Some Hamas forces got stuck out on some Lebanese hills on the borders with Israel…
…I know what you are thinking…this is not an easy subject for comedy. You are right and I was wrong.
But I had a reasonable go at it and it has balance. Writing now, 25 years later, I am proud of this lyric, even though it didn’t make the show. I remember Janie really liked it at the time…that mattered.
DON’T LEAVE US THIS SPACE
(To the Tune of “Don’t Leave Me This Way”)
INTRO – SUNG “MECCA” STYLE
Ay, ay ay ay ay ay ay, ay ay ay ay ay, ay ay
VERSE 1
Don’t leave us this space,
We can’t survive, can’t stay alive,
In Lebanon;
Don’t leave us this place,
We can’t exist, fundamentalist, Islamisists,
Don’t leave us this space.
CHORUS 1
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-amas,
Israeli soldiers burst in to grab us,
Cos they believe we’re causing Arab fuss,
They exiled us out to South Lebanon,
They say Israel has got a Jihad ban on,
So listen to Abdul Aziz Rantisi,
Now only Yizhak Rabin can set us free, {set us free, set us free}
VERSE 2
Don’t leave us this space,
We just can’t stand, this no man’s land,
With ice and breeze;
Don’t leave us this place,
In these harsh climbs, Sir Ranulph Finnes,
Would also freeze,
Don’t leave us this place.
CHORUS 2
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-shwari,
Has won around Boutros Boutros-Ghali,
She’s the Palestinian Mata-Hari,
Four hundred of us want reparations,
With the help of the United Nations,
But Israel won’t return us to Palestine,
Despite Resolution 799 {799, 799}.
OUTRO – DANCE OFF STAGE SINGING
Please let my people go, let my people go.
Here is a vid of Themla Houston belting Don’t Leave Me This Way: