Blues for Allah: Sand Castles and Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert

by Grateful Dead

From the album: Blues for Allah

Duration: 12:33

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Lyrics for Blues for Allah: Sand Castles and Glass Camels / Unusual Occurrences in the Desert

Arabian wind The Needle's Eye is thin The Ships of State sail on mirage But drown in sand In No-Man's Land Where ALLAH does command What good is spilling Blood? It will not Grow a thing The sword sings Blues for ALLAH In'sh'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 fight What fatal flowers of Darkness spring from Seeds of light Bird of Paradise - Fly In white sky Blues for ALLAH In'sh'ALLAH Let's see with our heart These things our eyes have seen And know the truth will still lie Somewhere in between Under eternity Under eternity Under eternity Blue Bird of Paradise Fly In white sky Under eternity Blues For ALLAH In'sh'ALLAH

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