Not frayerim (suckers)

1. Not frayerim (suckers)

2. How much longer? In our dreams we’ll sail like a Mig, look out from above on all the stink from a safe distance, which is 5 minutes from Kfar Saba

3. How much longer? Close our eyes to what’s happening under our noses and pretend that everything’s Sababa We’ll bring a beer from the fridge and zap to a different channel

4. How much longer? Think about tokes and drinks and shags for ever, so what that my next door neighbour’s Danny is an orphan?

5. I was at the funeral and went over for the shiva but it’s too much for me to break the cycle of suffering.

6. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

7. We are definitely definitely definitely not We’re definitely not frayerim

8. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

9. We are definitely definitely definitely not We’re definitely not frayerim

10. My mates say enough enough of being so heavy And I don’t disagree but the situation’s absurd – try to get some of these examples and if you don’t manage then wait for me

11. Cos if here a missile fell, there there’s another bomb-shell What does it matter who’ll take over from Jordan, Katash, or Shakil

12. And if here it’s a combat zone, there a minefield What does it matter if I pay by cheque, credit, or cash And if water is 700 and rates are 2000

13. Of course I’ll take part in the latest discount deal… Left – right – look to the sides

14. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

15. We are definitely definitely definitely not We’re definitely not frayerim

16. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

17. Anachnu betach betach betach lo Anachnu betach lo frayerim

18. And sometimes everything looks just weird, not connected Like a nun in a brothel or a whore in a monastery

19. Everything’s going from bad to worse Tear emerges from the eye, spills over onto the cheek and you? – I cry about it all.

20. Weep at how it all could have been major here Could have been

21. …harmony…

22. Between synagogue and flack-jacket to the mosque Shopping mall, church, it all could have been one Instead there’s this feeling of help!

23. Living with this sense of ‘as if’ Without looking reality in the face With no attempt to move forward, only to float Disconnect

24. Do everything not to get screwed Do everything not to get screwed

25. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

26. We are definitely definitely definitely not We’re definitely not frayerim

27. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

28. Anachnu betach betach betach lo Anachnu betach lo frayerim

29. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

30. We are definitely definitely definitely not We’re definitely not frayerim

31. And we’ll do reserve duty, pay our taxes And we’ll get stuck in traffic (no one screws with us)

32. Anachnu betach betach betach lo Anachnu betach lo frayerim