Mohammed's Radio (Stand in the Fire Version) — Waren Zevon

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

Ayatollah's got his problems too And even Jimmy Carter's got the highway blues I went to see the Governor 'cause I thought that he would know (you see I knew him) 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 Hoping that the righteous might just might just might just come 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