Lyrics to
Oh Effendi

This version of Oh Effendi was released by 10Cc in 1974.

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In the middle of a caravan
On a four wheel drive oasis
There’s a man with a thought in mind
To cash in on the desert faces
He’s got a truckload of Yorkshire girls
For your harem going places
And the border bums never saw
The guns in the whiskey cases

There’s a real, big demand
And it’s written in the palm of his hand
He’s gonna change the face of the desert
He’s gonna sweep away the sand

Hang on sheik, I’ve got a yellow streak
I ain’t here, I’m a mirage
Get back Des, keep it under your fez
And don’t give us away in the massage

Look what I did for the pyramid
I put a pool in and made it pay
I built an elevator and a film theatre
And I shipped it to the U.S.A.

‘Cos there’s a real big demand
And it’s written in the palm of my hand
I’m gonna change the face of the desert
I’m gonna sweep away the sand

Hang on friends!
There’s a lot more goodies in the pipeline
So this ain’t the time to close the deal
Here’s the deal
Ooh, now you’ve got a Howitzer all of your own
Ooh, and a Panzer division to chauffeur you home
Gun running is fun
But hang on, friends, hang on friends

Allah be praised, there’s a whole new craze
We’re gonna shoot up the foreign legion
And it’s up with the sheik
And down with the frog
We’re gonna liberate the region!

Oh Effendi, we’re gonna bury your head in the sand
Oh Effendi, you better get off my doggone land

Hey, Prince of the moonbeams
Son of the Sun,
Light of a thousand stars
Your gorillas are urban
And there’s bourbon on your turban
And the sun shines out of your ass

Oh Effendi, I’m gonna grovel in your wake
Oh Effendi, it’s all been a big mistake

You’re gonna cut out my liver
If I don’t deliver
Things are getting out of hand
I’m going to ride off into the sunset and
Make a deal with the promised land

Goodbye friends
There’s no more goodies in the pipeline

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10Cc has released many songs over the years besides Oh Effendi. 10Cc released songs from 1973 to 1995 spanning across albums like 10cc, Sheet Music, The Original Soundtrack, How Dare You!, Deceptive Bends, Bloody Tourists, Look Hear?, Ten Out Of 10, Windows In The Jungle, ...Meanwhile, and Mirror Mirror. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by 10Cc.

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About Lyrics and Oh Effendi by 10Cc

The lyrics to Oh Effendi are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that 10Cc used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Oh Effendi have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only 10Cc and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Oh Effendi by 10Cc. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Oh Effendi" means the words set to the music of Oh Effendi, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Oh Effendi and the lyrics to Oh Effendi are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Oh Effendi, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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