ALADDIN'S BLUES

Way down in Cairo
Reading the heiro
I got too close
I caught a dose of that Mummy's Curse
Made my hair turn white
Made my luck turn worse

Wife of the Pharaoh
I couldn't say no
I didn't know how
Let me prepare now for the afterlife
Bring me jugs of wine
Wrap me up real tight

     Float me downstream
     Let me dream
     Forget the things I've said
     They're not what I mean

     Float me downstream
     Wash over sad mistakes
     Whatever course this river takes
     Float me downstream

Rubbing the old lamp
Out jumps the old man
Made my request for the beautiful best
Nothing less could do
She was all the world
And the planets, too

All that I prayed for
All that and much more
She had a smile wide as the Nile
And as deep as my darkest blues
Never wish for more
Than you can stand to lose

     Float me downstream
     Let me dream
     Forget the things I've said
     They're not what I mean

     Float me downstream
     Wash over sad mistakes
     Whatever course this river takes
     Float me downstream