WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
(Liam Sternberg)


The Bangles - 1985
Die Ärzte - 1987 (German title "Geh'n wie ein Ägypter")
Nefertiti - 1995
Wendy - 1995
Linea 77 - 1998
Jasmin Wagner - 2000  (as "Geh'n wie ein Ägypter")
The Chipettes - 2000
Dromedar - 2004
Wilman De Jesus - 2006
The Puppini Sisters - 2007





All the old paintings on the tombs 
They do the sand dance, don't you know 
If they move too quick (Oh-aye-oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile 
They got the money on a bet 
Gold crocodiles (Oh-aye-oh) 
They snap their teeth on your cigarette 

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say 
Aye-oh-aye-oh-oh, aye-oh-aye-oh
Walk like an Egyptian 

The blonde waitresses take their trays 
They spin around and they cross the floor 
They've got the moves (Oh-aye-oh)
You drop your drink, then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (Oh-aye-oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
Aye-oh-aye-oh-oh, aye-oh-aye-oh
Walk like an Egyptian

(Instrumental Break)

Slide your feet up the street
Bend your back, shift your arm, then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (Oh-aye-oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you wanta find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (Oh-aye-oh)
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (Oh-aye-oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
Aye-oh-aye-oh-oh, aye-oh-aye-oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2013)