Marching on Tripoli

Marching on Tripoli
Copyright 2011 Dan Sullivan

There’s fear and there’s dread
On the road up ahead
There’s Mirages over the sea
While children at home
Sleep safely in bed
We’re marching on Tripoli

And it’s hi hi ho
And it’s hi hi he
We’re marching on Tripoli
And they’ll fill up the graves
With rebels and slaves
We’re marching on Tripoli

It’s a good day for war
So we’re marching once more
We’re marching on Tripoli
We’re on the attack
Just like in Iraq
And we’re bringing democracy

And it’s hi hi ho
And it’s hi hi he
We’re marching on Tripoli
And they’ll fill up the graves
With rebels and slaves
We’re marching on Tripoli

From the south of Khartoum
To the ancient sand dunes
Along the North African shore
There’s rockets and blood
And death in the mud
From genocide, murder and war

And it’s hi hi ho
And it’s hi hi he
We’re marching on Tripoli
And they’ll fill up the graves
With rebels and slaves
We’re marching on Tripoli

There’s a dozen or more
Armed conflicts and wars
They’re going on endlessly
What’s one more or less
On the Dark Continent
So we’re marching on Tripoli


And it’s hi hi ho
And it’s hi hi he
We’re marching on Tripoli
And they’ll fill up the graves
With rebels and slaves
We’re marching on Tripoli

In a few days or more
We’ll wrap up this war
That’s what they’ll tell us again
We’ll throw a parade
And bands will play
And someone will ask, “Did we win?”