The title of the opening track on Throb Throb (1985) may refer to the North African Campaign during World War II or it may refer to the 1960s American television series called The Rat Patrol, which is based on the same events. In either case, the Rat Patrol takes its name from the British Desert Rat...
We could use those men in tan
You say what do we know
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
What do we need to take control
We could use the rat patrol
What's that coming over the dune?
Yea well that's what we know
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
Whoah oh oh oh oh oh
Chasing them halftracks
Across the sand flats
Got a nice pine box for that desert fox
Machine guns blaring
And Arabs staring
Wondering why the Westerners are there
It's the same old story
And it never ends. It'll happen again
Whoah oh oh oh oh......
Rat Patrol was written by John Haggerty.
Rat Patrol was produced by Gomez Addams.
Naked Raygun released Rat Patrol on Tue Jan 01 1985.