Global a Go-Go

World service bulletin from the nightshift D.J To all wavebands on earth Reconnoitre on the killahertz 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 If a rocket went to Saturn We sure hope a D.J. is on board For some anti-gravity mixing With two dub plates of U-Roy Throwdown Stray Cat strut in Bulawayo - hey, Bulawayo Buddy Rich in Burundi Quadrophenia in Armenia Armenia City In The Sky Big Youth booming in Jakarta Nina Simone over Sierra Leone Wild sound of Joujouka in Nevada - hey, Joujouka Everywhere, everywhere Bob's bringing 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 rule over Habana The Bhundu Boys rock Acapulco - hey, hey Bhundu Boys Good hip hop in Islamabad Ali Farke Toure's in Oaxaca - hey, Farke Toure And Baaba Maal's all over Stalingrad Yeah, while some are waking, some are sleeping From Kamchatka to the Gabon Above the tradewind, wingtips beating We calling out for Ronnie and da-do Ron, Ron, Ron 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