Scheherazade and Other Stories
TRIP TO THE FAIR I took a trip down to look at the fair When I arrived I found nobody there It seemed I was all alone Must be that they've all gone home Chorus: A trip to the fair but nobody was there A trip to the fair but nobody was there Voices of yesterday make not a sound Even the roundabout stopped going round I wonder just what it means Is everything how it seems? Chorus A creak as the dodgems came onto the scene Wheels began turning I started to scream A carousel swung around My head spun and hit the ground Chorus I close my eyes to disguise the fear from inside Trembling within my own mind I find no place to hide Stars of tomorrow shine through the grey mist that has gone I wish that this trip to the fair had never begun Suddenly thousands of faces I see Everyone seemed to be staring at me Clowns laughed in the penny arcade What was this game my mind played? I took a trip down to look at the fair When I arrived I found nobody there It seemed I was all alone Must be that they've all gone home A trip to the fair but nobody was there, but nobody was there A trip to the fair but nobody was there, but nobody was there THE VULTURES FLY HIGH While in the streets of all our fears They reign supreme as orders go They are the last to have their say And last to know it doesn't matter how you try It doesn't matter what you say They always watch with hollow eyes To put you down they always find a way to criticise Chorus I: The vultures fly high They circle over us all The vultures fly high I'll take your hand if you fall All those who sheltered in their smile Are scattered here from yesterday And if the weak are left behind They have to pay and though you haven't much to give You know they take it, yours and mine Sometimes it looks as though we lose But then in time the finger points at them The next in line Repeat Chorus I [Instrumental break] Chorus II: The vultures fly high They circle over us all The lonely sigh I'll take your hand if you fall Repeat Chorus II twice OCEAN GYPSY Tried to take it all away Learn her freedom just inside a day And find her soul To find their fears allayed Tried to make her love their own They took her love they left her there They gave her nothing back That she would want to own Gold and silver rings and stones Dances slowly of the moon No-one else can know She stands alone Sleeping dreams will reach for her She cannot say the words they need She knows she's alone And she is free Chorus: Ocean gypsy of the moon The sun has made a thousand nights For you to hold Ocean gypsy where are you The shadows followed by the stars Have turned to gold, turned to gold Then she met a hollow soul Filled him with her light And was consoled she was the moon And he, the sun was gold Eyes were blinded with his light The sun she gave Reflected back the night The moon was waning almost out of sight Softly ocean gypsy calls Silence holds the stars awhile They smile sadly For her where she falls Just the time before the dawn The sea is hushed The ocean calls her Day has taken her and now she's gone Chorus No-one noticed when she died Ocean gypsy shackled to the tide The ebbing waves were turning Spreading wide Something gone within her eyes Her fingers lifeless stroke the sand Her battered soul was lost She was abandoned Silken threads like wings still shine Winds take pleasure still make patterns In her lovely hair So dark and fine Stands on high beneath the seas Cries no more Her tears have dried Oceans weep for her the ocean sighs Chorus SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE "The Sultan" Sultan king cruel majesty Ordered that his women die A single night this for all his wives Takes his pleasure then their lives And so for many days with the dawn The sultan had his way Wives were put to death His name on their dying breath Then one day as the evening came Sultan sends for him a wife Choose her well charms I wish to see Bring her, send her in to me Then came Scheherazade to his side And her beauty shone Like a flower grown Gentle as he'd ever known Scheherazade bewitched him With songs of jewelled keys Princes and of heroes And eastern fantasies Told him tales of sultans And talismans and rings A thousand and one nights she sang To entertain her king She sings, Scheherazade, Scheherazade, etc "The Young Prince And The Young Princess As Told By Scheherazade" And you would cause the sun to see your light And then be shamed You cover darkness with a thousand secret flames With your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love And I would cause the winds to blow a hundred different days And bring the perfumes of the gardens of the ways Of your love, oh my love, oh my love, my love Crystal and the clay, nights and the days All on the prince's seal Eagle of the sky, lion of the earth This is what the seal is worth, what the seal is worth Holds all of the dreams of a man Tapestries, wishes of man, pictures and visions of man The spirit of the soul of the man And he would vow to love her for the rest of all his days "The Festival" Sheherazade this day is yours The bearers of your gifts now all around you stand The finest silk made in the land Is waiting for your choice It shimmers at your hand Sheherazade your life is one You have today the sultan's love The people watch you step into the sun Stalls and bars of every kind Food piled high on woven leaves for all to eat Drums and flutes at every turn The music winding, twisting through the crowded streets Caravans from far away bring people laughing People come to see the sultan in Baghdad today Scheherazade her name is known Her tale is told The sultan let her life be spared The festival begins this day To celebrate her fame The people sing her praise Stories sung, the crowds are dancing To the music and the entertainment all the voices sing The people call to see the king The sultan smiles His story just begun The sultan and Sheherazade are one Scheherazade, Scheherazade She told him tales of sultans and talismans and rings A thousand and one nights she sang to entertain her king She sings, Scheherazade, Sheherazade, Scheherazade, etc.