Baghdad Cafe

By the tigris riverside
Once a city oh so bright
762 AD
Risen by the euphrates
Place of ancient tales and romance
City once full of song and dance
Stage of the thousand and 1 nights
The stars above you were so bright

Once the shining babylon
Now the glory dead and gone
Sad victim of tyrant greed
A crossfire of divergent creed

They’re gone
The dreams
Goes on
The screams

There’s no more coffee at baghdad cafe
There’s no more romance at baghdad cafe

Great mesopotamia
Now there’s smoke, blood, and fire
Founded by the mansur tzar
Alas thy middle eastern star
Smell of gunpowder and napalm
Fragrant kingdom dead and gone
Chessboard of some deranged fools
What’s happened to this historic jewel?

Metropolis for 6000 years
Until destroyed by foreign spears
Now blood is flowing at your feet. Will you resurrect in peace?

They’re gone
The dreams
Goes on
The screams

There’s no more coffee at baghdad cafe
There’s no more romance at baghdad cafe

Baghdad cafe
Baghdad cafe