Harem
Burning sands
Winds of desire
Mirrored oasis
Reflect a burning fire
Within my heart unwatered
Feeding the flame
Welcoming you to my harem
Sing for me
A song of life"s visage
Sing for me
A tune of love"s mirage
Deep desires
Sleep untold
Whispers that echo
The desert of my soul
I hold your Eastern promise
Close to my heart
Welcoming you to my harem
Sing for me
A song of life"s visage
Sing for me
A tune of love"s mirage
Time is change
Time"s fool is man
Time will escape
The passing sands of time
I hold your Eastern promise
Close to my heart
Welcoming you to my harem
What A Wonderful World
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue, clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They"re really saying I love you
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They learn much more than I"ll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world
It"s A Beautiful Day
Unbel di, vedremo
Le varsi un fil di fumo
Sull"e stremo con findelmare
E poi la nave appare
With every new day
Your promises fade away
It"s a fine day to see
But the last day for me
It"s a beautiful day
What You Never Know
What you never know won"t hurt you
What you never know won"t lie
What you never know won"t desert you
What you never know won"t say goodbye
What you never know won"t hurt you
What you never know won"t lie
What you never know won"t desert you
What you never know won"t make you cry
What you never know won"t hurt you
What you never know won"t lie
What you never know won"t desert you
What you"ll never know unless you try
The Journey Home
The journey home
Is never too long
Your heart arrives before the train
The journey home
Is never too long
Some yesterdays always remain
I"m going back to where my heart was light
When my pillow was a ship I sailed through the night
The journey home is never too long
When open arms are waiting there
The journey home is never too long
There"sroom to love and room to spare
I want to feel the way that I did there
And think my wishes through before I wish again
The journey home is never too long
Home hopes to heal the deepest pain
The journey home is never too long
Your heart arrives before the train
Not every boat you come across is one you have to take
Now sometimes standing still can be the best move you ever make.
Free
And do you still touch her like you do
Kiss her all over in the way I kissed with you
And when you sleep with her do you sometimes think of me
Not if you love her in the way I see
I had to be free
Had to be free
It"s all that I wanted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Alone if I needed
I had to be free
Had to be free
From feelings that haunted
I wanted to see
Wanted to be
Free
And then in the evening light when the bars of freedom fall
I watch the two of you in the shadows on the wall
And when the darkness steals some of the choices from my hand
Then will I begin to understand
Mysterious Days
Springtime in Tangier
The sky"s getting wider
Renewing its splendour
The world"s getting brighter
Setting out just like the sun
That"s never seen the rain
Stepping out we"re homeward bound
And never be the same
Ah - we lay our hearts wide open
Ah - we live mysterious days
Ah - the spell cannot be broken
Ah - we live mysterious days
American writers
Now work in the attic
Up in the Casbah
There"s plenty to worship
Shine again Arabian moon
And be the guiding light
Life is changing like the dunes
Wandering in the night
Ah - we lay our hearts wide open
Ah - we live mysterious days
Ah - the spell cannot be broken
Ah - we live mysterious days
The War Is Over Now
My statues are falling
Like feathers of snow
Their voices are calling
In a whispering world
Waiting for the morning glow
Heaven is calling
From a rainy shore
Counting wounded lights falling
Into their dreams
Still searching for an open door
In morning dew
A glorious scene came through
Like war is over now
I feel I"m coming home again
Pure moments of thought
In the meaning of love
This war is over now
I feel I"m coming home again
An arrow of freedom
Is piercing my heart
Breaking chains of emotion
Give a moment to pray
For lost innocence to find it"s way
Fields of sensation
A cry in the dark
Hope is on the horizon
With a reason to stay
And living for a brand new day
Arabic interlude:
God salute. Bless the life and the people.
Ah, ah oh ah.
When will we live in love and safety?
God salute.
God salute. Bless the life and the people.
(Arabic translation courtesy of Hisham Qaddomi)
In morning dew
A glorious scene came through
Like war is over now
I feel I"m coming home again
Pure moments of thought
In the meaning of love
This war is over now
I feel I"m coming home again to you
Misere Mei
Ampliuslava me ab iniquitate mea:
eta peccato meo munda me
Beautiful
If you can depend
On certainty
Count it out and weigh it up again
You can be sure
You"ve reached the end
And still you don"t feel
Do you know you"re beautiful
Do you know you"re beautiful
Do you know you"re beautiful
You are, yes you are, yes you are
If you can ignore
What you"ve become
Take it out and see it die again
You can be here
For who"s a friend
And still you don"t feel
Do you know you"re beautiful
Do you know you"re beautiful
Do you know you"re beautiful
You are, yes you are, yes you are
Innermost thoughts
Will be understood and
You can have all you need
Do you know, you"re beautiful, do you know about anything
Do you know, you"re beautiful, do you know about anyone
Do you know you"re beautiful
You are, yes you are, yes you are
Arabian Nights
Part 1: Scimitar Moon
Don"t you forget the echo"s of time
Won"t you regret the losing of minds
In my dreams I"m searching across the desert sands for you
Scimitar moon is guiding me close to your side
Part 2: Voyage
Voyage
Voyage
Wilderness to wilderness
I travelled from afar
On the soft wind of the the Nadq came fragrance of Araar
Splendour of a thousand suns shone glory in my path
No love more pure and rage more fierce
Could still my beating heart
Voyage
Voyage
Part 3: Promise
So should I return to trace the shadows of my chases
My steps will echo there from sand to stone
I will never let my eyelids close on empty spaces
My dreams will fill the void with tales unknown
Know the mighty infinite obscures the far horizon
The whispered road I take will never bend
Alone
And will the wind return my story to its promise
Or will my story chase me to the end
Part 4: Hamesha (Every Time)
Oh, wind! Carry my love song to my boyfriend with you.
My duty in life is to find you, even if I must live my life traveling for you.
My hair will turn into chain and will tie you up to me.
Every time...
(Arabic translation courtesy of Hisham Qaddomi)
Part 5: Alone
Melodies unspoken flowing from the lotus of my heart
Ending where we start
Promises unbroken promising a never-ending fire of love beyond desire
Ending where we start
Stranger In Paradise
Take my hand I"m a stranger in paradise
All lost in a wonderland
A stranger in paradise
If I stand starry eyed there"s a danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside
An angel like you
I saw your face ascended
Out of the common place and into the rare
Now somewhere out in space
I hang suspended
Until I"m certain that there"s a chance that you care
Won"t you answer the fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise
Don"t send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for
But open your angel"s arms
To the stranger in paradise
And tell her that she need be
A stranger no more
You Take My Breath Away
( US Bonus track )
We saw the holy men
Come in from Sanchi
We touched their souls
And heard Martyrs crying
Among the fields of red
We took the strange brew
The windless sky diwali
Moon were calling to me
The deeper I go
The higher I fly with you
You take my breath away