Paroles Joey's Camel de Godley & Creme

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Dear MotherI'm lying on a white hot blanketwishing you were herewe're a thousand miles from Cairoand it's taken us a year to get this farDear MotherI've grown a beard in the last three weeksand I can't see nothing but sandyou wouldn't recognize me Motherbut I know you'd understandDear Motherwe spend the nights under canvasdreaming of ice cold beerand we spend the days in the desertI miss you Mother dearRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Dear Motherwe found the Ten Commandments, Motherjust like I said we wouldbut somebody broke our compass, Motherand the water is no goodAnd Beau said it was sabotageso I laughed at him and saidMother wouldn't let that happen, Beaubut Beau was deadSo I left him in the sand dunesand I struck out on my ownwith a page of hieroglyphicsand the tablets of stoneRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Dear Motherthey attacked while I was sleepingdreaming of ice cold beerbut when they saw what I was carryingthey backed away in fearThey said the hand of God is upon youit is written on the wall, dear Motherthey must have thought I was Elijah or somethingwith the beard and all!So they led me down to the catacombsthe walls were lined with bonesand a voice said he'd give me three of his wivesfor just a glimpse of the stonesDear MotherI said that I had lost themthey were buried in the shifting sandsbut they said if I didn't give them the tabletsthey'd cut off both of my hands, MotherRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?) dear MotherRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?) MotherDear MotherI'm running out of water, Motherthe map was a fakenow I'm stuck on the Devil's anvil, Motherpayin' for Beau's mistakeI woke up in a sandstormI'd had a terrible dreamI'd broken the Ten Commandments, MotherI began to screamBut something else was out therefollowing the scentand it cast the shadow of a cobraon the walls of the tentRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Dear MotherI hadn't got a rifleor a dagger or a swordso my only other weaponas the word of the LordSo when it wrapped itself around my bodyand it started crushing bonesI had to make a decision, Motherit was me or the stonesRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Dear MotherI'm lying on a white hot blanketwishing you were hereI'm a thousand miles from Cairoand it's taken me a year to get this farto get this farRiding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)

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