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The Silver Desert Funky Weapons Team

Lyrics by Frederick of Holland

(To the Tune of: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

<A scene of four beardless young men with shoulder-length hair standing on a stage. Three are carrying polearms and one has a shield. Behind them is an instrumental ensemble ready to provide music with lute, drum, sackbut and trumpet. The announcer stands forward:>

It was twenty years ago today, Cousin Vinnie taught them how to slay.
They’re winners on and off the field. They even made the Marshals yield.
So let me introduce to you, Together after all these years –
     The Silver Desert Funky Weapons Team

<The ensemble plays the usual appropriate inspiring music> <The young men sing:> We’re the Silver Desert Funky Weapons Team
We’ve got hammers and a spear or two
We’re the Silver Desert Funky (funky, funky) Weapons Team
We’d be glad to aim them all at you.
     Silver Desert Funky,
     Silver Desert Funky,
     Silver Desert Funky Weapons Team
We’re going to the next war
It’s going to be a thrill
We don’t care that the odds are long
Our weapons will have fun and slay,
     Our weapons will have fun!

<The announcer stands forward:>
I don’t really want to call a hold, But I thought you might like to know.
A battle’s been declared next door, If we hurry we could win the war
So pack the bags and hit the road, The weapons will top off the load
(of) The Silver Desert Funky Weapons Team.

<The ensemble plays a riff leading up to the shield man standing forward and singing:>

What would you do if I stepped out of line?
     Would you leave me there to die alone?
Get me a spear or a shield that is strong
     And I’ll work it out on my own.

Then I will slay with some help from my friends
Yes I will play with the help of my friends
Gonna stay alive with some help from my friends
     With some help from my friends…

<The scene fades from view and the singer continues and the rest of the group start to pack the war wagon.>

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