Manic Sunday
Five o'clock already
And the mosques are all beginning to wail
I was kissing Valentino
And they caught me and they threw me in jail
But I can't be late
Because I gotta drive Al Shittihad Road
These are the days
When you wish it all would go and explode
It's just another manic Sunday
Wish it were Friday
'Cause that's my dead day
My don't-get-out-of-bed day
It's just another manic Sunday
Have to cross the bridge again
Gotta be at work by eight
And if I had a sheikhmobile
I'd still be three hours late
'Cause the Sunny in front
Can't go faster than two miles an hour
And the roads are all blocked
Where they're building yet another bloody tower
It's just another manic Sunday
Wish it were Friday
'Cause that's my brunch day
My all-I-do-is-lunch day
It's just another manic Sunday
All of the time
Why do they seem to want to drive us out
Of this town?
Nobody cares
That the rents are up
And the pay is down
They tell us when we start to moan:
"If you don't like it, you can go home"
Time it goes so slow
When you're stuck in traffic...
It's just another manic Sunday
And the mosques are all beginning to wail
I was kissing Valentino
And they caught me and they threw me in jail
But I can't be late
Because I gotta drive Al Shittihad Road
These are the days
When you wish it all would go and explode
It's just another manic Sunday
Wish it were Friday
'Cause that's my dead day
My don't-get-out-of-bed day
It's just another manic Sunday
Have to cross the bridge again
Gotta be at work by eight
And if I had a sheikhmobile
I'd still be three hours late
'Cause the Sunny in front
Can't go faster than two miles an hour
And the roads are all blocked
Where they're building yet another bloody tower
It's just another manic Sunday
Wish it were Friday
'Cause that's my brunch day
My all-I-do-is-lunch day
It's just another manic Sunday
All of the time
Why do they seem to want to drive us out
Of this town?
Nobody cares
That the rents are up
And the pay is down
They tell us when we start to moan:
"If you don't like it, you can go home"
Time it goes so slow
When you're stuck in traffic...
It's just another manic Sunday
Labels: driving, housing, ittihad road, poetry
20 Comments:
Feckin' bwilliant.
Did you know Prince wrote Manic Monday as a come-on to Susanna Hoffs?
Brilliant!
Did you know Prince wrote Manic Monday as a come-on to Susanna Hoffs?
I didn't even know Prince wrote it. :-/
Nice!
Aha! Do I detect some Bangles? Didn't know who wrote it thought. Education by blog.
I didn't know that either! It's a great karaoke song.
lol@kissing valentino and going to jail for it! Hey atleast ure channelling your traffic frustrations into something melodious, now if only everyone else could follow the lead!
Education by blog.
Yep. It's a place of exceedingly high culture and learning here ;)
Nicely written.
But, what if you're one of us locals complaining about these very same things. Kissing Valentino and getting thrown in jail for it, or trying to survive the traffic next to those bloody towers, and the high rents? (I'm talking about those average Aboods, not those defecating gold.) What do people like us do?
lol oh the traffic... btw i drive a sunn but i doubt i was the one slowing the traffic... unless if i took a nap while drove :)
i wish it was friday tooo!! nicely written
Bangles fans: Will this do?
(Sorry about the shameless cross-post...)
Brilliant! Give us some more!!
LOL..Can't get the bloody song outta my head now :)
Hahaha! I like this the best :
"...And if I had a sheikhmobile, I'd still be three hours late...'
so reminds me of Garfield on a Monday
Well done, SD! Another great piece :)
Hahah genial!
More than SD's poem, I liked the idea of "Drive like an Egyptian"! Hahahaha!!
THAT is brilliant!
Just started a new blog I think people will enjoy it. Have a look and tell me what you think
http://localexpatriate.blogspot.com/
its a f***D up poem.....
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