Global a Go-Go

World service bulletin from the nightshift DJ

To all wavebands on Earth

Reconnoitre on the kilohertz

This tune is going out to Marconi

To all corners of the globe

There ain't no hut in the Serengeti

Where my wavelengths do not probe

And if a rocket went to Saturn

We sure hope a DJ is on board

For some anti-gravity mixin'

With two dub plates of U-Roy, throw down

Stray cat rock in Bulawayo

(Hey, Bulawayo)

Buddy and Rich in Burundi

Quadraphenia in Armenia

Armenia City in the sky

Big Youth booming in Djakarta

Nina Simone over Sierra Leone

Wild sound of Joujouka in Nevada

(Hey, Joujouka)

Everywhere, everywhere Bob's bringin' it all back home

Yeah, I let the boogie woogie rumble

In the back of Bangalore

I get complaints from Bondi Beach

What? No longboard surf hardcore?

Oh, send the rock steady out to Freddy

Who juggles plates in Tsing Tao City

'Cause tonight

Bo Diddley's in Finland Station

(Hey, Bo Diddley)

Sun Ra's in Omaha

The Skatalites in New York City

(Hey, Skatalites)

The Stooges rules over Habana

The Bhundu Boys rock Acapulco

(Hey, Bhundu Boys)

Good hip hop in Islamabad

Ali Farke Toure's  in Oaxaca

(Hey, Ali Farke Toure)

N'Baaba Maal's all over Stalingrad

Hey

While some are waking, some are sleeping

From Kamchatka to the Gabon

Above the trade wind wingtips beating

We calling out for Ronnie

We call the Cumbria to tumble

From the peak of the Himalayas

We send the funk into the jungle

To the last outpost of the bass player

The request line is open

Yeah, yeah, yeah