Omar's Volunteers

Words: Sherman Dorn, Myra Hunter, and Sandy Shriver, 2002
Music: "Barrett's Privateers" (Stan Rogers, 1976)

Oh, the year was 1999—
Marin now seems so far away—
When I got a call from Allah Great
to go and join the Taliban State.

(Refrain)
I rot in jail.
I was told we'd rule the world with fatwas bold.
We'd save their souls, lead with fear ...
Now I'm a captured man in just two years,
the last of Omar's volunteers.

I went to learn to use a gun—
Marin now seems so far away—
Al-Qaeda told us what to do.
We were the bold and fearless few ... (refrain)

I went to fight the Kashmir War—
Marin now seems so far away—
Though many brothers there were killed,
we'd beat them back if Allah willed ... (refrain)

Returning to Afghanistan—
Marin now seems so far away—
Cluster bombs from unseen planes
broke our hearts and shook our brains... (refrain)

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