The B-52's — Mesopotamia

[Verse 1] Turn your watch, turn your watch back About a hundred thousand years A hundred thousand years I'll meet you by the third pyramid I'll meet you by the third pyramid Ah come on, that's what I want We'll meet in Mesopotamia, oh oh-oh [Chorus] (We're goin' down to meet) I ain't no student (Feel those vibrations) Of ancient culture (I know a neat excavation) Before I talk I should read a book But there's one thing that I do know There's a lot of ruin in Mesopotamia Hey [Post-Chorus] Six or eight thousand years ago They laid down the law Six or eight thousand years ago (Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha) They laid down the law (Ha-ha ha) [Verse 2] I'll meet you by the third pyramid I'll meet you by the third pyramid Ah come on, that's what I want, we'll meet In Mesopotamia, oh oh-oh [Chorus] (We're goin' down to meet) Now I ain't no student (Feel those vibrations) Of ancient culture (I know a neat excavation) Before I talk I should read a book (Mesopotamia, that's where I wanna go) But there's one thing that I do know (Mesopotamia, that's where I wanna go) There's a lot of ruins in Mesopotamia [Post-Chorus] Six or eight thousand years ago (Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha) They laid down the law (Ha-ha ha) Six or eight thousand years ago (Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha) They laid down the law (Ha-ha ha) In Mesopotamia (Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha) They laid down the law (Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha) In Mesopotamia (Ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha-ha ha)