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In the middle of a caravan
On a four wheel drive oasis
Theres a man with a thought in mind
To cash in on the desert faces
Hes got a truckload of Yorkshire girls
For your harem going places
And the border bums never saw
The guns in the whiskey cases
Theres a real, big demand
And its written in the palm of his hand
Hes gonna change the face of the desert
Hes gonna sweep away the sand
Hang on sheik, Ive got a yellow streak
I aint here, Im a mirage
Get back Des, keep it under your fez
And dont give us away in the massage
Look what I did for the pyramid
I put a pool in and made it pay
I built an elevator and a film theatre
And I shipped it to the U.S.A.
Cos theres a real big demand
And its written in the palm of my hand
Im gonna change the face of the desert
Im gonna sweep away the sand
Hang on friends!
Theres a lot more goodies in the pipeline
So this aint the time to close the deal
Heres the deal
Ooh, now youve got a Howitzer all of your own
Ooh, and a Panzer division to chauffeur you home
Gun running is fun
But hang on, friends, hang on friends
Allah be praised, theres a whole new craze
Were gonna shoot up the foreign legion
And its up with the sheik
And down with the frog
Were gonna liberate the region!
Oh Effendi, were gonna bury your head in the sand
Oh Effendi, you better get off my doggone land
Hey, Prince of the moonbeams
Son of the Sun,
Light of a thousand stars
Your gorillas are urban
And theres bourbon on your turban
And the sun shines out of your ass
Oh Effendi, Im gonna grovel in your wake
Oh Effendi, its all been a big mistake
Youre gonna cut out my liver
If I dont deliver
Things are getting out of hand
Im going to ride off into the sunset and
Make a deal with the promised land
Goodbye friends
Theres no more goodies in the pipeline
[ Oh Effendi Lyrics ]