Back in 1997, the Taliban were not that well known and this story about their behaviour towards women was news in the West. Janie thought the story so awful she found it hard to believe that I could try and write a satirical lyric for NewsRevue about it. This lyric didn’t see the light of day until now.
TALIBAN
(To the Tune of “Carrie Anne”)
INTRO – CHORUS OF INFIDELS
Do do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do,
Do do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do,
Hey Taliban, hey Taliban.VERSE 1 – A BEARDED BELIEVER (POSSIBLY A FEMALE CAST MEMBER)
In Afghanistan our laws are simple,
Men are the warriors, Women are all indoors;
New Shariah courts enforce this curfew,
What’s the attraction in what we’re doing?CHORUS 1
INFIDELS: Hey Taliban, What’s your game now, Can anybody pray?
BELIEVER: Afghanistan, Let’s face east now, And everybody pray.VERSE 2 – AN INFIDEL
You were always something special to me,
I got my bone up, You got all stoned up;
I attend the public executions,
Where are our women disappearing?CHORUS 2
INFIDELS: Hey Taliban, What’s your game now, Can anybody pray?
BELIEVER: Afghanistan, Cover up now, And never show your face.MIDDLE EIGHT – INFIDELS
(Examining the bearded believer)
You’re so, so unlike a woman to me (unlike a woman to me),
You’re so, so unlike a woman to me (unlike a woman to me).CHORUS 3
INFIDELS: Hey Taliban, close your girls schools, and hide your girls away?
INFIDELS: Afghanistan, you thought Russia, took liberties away.OUTRO
ALL: Taliban, be a man, if you can, while Afghan, is Taliban!!
Below is The Hollies performing Carrie Anne: