Arabian Nights

by Siouxsie And The Banshees

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Lyrics

The jewel, the prize

looking into your eyes

Cool pools drown your mind

What else will you find

I hear a rumour-it was just a rumour

I heard a rumour-what have you done to her

Myriad lights-they said I'd be impressed Arabian Knights-at your primitive best

A tourist oasis-reflects in seedy sunshades a monstrous oil tanker

it's wound bleeding in seas

I heard a rumour-what have you done to her I heard a rumour-what have you done to her

Veiled behind screens

kept as your baby machine

Whilst you conquer more orifices

Of boys, goats and things

Ripped out sheeps eyes-no forks or knives

Myriad lights-they said I'd be impressed Arabian Knights-at your primitive best