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I want to grow up to be a bomb
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A satire on suicide bombers
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Hi folks. I have added a lot of videos recently. Please take a look!
Hi folks, This site acts as a personal archive of my work. So you'll find my best recordings here as well as some pretty crappy ones. The earliest recordings here were made on simple cassette decks, others were made on mobile phones, some are live recordings made at various gigs over the years, a handful were made in small recording studios, but most of the more recent ones were made at home on a Zoom portable studio, which itself is now rather ancient! If you like a song and want to download it, click on 'Full song info' for that song and you will see the download link. You can also read the lyrics and any background information on the songs that I may have added. All my music is available for free - enjoy :) cheers, Charles
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Podcasts • Comedy - Political Humor
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Peak #12
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Charles Cornelius Tyler
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Charles Cornelius Tyler
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August 20, 2008
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MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 4:18
Story behind the song
This song is my exasperated response to the madness of people who think that by blowing themselves up and killing people who have a different belief to their own they are somehow going to achieve their political goals and are simultaneously doing something for 'God'. It's bad enough for an adult to convince themselves this is a noble thing to do. Admittedly it takes a kind of bravery - albeit a bravery which depends upon an irrational belief in some better afterlife - but what kind of person can teach such nonsense to children and send them off to their deaths? And do this in the name of 'God'? Good people everywhere - Muslims, Jews, Christians, Atheists - whatever - need to stand up to these dangerously brainwashed individuals and tell them the truth. They need help. By the way, the message of this song is partly balanced by the message in another of my songs "The mighty Zionists". Please listen to it also.
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I want to grow up to be a bomb I want to be a star of martyrdom And kill as many infidels as I can Cause when my brains go West and my teeth go East And my arms and legs are scattered round the streets I know that I'll be going to the promised land Allah is gonna fulfil all my desires There'll be beautiful girls singing to me in choirs Whatever I want is gonna be mine Plates of dates and plenty of wine Yes I wanna grow up to be a bomb Well the West has no morality Just look at those girls on MTV It's enough to make a good Muslim boy go mad And with the US troops in the land of the prophet And all over Iraq - well someone's got to stop it So I'm taking basic training for turning into shish-kebab Step one: grab the pack and put your finger on the button Step two: find a place where the crowd is really buzzin' Then whenever you reckon you can kill the most You shout "God is great!" and turn 'em all to toast Yes I wanna grow up to be a bomb My Mum's really gonna think I'm great She'll invite all the neighbours to celebrate They'll gaze with pride at my picture on the wall There'll be a thank you note from the Hezbollah A pile of cash and a brand new car And all I've gotta do is answer the call And I want my Dad to know that I can do it So for once he can be proud to say I blew it That's why I'm fixing my eyes on the glittering prize And blowing myself to paradise Yes I wanna grow up to be a bomb And there's another thing that's on my mind And that's driving the Jews out of Palestine And getting back the land that belonged to my family Cause now it's covered with a housing estate Getting it back would really be great We could cash it all in and emigrate to Germany Yes killing myself will make Allah so happy There'll be a penthouse suite in paradise for me Whatever I want is gonna be mine Beautiful girls and rivers of wine Yes I wanna grow up to be a bomb Now everybody's doing it and I'm so glad From London to Bali - Madrid to Baghdad And that New York thing - that was the greatest hit of all time And if a few of the faithful get caught in the blast They're the lucky ones - they're going to heaven fast If you're fighting a war some collateral damage is fine Yes it's a glorious thing to make those body parts go flying And start the howling and the screaming for the wounded and the dead and the dying So come on kids and join the fun There's nothing like creating pandemonium Yes I wanna grow up to be a bomb - and here's how! Step one: grab the pack and put your finger on the button Step two: find a place where the crowd is really buzzin' Then whenever you reckon you can kill the most You shout "God is great!" and turn 'em all to toast Yes I wanna grow up Just so I can blow up Yes I wanna grow up to be a bomb!!
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