Casbah (1948) is a musical film directed by John Berry, starring Yvonne DeCarlo and Tony Martin, and released by Universal Studios.
Casbah tells the story about a bad boy (Tony Martin who plays Pepe Le Moko) who meets a beautiful girl (Marta Toren who plays Gaby). The girl has scruples and rejects the Pepe because of his criminal activities (he’s a crime lord in the Casbah). She rejects Pepe because of who he is, with the hint that if he reforms, he might have a chance with her.
Believing he will not reform, she leaves the Casbah to catch a plane to leave Morocco forever. His love for her changes him and he sacrifices the safety of the Casbah and his network of associates, who have too much power for the authorities within the Casbah to apprehend him.
As a consequence when he leaves the Casbah he is shot and apprehended by the authorities. As he lies wounded possibly fatally, there is a poignant last scene where Gaby is seen in the window of the plane but fails to look outside where Pepe pleadingly looks in vain to her for a single glance.
Low Intensity Warfare
(Chorus)
Cheated by pose
All left are bones
Reveal it's mask before resorse
(Repeat-2 times)
Small confusion bringing,
Impact in sight
Another stuff and nosense
Use your head,
Never lean on your night
It won't break out
Without a weapon,
It's still a fight
Dare not treat it lightly
You do, you'll suffer,
Lapse of right
You will
Low intensity warfare,
Will trespass on you
(Chorus)
You, you, you,
Low intensity warfare,
Will trespass on you
You, you, you,
Low intensity warfare,
Will trespass on you
No More Slaughter
Step out from your door,
Even in daylight
They threaten the security
A lack of reason,
And a stony heart
The homicidal insanity
Innocent victims,
Slaughtered by hate
Bloodshed will pursue
Ain't no business,
And then it's too late
The death call arises to you
(Chorus)
Wrath spoils peace
So silly
Fear will increase
So chilly
No more killing needs,
To take by force our dreams
No more killing needs,
To stop the world to breath
(Chorus)
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
No more, no more
Chain Gang
What is that you gain,
With soul, body both in chains
While your stuck with,
Conventional minds
You're no better than slaves
What is that you gain,
With soul, body both in chains
Peform your duty,
Nine to five
You get lost in the crowd,
And hide yourself
Day by day the same shit
Don't you think it's bullshit
Submit to missions,
Authority leans
What's the purpose for that
Day by day the same shit
Don't you think it's bullshit
Seems no passion,
No ambition
Just like a broken blade
Kick those fence down
Run off to live
Kick those fence down
As you run off through the night
Deriding faces come in sight
Bear up tight, defy with might
Till the string untle
(Chorus)
Chain-Chain gang
Chain-Chain gang
Chain-Chain gang
Gang
Chain-Chain gang
Chain-Chain gang
Chain-Chain gang
Gang
Chain gang, let it hang
Let it gang, chain gang
Chain gang, make it spang
Infinite Pain
Death, death. A phrase of doom
Entry to liberation
Death, death. Release of gloom
End of long agony.
Place of no authority
Nothing is in chain
Chances to infinity
Beigns never been slain
Make you no insanity
Ideas never in vain
Life through all eternity
No suffering pain
(Chorus)
Ride out, ride out, ride out
The Pain
Ride out, ride out, ride out
The Pain
Ride out, ride out, ride out
The Pain
Ride out, ride out, ride out
The Pain
(Chorus)
Infinite pain ride out
Infinite pain ride out
Infinite pain ride out
Infinite pain
Infinite pain ride out
Infinite pain ride out
Infinite pain ride out
This is the oldest dance
Deepest beat and the lovers' trance
And the closing of the space between us
And the rhythm of the place i dream us
May you people always move in the old, old way
This is the oldest dance
Deepest beat and the lovers' trance
And you would have to be so cruel
To stop me now i'm a rhythm fool
And the colour of the veins you open
Stains the nation with the games you've broken
And you're people should be free to wander
Free to choose every step
And never loose
May your people always move in the old, old way
Everybody was so happy
The day we danced on a beautiful sea
And you would have to be so cruel
To stop me now i'm a rhythm fool
And it's got to be heaven's hand
Shining light on the chosen land
This is the oldest dance
Deepest beat and the lovers' trance
Everybody was so happy
The day we danced on a beautiful sea
And you would have to be so cruel
To stop me now i'm a rhythm fool
This is the oldest dance
Here I go and make my final stand
Very far away there's the promised land
The eagle came down and took me away
Puts me down in a hole I can't see the light of day
Oohoh, riding on the wings of wonder
Ohh, can you feel, the fire from down under
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho, dreamin' of the casbah
The wizard prays in his unbroken rules
With tears in his eyes for a ship of fools
Then we sailed away and the sun turned black
We saw the eyes of the lost and we're never comin' back
Oohoh, riding on the wings of wonder
Ohh, can you feel, the fire from down under
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho, dreamin' of the casbah
Eternal prisoner
Forever lost in space
Eternal prisoner
Forever locked in a cage
Eternal Prisoner
I saw the shadow rising, from a hill up down below
Eternal Prisoner
There was no place for hiding, still I didn't know were to go
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho, dreamin' of the casbah
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho - hoho
(Music: Pell / Lyrics: Pell)
Here I go and make my final stand,
Very far away there's the promised
Land.
The eagle came down and took me
Away,
Puts me down in a hole I can't see
The light of day.
Oohoh riding on the wings of
Wonder
Can you feel, the fire from down
Under
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho - hoho
Oh hoho, dreamin' of the casbah
The wizard prays in his unbroken
Rules
With tears in his eyes for a ship of
Fools
Then we sailed away and the sun
Turned black,
We saw the eyes of the lost and
We're never comin' back.
Repeat bridge
I see the world from a tree
Imaginary friend tells me
How this rune could be
As beautiful
As you and me
Irrepressible, impassible
And I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I see this ruin high above
Imaginary fiend tells me
How this gem could change
the course of fate
For you and me
We're responsible for principles
And I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
When I kiss the sky
And my senses go so numb
I seem to find a place surrounded by your smile
If I cross this line
Could you still be by my side
All I want is your hand to lead us and feed us
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I wanna hear
Want them near
Those precious voices
I wanna hear
Want them near