Walk Like an Egyptian

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Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles

About Walk Like an Egyptian

"Walk Like an Egyptian" is a song recorded by the American band the Bangles. It was released in 1986 as the third single from the album Different Light. It was the band's first number one single, being certified gold by the RIAA, and became Billboard's number-one song of 1987. Liam Sternberg, who wrote the song, had finished a demo version by January 1984 with singer Marti Jones. He offered it to Toni Basil, who turned it down. Lene Lovich recorded the first version of the song .

Walk Like an Egyptian Lyrics

[00:17.80] All the old-paintings on the tomb
[00:20.36] They do the sand dance, don't you know?
[00:23.06] If they move too quick (oh-way-oh)
[00:25.02] They're falling down like a domino
[00:27.89] All the bazaar men by the Nile
[00:30.18] They got the money on a bet
[00:32.20] Gold crocodiles (oh-way-oh)
[00:33.51] They snap their teeth on your cigarette
[00:36.70] Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
[00:38.82] "Way oh-way-oh, way oh-way-oh"
[00:46.10] Walk like an Egyptian
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[01:00.36] The blonde waitresses take their trays
[01:02.53] They spin around and they cross the floor
[01:04.63] They've got the moves (oh-way-oh)
[01:06.26] You drop your drink, then they bring you more
[01:09.61] All the school kids so sick of books
[01:11.71] They like the punk and the metal band
[01:14.25] When the buzzer rings (oh-way-oh)
[01:15.30] They're walking like an Egyptian
[01:18.85] All the kids in the marketplace say
[01:20.83] "Way-oh, way-oh, oh-way, oh-way-oh"
[01:28.08] Walk like an Egyptian
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[02:10.01] Slide your feet up the street, bend your back
[02:12.43] Shift your arm, then you pull it back
[02:14.33] Life's hard, you know (oh-way-oh)
[02:16.63] So strike a pose on a Cadillac
[02:18.91] If you want to find all the cops
[02:21.45] They're hanging out in the donut shop
[02:23.78] They sing and dance (oh-way-oh)
[02:25.50] They spin the clubs, cruise down the block
[02:28.29] All the Japanese with their yen
[02:30.69] The party boys call the Kremlin
[02:33.26] And the Chinese know (oh-way-oh)
[02:35.65] They walk the line like Egyptian
[02:37.70] All the cops in the donut shop say
[02:39.94] "Way-oh, way-oh, oh-way, oh-way-oh"
[02:47.01] Walk like an Egyptian
[02:51.59] Walk like an Egyptian
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From the album: The 80s: Decade of Classics