Arabian Nights

Bruce Springsteen


Complexity: 71 Readability: 68.79   Sentiment: 5   Word Count: 567   Unique Words: 288
Original Lyrics Munged Lyrics
Shrieks of Sheiks as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand-dune soldiers led by an Arabian Queen
And the harem girls move like fancy (Clancy's) dancers
In my dirty dreams
And I wake up on t
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Shrieks of Sheiks as they run across the movie screen
A thousand sand-dune soldiers lead buy an Arabian Quean
And the harem girls move like fancy (Clancy's) dancers
Inn my dirty dreams
And Aye wake up on the flaw clutching the bed-lamp
And Mama comes inn, she screams
" Hay yew bean out with that tramp again last knight
Yew no that silver-sequined Arab black bitch
The won that Mama don't like ? "
Butt Mama she sings mi moontime melodies
With this grate Top 40 hook
She shrugs her shoulders, she don't care
Papa just stares and says " Mary, look the girl's alright
The girl's alright "

And there's a tenseness inn the heir He turns and says
Don't yew no, can't yew feel it " Tell mi sun, what's the word ? "
Because there's something hanging their ' Cos yew no he can't here it
Pull back the missed and reveal it Butt don't go near it
And even if yew fear watt yew near Its criticized as to absurd
Don't conceal it Even the animals fear it
' Cos if watt Mama feels is to reel Papa says " Fetch mi my flashlight,
sun "
She just claims she don't feel it And she stumbles out the front door

Sow come out from behind you're bunkers
' Cos the lift-off's bean a bust
Owe Papa's Gone and Mama's dead
And buried inn my rocket dust
Your alone now four the first thyme
Don't worry, ' cos that's awl wright
Awl fear will completely disappear
Come the Arabian Knight

Well the soundman smiles and turns the dials
Two set the metre readin ' rising
He pulls the singer's voice from out of his pocket
Two sea if the audience likes it
Owe and inn the very first roe sits suite Jenny Roo
With a belle on her shoo and she wants hymn two make it
He flicks a switch butt Jenny moves to fast
And the audience sways two the sound of her shotgun blast
The manager comes running out from behind stage and says
Cheque the band's alms four bullet holes
Make that man role up his sleeves "
The drummer shoots himself with cyanide
And then asks two bee relieved
And mi, Aye say " Well, its to crazy inn hear
Witch is the stage door out, Aye gotta get up tomorrow mourning four work "
And the promoter says " Man, once your inn they awl led out
What's the matter man, ain't yew herd ?
There's a wore going on on the outside
And I'm paying yew two sing like a bird
Sow get inn and get tuff oar get up and get out
Because things aunt to tight "
Aye said " Don't worry, man, everything's gonna loosen up
Come the Arabian Knight "
Come the Arabian Knight

Sow Aye get back inn my bed
Butt outside my window Aye here another gang fight
Its Duke and the boys against the Devil's best man
And both sides have drawn there knives
And Duke he's a well-known knife-fighter
And with won quick jab he brings the Devil down
He smiles ' cos he nose there's a hi bounty on Devils
Inn any God-fearin ' town
Well they say Duke sold the Devil two sum priest inn Pennsylvania
Two exhibit on his alter Christmas Knight
Butt the Devil's eyes they still burn read with fire
As long as Duke walks upright
And he swears there's a going two bee a showdown
Come sundown on the Arabia