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Bring Me the Lamp !

(sung by Dale North)

only the good may go within
my entry is denied
scour the cave young Al-addin
I needs must wait for you outside

ignore the diamond and ruby eyes
that winked in Solomon's mines
leave o'er the gold and the silver prize
- bring me the lamp that shines !

three years ago the stars foretold
that which is yet to be
they spoke of power and new for old
here in the lands of Arabie

I am here come to fulfil that fate
as writ in zodiac signs
wealth and omnipotence now await
- bring me the lamp that shines !

methinks I see in wide Afrik' a marmor'd palace on a hill...
methinks I see a world of slaves on knees, and subject to my will...
methinks I see in walled Cathay a sweet sultana for a bride...
- bring me the lamp that shines !
- bring me the lamp that shines !
-bring me the lamp ! bring me the lamp !

why do you stare thus knowingly ?
why do you search my soul ?
?tis not for you to question me,
?tis but for you to play one r?le

fetch me the lantern that houses dreams
it must now light my designs
it is the essence for all my schemes
- bring me the lamp that shines !
- bring me the lamp that shines ! ....

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