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Song Parodies -> "Sitting in the Dock in the Hague"

Original Song Title:

"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay"

Original Performer:

Otis Redding

Parody Song Title:

"Sitting in the Dock in the Hague"

Parody Written by:

Phil Alexander

The Lyrics

A song for Slobodan Milosevic, the forerunner to Osama Bin-Ladin as the World's favourite bogeyman
Sitting in the Serbian sun
I'll be hiding when NATO bombs
Watching the tanks roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm...
Sitting on a tank in Belgrade
Watching the army roll away
I'm just sitting on a tank in Belgrade
Wasting lives

I sent my troops to Kosovo
'Cause they wanted to break away
My presidency's lookin' shaky
And NATO's coming bombing my way

So I'm just...
Sitting on a tank in Belgrade
Watching the army roll away
I'm just sitting on a tank in Belgrade
Wasting lives

Look like things are gonna change
Election was my darkest hour
I can't do what the people tell me to do
So I guess I'll try to stay in power

Yes, I'm sittin' here resting my bones
And the press won't leave me alone
It's over Yugoslavia I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I'm just...
Sitting in the dock in the Hague
Watching my life roll away
Sitting in the dock in the Hague
Wasting time
{Whistle}

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Overall Rating: 3.3

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Alpha Skua - December 23, 2019 - Report this comment
I can remember some show where they did this song and when it ended a ship comes plowing into the dock
Adelaide - September 02, 2021 - Report this comment
I found this song on Crikey [an Australian alternative press website which often speaks truth to power]. Tried to think just who would be sitting in the Hague's dock - and had not realised it was so old.

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