A slow lead in with atmospheric sounds then into a boogie...
boogie
islam
contradictions
bahrain
hijab
Story behind the song
This whole writing/recording malarkey (re)started in 2003 when I was stuck in Bahrain airport overnight before flying into Beirut (it's a long story...) This time it was on the way home from 6 weeks holiday in the Himalayas and there were more people about - making me muse on the contradictions of the place.
Lyrics
G
Stuck in Bahrain again, middle of the night
D
Long day travelling looking a fright, but hey…
F C G
This time I’m on my way back home
Stuck in Bahrain again, waiting for my muse
Too many people here but nothing to lose, ‘cos hey…
This time I’m on my way back home
C Bb C Bb
Little girl here, just a slip,
G F G F
Playing mama with a baby on her hip
C Bb C Bb
Burkad mother looking on
D F D C D C D C Bb
At the Chinese card school going on strong
Win a Porsche or go and pray
God or mammon, either way, but hey..
This time I’m on my way back home
Instrumental verse & break
Beef bacon, whisky duty free
There goes the sheik of Araby, but good for me
This time I’m on my way back home
Hijab fashionistas dripping gold
Seems to run contrary to all I’ve been told
But hey, this time I’m on my way back home
It’s not so much that it seems strange to me
Just a little contradictory
I guess we all like to bend the rules
If only to prove that we’re nobody’s fools
Repeat verses 1&2 & last section twice