Dead Songs in Depth
Topic 26: Blues For Allah
Blues For Allah
w: Hunter m: Garcia
AGDL: http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/allah.html
LASF: http://www.whitegum.com/songfile/BLSALLAH.HTM
Blues For Allah
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.
Arabian wind, the needle's eye is thin
The ships of state sail on mirage and drown in sand
Out in no man's land, where Allah does command
What good is spilling blood? It will not grow a thing
"Taste eternity", the swords sing
Blues for Allah, Insh'Allah
They lie where they fall, there's nothing more to say
The desert stars are bright tonight, let's meet as friends
The flower of Islam, the fruit of Abraham
The thousand stories have come round to one again
Arabian night, our gods pursue their flight
What fatal flowers of darkness bloom from seeds of light
Bird of Paradise fly in the white sky
Blues for Allah, Insh'Allah
Let's see with our heart these things our eyes have seen
And know the truth must still lie somewhere in between
Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Under eternity
Bird of Paradise fly in white sky
Blues for Allah, Insh'Allah
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