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Moon Over Cairo

from Truth Is The Talisman by Jimmy Lee Morris

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Every time you see her face
You see the look of loneliness
Another girl with nothing in her heart
Youth in her voice that trips
Gently from her scarlet lips
Gives no indication of her age
She’s never known another way
Neon lights as bright as day
Every night the town becomes her stage
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
In the city to the east
A young girl rises to her feet
The sunlight starts to breathe another day
She throws her clothes on silently
Moves through the door onto the street
And shuts it as a curtain to her play
The days are short and will not wait
Before her act begins again
The same show to a different audience
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
She can never find a way
Out of her heart to escape
The empty memories she always knew
She’ll lie there and she’ll close her eyes
Inside her heart the young girl dies
But any shell would keep them all amused
The lust and greed just pass you by
In this town honest men would lie
To see their precious existence maintained
The moon over Cairo shines
It makes her come to life
Every night the town becomes her stage
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight
She’ll say she wants you
She’ll say she needs you
She’ll say she’ll love and hold you tight
But what do you know
Moon over Cairo
Will keep her secret safe tonight

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from Truth Is The Talisman, released January 18, 2021
Produced and Performed by Jimmy Lee Morris
Written by James Morris

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Jimmy Lee Morris Holsworthy, UK

An eclectic writer and singer of songs, Jimmy Lee Morris has been weaving songs into hearts of those happy to listen for 40 years. Songs have been sung from folk clubs to festivals, around the UK & Europe. Played in blues band Mojo Filter & rock 'n' roll band The Collaborators. In the 80’s was lead singer for synth band À La Tienne & at turn of millennium was half of the folk duo The Hat Band. ... more

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