Riad N' The Bedouins
Had a plan and thought they'd win
But I don't give a fuck 'bout them
'Cause I am crazy

Oh, my salvation
N' all, my frustrations
Caught in the lies no one had wove as well
Somewhere in time where only I could tell, oh

Riad N' The Bedouins
Say that's a war that you can't win
But I have had enough of them
And who can blame me

Sent of time and desert winds
Nomads and barbarians
I won't bend my will to them
You aggravate me

Oh, my salvation
N' all, my frustrations
Caught in the lies no one had wove as well
Somewhere in time where only I could tell

Oh, sweet salvation
Like all, my frustrations
Caught up in lies no one had wove as well
Somewhere in time where only I could tell, oh

Oh, sweet salvation
And all, my frustrations
Caught in the lies, if you had wove so well
Somewhere in time, then only I could tell, oh

Riad N' The Bedouins
Had a plan and though they'd win
Riad N' The Bedouins
Crossed the line and lost again


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Riad N' the Bedouins Lyrics as written by Dizzy Reed Robin Finck

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    General Comment

    About lovers and people looking for love I beleive.

    Riad is a city in the Middle east that means love, and bedouins are wonderers, simialar to nomads..

    That's what I think anyway.

    Sprite1on December 27, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    Riad = Love. Bedouins = Nomads. This song talks about how life is for wanderers and homeless people in the Middle East and how no one (especially in the Western world) really cares about them.

    ChesterJester11on July 28, 2009   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    Oh Oh Oh

    Riad and the bedouins Had a plan and thought they'd win But I don't give a fuck 'bout them 'Cause I am crazy

    All my salvation And all my frustrations Caught in the lies No one had wove so well Somewhere in time That only I could tell Oh

    Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

    Riad and the bedouins Said that's a war that you can't win But I have had enough of them It's you who can't blame me Sands of time and desert winds Nomads and barbarians I won't bend my will to them Let it rip, make me

    All my salvation And all my frustrations Caught in the lies No one had wove as well Somewhere in time That only I could tell

    Oh, sweet salvation Like all my frustrations Caught in the lies No one had wove so well Somewhere in time That only I could tell Oh

    Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

    Oh, sweet salvation And all my frustrations Caught in the lies That you had wove so well Somewhere in time Where only I could tell Oh

    Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Riad and the bedouins Oh Oh Oh Had a plan and thought they'd win Oh Oh Oh Riad and the bedouins Oh Oh Oh Crossed the line and lost again Oh Oh Oh

    Flayeron December 30, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    "Riad" could be a reference to The Story of Bayad and Riyad, an Arabic love story. It's also the term for a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden (from Wiki).

    The Bedouin are a group of Arab nomads who were partly the inspiration for the Fremen in Frank Herbert's novel Dune.

    Wurby Tictocon November 24, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Reminds me of one of the Tolken Zepplin songs, cant recall which.

    gatsby14on December 03, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    immigrant song? although it's not one of the Tolkien songs

    CheeseSandwhichon December 04, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    The city is Riyadh, not Riad, and it is the capital of Saudi Arabia.

    percepteson January 15, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is about Riad, who loves to conquer, but he quickly discovers someone who is more intelligent than him and lost the final battle. It reminds me so much "Genghis Khan" of Maiden

    Maverick2099on February 24, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    I don't think the song is directly about 'Riad and the bedouins' in a subject way. I believe it's about a person who has had very bad experiences with love and expressing it to someone, to a level that he's going insane. He doesn't want to be reminded about his misfortune and experience more of the shit he has gone through (But I dont give a fuck 'bout them/But I have had enough of them), so he slowly starts to isolate himself from love and human feelings.

    Rusty Diamondson May 06, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation

    If this had been a single everyone would have thought it was racist. Good job Axl forked out for the rights for Martin Luther King Jr. speeches and samples from Mississipi Burning to ensure nobody had such outrageous ideas.

    Raymileson May 14, 2009   Link

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