Esfahan Lyrics

I have traced their destinies

To the Valley Of The Thieves

And an all too early grave

In a place called Esfahan

That's the pearl of all Iran

With a beauty that men crave.

Sunlight kisses blue tiles

On the domes of Esfahan

Night time and the bridges

Are conspirators in charm

But it is the plotting hour

In the corridors of power

Mad men rattle sabres

And the dove flies in alarm

You are half the world they say

But receding by the day

You are worlds away.

Esfahan, Esfahan,

I'm reaching out my arms

Esfahan.

There are leaders far and near

Who promote the spread of fear

Deserts keen to share their sands.

There's a turn to every tide

Though the Persian Gulf is wide

Some are reaching out their hands.

Sunlight kisses blue tiles

On the domes of Esfahan

Night time and the bridges

Are conspirators in charm

But it is the plotting hour

In the corridors of power

Mad men rattle sabres

And the dove flies in alarm

You are half the world they say

But receding by the day

You are worlds away.

Esfahan, Esfahan,

I'm reaching out my arms

Esfahan.

Esfahan, Esfahan,

I'm reaching out my arms

Esfahan.

Esfahan, Esfahan,

I'm reaching out my arms

Esfahan.

Some of us are waiting

Some of us are waiting, Esfahan

Some of us are waiting

Waiting, waiting, waiting.

Esfahan

I'm reaching out my arms

Esfahan.

Esfahan

I'm reaching out my arms

Esfahan.