DOPE ON A ROPE!

BIN lADEN, BIN lADEN
WHEREVER YOU BE
IS A COMPLETE MYSTERY
TO PEOPLE LIKE ME

THEY SAY YOU ARE
IN MOUNTAINS AFAR
WHILE WE SEARCH HIGH AND LOW
IN BAGHAD AND DARFUR

IT IS AMAZING
TO A LAYMAN LIKE ME
WITH ALL OUR TECHNOLOGY
THAT WE CAN'T NAIL A
TYRANT WITH
A BARBARIC PHILOSOPHY...

...A TYRANT WHOSE PUT
OUR BEST EFFORTS INTO PARALYSIS
WHILE HE GOES ABOUT
GETTING DIALYSIS
WHILE WE CHASE OUR TAIL
IN EFFORTS THAT FAIL


NOW, I DON'T MEAN TO RAVE
BUT IT'S RATHER EMBARRASSING
HOW A SIX FOOT FOUR ARAB
CAN MOVE SO EASILY
FROM CAVE TO CAVE

SO WE RESPECT YOU AS AN ENEMY
WHO PLAYS WELL ON TV
WHO PERHAPS SEES HIS FUTURE
AS AN ANCHOR FOR BBC

BUT BEFORE YOU UPDATE
YOUR RESUME
REMEMBER! YOU CAN
ALWAYS SAVE US THE TROUBLE
WITH AN AUTO DE FE...

AND WHILE WE’VE FAILED TO
CATCH YOU IN THE HOME OF THE PASHTOON
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR US
SOME FINE AFTERNOON…

FOR ALL THE PRAYERS AND FATWAS WON’T HELP
IF YOU’RE SIX FATHOMS DOWN
UNDER THE KELP…

FOR SURELY WE’VE HARDLY FORGOTTEN
WHAT 9/11 CONNOTES
THAT OUR ENEMIES WILL FIND JUSTICE
AT THE END OF A ROPE…


GOOD BYE, BIN LADEN &
ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS
YOU'RE GUILTY AS SIN
AND IT'S LONG PAST AMENDS...

Les Aaron