the blow you export.
You and your mates, must come back to the States,
Where we’re gonna jam you in gaol,
You are Commie gits, and you have a lot of zits,
So I schmeck that our law suit won’t fail.
CHORUS 1 – US MARINES SEIZE MANUEL NORIAGA
Meet us in Panama,
When the drugs are passing through,
And we’ll be there, to snatch you by the hair.
We’ll check up you’re ass,
And if we find a trace of grass,
Then your conviction will be fair.
VERSE 2 – US JUDGE LECTURES NORIEGA
O, Mr Noriega see what you’ve done,
You’re a dealer, pusher and slime;
You hustle for hours, but our court has the powers,
And it nose that you’ll do lots of time.
CHORUS 2 – US MARINES RETURN
Meet us in Panama,
When the Coke is passing through,
We’ll blow the place, to try and crack the case;
Manuel’s tried to make a pile by flogging passing flake,
Now Noriega’s in disgrace.
VERSE 3 – US JUDGE SENTENCES NORIEGA
You rock the court with your three hours of blort,
But we won’t let detail toot our goal,
You’re jury of peers has laid on forty years,
And for that long you won’t get parole.
Here is a vid with Lindisfarne singing the superb song, Meet Me On The Corner, with their lyrics showing on the screen: