Thursday, February 21, 2008

Kosovo Independance

As we all know, Kosovo recently declared independance from Serbia earlier this week. In their haste to throw off their shackles, they neglected the most important part of any national self-determination movement: good music. Any good nation building time (or unifying) has great songs, from The Star Spangled Banner (yes, I know it's from the war of 1812), Yankee Doodle, the Marseilleise, British Grenadiers, Battle Hymn of the Republic and many others. I have taken the liberty of composing a new anthem for the Kosovars. With help from my fellow lyricisists Mindy and Emily, I present:

(Sung to the tune of "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys)
Kosovo

Slovenia, Croatia, OOH I wanna take you to Serbia and Bosnia
Come on Pretty Mama!
Vojvodina, Albania Baby why don't we go!
'Cross from Italee eee
There's a place called Kosovo

The folk's who're there, they want to get away from it all
Bodies in mass graves, Ethnic cleansing is part of this land
We'll be falling in love to the rythm of machine guns, man
Way Down in Kosovo

Slovenia, Croatia, OOH I wanna take you to Serbia and Bosnia
Come on Pretty Mama!
Vojvodina, Albania Baby why don't we go!
Down to Kosovo,
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where the UN goes, way down in Kosovo

Vukovar, that Kraljevo mystique
Adriatic Sea eee
Ethnic cleansing means purity
By and by we'll defy
Some UN sanctions don't you see

Secession feels right
Rockets and the missile's light
That Slavic look in your eye
give me a Balkan contact high
Way down in Kosovo

Slovenia, Croatia, OOH I wanna take you to Serbia and Bosnia
Come on Pretty Mama!
Vojvodina, Albania Baby why don't we go!
Down to Kosovo,
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where the UN goes, way down in Kosovo


Now the Serbs they know, a little place called Kosovo
Now if they want to be free and get away from it all,
Go down to Kosovo

Slovenia, Croatia, OOH I wanna take you to Serbia and Bosnia
Come on Pretty Mama!
Vojvodina, Albania Baby why don't we go!
Down to Kosovo,
We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
That's where the UN goes, way down in Kosovo

2 comments:

cfg said...

This has even more going for it than most national anthems, it rocks

Maggie said...

Good song.