Mohammed's Radio
 

Written,Sung: W. Zevon; Guitar: L. Buckingham; Backup Vocals: S. Nicks, L. Buckingham

Everybody's restless and they've got no place to go Someone's always trying to tell them Something they already know So their anger and resentment flow But don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's radio I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful On the radio Mohammed's radio You know, the sheriff's got his problems, too He will surely take them out on you In walks the village idiot and his face is all aglow He's been up all night listening to Mohammed's radio Don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's radio I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful On the radio Mohammed's radio Everybody's desperate, trying to make ends meet Work all day, still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat Alas, their lives are incomplete Don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's radio I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful On the radio Mohammed's radio You've been up all night listening for his drum (Up all night) Hoping that the righteous might just, might just, might just come (Just be right) I heard the general whisper to his aide-de-camp "Be watchful for Mohammed's lamp" Don't it make you want to rock and roll All night long Mohammed's radio I heard somebody singing sweet and soulful On the radio Mohammed's radio Mohammed's radio

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

This song isn't actually that bad - it's kind of mellow, and the chorus is catchy, although the verse drags, and who the heck is Mohammed? Anyway, Stevie's backup is very prominent on the part near the end - "Up all night" and "Just be right" - and Lindsey is harmonizing in there as well, although not as distinctly. An interesting song.

 

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