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Song Parodies -> "They Put Me in a Zoo (Version 9)"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"They Put Me in a Zoo (Version 9)"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

This version deals with the US practice of illegal detention of Muslim men in foreign facilities outside of the US where they remain in isolation with no human rights at all and no legal representation. Torture is prevalent at these illegal facilities and detainees can be held forever. Families have no access to their loved ones, not even the knowledge of where they are detained. Ages of these men range form young teen boys to old men- any Muslim male viewed as a terrorist or extremist threat. Sometimes even innocent male family members are taken in the night too. Various Intel agencies visit for information, but these prisoners are viewed as entities with no homeland and no rights once they enter these secret facilties. A zoo of counter-terror with best intentions but wrong execution.
They put me in a zoo
Cell Block 59

Illegal transfer as the Terror War continues
Electro-fryin’
Coerced testifyin’

US military can’t stand it
Al Qaida runnin’ around
Any Muslim male a threat
Torture approved, they tie me down

They put me in a zoo
Cell Block 59
US war crime

Torture chair true
Torture chair true
Torture chair true
Water-boarding too
CIA doesn’t care
Dogs, beatings, nudity
Don’t care if what I say is true

Secret facility
They put me in a zoo
Cell Block 59
(foreign nation deniability)

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WCJ - August 15, 2011 - Report this comment
Unlike the zoo's today, which have the worst intentions, and the wrong executions! ;-) Great one Rob! :-) 5's...

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