WE’VE GOT A STRONG DESIRE- Shlock Rock- Sgt. Shlockers Magical History Tour
(Originally We Didn’t Start The Fire- Sung & Composed By Billy Joel)

Adam, Eve, Abel, Cain
Noah’s Ark, Flood of Rain
Terach, Idols, Haran dies
Abraham leaves home.

Sarah, Isaac, Brit Milah
Angels visit, Akeida
War of Kings, Salty Wife
Rescue in Sodom.

Yitzchak, Rivkah, Twins inside
Jacob, Birthright, Isaac’s Blind
Stolen Blessing, Esav Cried
Angel’s ladder to the sky.

Rachel’s beauty, Yaakov’s hitched
Lavan, Leah, daughter switched
Four Wives, twelve Tribes
Near Beit Lechem, Rachel Dies.

CHORUS:
We’ve got a strong desire
We are always yearning
For the Torah’s Learning
We’ve got a strong desire
We will stay united
Never be divided.

Colored Coat, Brothers hate
Sold to Egypt, Head of State
Famine, grain, Goblet Test
Brothers Reunite.

New King, Jews are slaves
Moshe’s born, princess saves
Yitro’s daughters, burning bush
Aaron joins the fight.

Ten Plagues, Jews free
Splitting of the Red Sea
Amalek, Torah given
Golden Calf, Jews Forgiven.

Korach, forty years
Balak, Bilaam, Pinchas spears
Moshe Leaves, Jews Grieve
Joshua’s the new chief.

CHORUS:
We’ve got a strong desire
We are always yearning
For the Torah’s Learning
We’ve got a strong desire
We will stay united
Never be divided.

Jordan river, Jericho
Walls fall, Shofar Blow
Devorah, Shimshon, Shmuel, Saul
David, Stone, Goliath Fall.

Solomon, Temple built
Civil war, blood spilt
Eliyahu, Elisha
Yishayahu, Yirmiyah.

Purim, Esther, Mordechai
Beit Hamikdosh second time
Antiochos, bad decrees
Judah and the Macabees.

Temple Two burnt down
Exile all around
Shamai, Hillel, Betar
Bar Kochva, Akiva’s star.

CHORUS:
We’ve got a strong desire
We are always yearning
For the Torah’s Learning
We’ve got a strong desire
We will stay united
Never be divided.

Mishna, Gemara, Karai
Rav Yehuda Hanasi
Rashi, Rabbeinu Tam
Baalei Tosfot, Rashbam.

Rambam, Sefer Mada
Inquisition, Torquemada
Baal Shem Tov, Kuzari
Vilna Gaon, Shabtai Zvi.

Maharal, Libelists
Golem, Prague, Kabbalists
Chmelnitzky, Shtetl life
Haskalah, Internal Strife.

CHORUS:
We’ve got a strong desire
We are always yearning
For the Torah’s Learning
We’ve got a strong desire
We will stay united
Never be divided.

Hitler, Aushwitz, Holocaust
Krystalnacht, Six Million lost
Herzl, Balfour, Promised Land
U.N. Vote, Partition Plan.

Nurenberg, Ben Gurion
Six Day War, Moshe Dayan
Golda Meir, Wall Reclaimed
Yom Kippur, Entebbe Raid.

Olympics, Munich, Athletes shot
Carter, Begin and Sadat
Iron Curtain, Lebanon
Scharansky Free, Rav Moshe Gone.

Jews from Ethiopia
Glastnost, Russian Yeshiva
Intafada, We won’t bow
We want Moshiach now!

CHORUS:
We’ve got a strong desire
We are always yearning
For the Torah’s Learning
We’ve got a strong desire
We will stay united
Never be divided.