Chalk in the riverbed was deposited By the ocean as it boiled off

Encased in calcium carbonate

We could drown or we could solder

I climbed the ranks of militiamen and the Sadrites

And my parents felt a cautious pride

And disregarded Shari'a Law

And put the Tigris in a trench now

Give us rain

Give us rain

Give us rain

Give us rain

Give us rain

Give us rain

Send us water Send us trucks Send us trucks Send us trucks Send us trucks Send us trucks Send us tanks Send us IEDs

Send us planes Send us planes Send us planes Send us planes Send us planes Send us planes

Is the sky clear enough? Send us dust storms

(Hey!)

Allahu Akbar

Talking

Allahu Akbar

Talking

The sand has lowered the vitamin saturation point

Put a straw under the bridge and suck

We made a pact with the Arrakeen

And we built ourselves a filter

The city hydro's undrinkable Shattered cinderblocks Are their favorite things to talk about

We saw your face in The Guardian And it raised the circulation

Send us rain

Please transmit

Please receive our dumb prayers, telepath

Send a flood

Send us an avalanche

Send us cold

Send us ice

Send us meteorites

Send us snow

Send us hail

Send us high speed rail

We can pay

We should pay

We will pay

We insist

No defaults

But we must get down to Chechnya

We defend

We fight back

We plant bombs under tracks

We skip church

All the monotheists sing Allahu Akbar

(Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, ooh) Allahu Akbar And the Inuit sang And the Zionists sang Allahu Akbar And the economists sang And astronomers sang And the anarchists sang Allahu Akbar And the atheists sang And the atheists sang And the atheists sang Allahu Akbar And the atheists sang And the atheists sang And the atheists sang Allahu Akbar And the atheists sang And the atheists sang And the atheists sang Allahu Akbar And the atheists sang And the atheists sang And the atheists sang Allahu Akbar

God is great Allahu Akbar