The UN was all abuzz Everyone was talking cuz Saddam has got a bomb
Oh, no way, the French they say and that crazy El Baraday Sitting out in some Paris cafe All they say is he ain't got a bomb
But back in America, they know best Cuz we're a better country than all the rest And everyone there knows Saddams got a bomb
I'm in Israel on that day still in danger just like yesterday And the last Gulf war Saddam threw some Scuds our way
My husband, we argued that week before you left I said I'm afraid I agree with the French You said better watch out Cuz you got to stay and see And they'll be Scuds landing right here on our street
Then with great courage you said " I can't stay," Got important business in the next days And for two we really cannot pay and I say "oh, that's OK" I'm getting more Israeli every day When it comes to bombs I'm quite blase And besides I've always been really, really strong But deep inside my mind there's something wrong What if Saddams really got a bomb?
So off you flew to the United States Where everything was peachy keen and safe and sound And I was in the path of Scud that could hit the ground
Back in Haifa I'm up late Patriot missiles up on the mountains those days Aiming high, pointing out to Saddam's way And I watch the TV nearly all day over and over the UN they say Saddam he really, really ain't got no bomb
My friends tell me they'll be a help to me If the bombs fall we'll have a party and we'll drink and laugh and eat cookies all inside the bomb shelter, it will be fun you'll see
I waited in Haifa and watched TV Listened for the sirens but none reached me And watched a night time shock and awe Iraq block party
It looked kind of like a pretty morbid fourth of July
And daily life went on that day even in the Jewish state And you'd never know that a war was going on
And then they say he got away And when the awe had gone very far away And the shock and the blood were very, extremely dry
The coast was clear You could dare to come near My hero man I see you don't give a **** So you flew back to our fair city and you have to face up to me and say You're right, Saddam ain't got a bomb
No mushroom cloud No cheering crowd Just a dusty state crumbling at a rapid rate No bomb in sight, they looked with all their might No matter where they went the couldn't find the scent just the scared and the saved and really dead bodies And all of us scared Israelis
And then the world it had to say The French were right and so was El Baraday Saddam doesn't really have a bomb
I went through all this Without you to kiss To be scared with Or be calm with And I realize now if I can do this without you by my side with you I really don't need to hide cuz I can really make it on my own