LET US TAKE YOU AWAY

FROM THE HEAT OF THE DAY

WE WILL DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON

WHERE THE BEDOUIN PLAY

CARAVENSERAI SWAY

WE WILL SLIDE DOWN THE SIDE OF A DUNE

AND A MIRAGE YOU'LL SEE

AS YOUR DANCING WITH ME

OF A SPRING THAT WILL NEVER RUN DRY

IN THE EYE OF A STORM

WE WILL PARTY 'TIL DAWN

AND THE SUN STRIKES A TENT IN THE SKY

A SECRET AGENT OF DESPAIR

SLIPS NIGHTLY BENEATH MY DOOR

SAND-DANCES OVER THE MAT

AND BRINGS NOT DREAMS

HE COMES TO RUB SALT INTO OUR EYES

SO THAT WE MAY CRY AGAIN

WIDE-EYED WE ARE DOOMED

AT THE BOTTOM OF A WELL

THERE IS A GLASS KEY INTO A CRYSTAL ROOM

THE ARAB SITS THERE COUNTING HIS WATCHES

CHEEKS PINCHED IN DISGUST AS HE TOUCHES TIME

SCRIBBLING BACKWARDS INTO A FRAGRANT BOOK

MIXING DESIRE WITH DISCRETION

CONFUSING PASSION WITH PAIN

GUILT WITH SUFFERING

REMORSE WITH SACRIFICE

IN A FAITH FORCED TO STEM THE TIDE OF HUMAN SADNESS

AS SNOW IN THE DESERT

AS A DIAMOND CUT THROUGH GLASS

A BIRD CALLS IN THE GREY DAWN

THE CANDLE FLICKERS

AND HE IS GONE

LAUGHING QUIETLY FINDING PLEASURE IN OUR TEARS

HE IS GONE

A THIN BLACK SILHOUETTE RATTLING AGAINST THE MOON

AS THE SHOOTING STARS DANCE

IN A DREAM IN A TRANCE

PLAY YOUR PART IN A PITILESS GAME

HAND IN HAND HEART TO HEART

YOUR EYES GLITTER AND SMART

BUT THE DESERT IS ALWAYS THE SAME

WHISPER - YALLA! -LETS GO

MAFEESH! - NOTHING TO KNOW

READ IT ALL IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND

DAY FOR NIGHT NIGHT FOR DAY

'TIL THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY

AND YOUR LIFE SLIPS AWAY IN THE SAND