Opium Tea

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Here I sleep the morning through
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'Til the wail of the call to prayer awakes me
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And there ain't nothing at all to do but rise and follow
                    Dm
The day wherever it takes me

F
I stand at the window and I look at the sea
Dm
And I am what I am, and what will be will be
F
I stand at the window and I look at the sea
Dm
And I make me a pot of opium tea

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Down at the port I watch the boats come in
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Watch the boats come in can do something to you
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And the kids gather around with an outstretched hand
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And I toss them a dirham or two

F
Well, I wonder if my children are thinking of me
Dm
Cause I am what I am, and what will be will be
F
I wonder if my kids are thinking of me
Dm
And I smile and I sip my opium tea


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At night the sea lashes the rust red ramparts
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And the shapes of hooded men who pass me
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And the moan of the wind laughs and laughs and laughs
                          Dm
The strange luck that fate has cast me


F
Well, the cats on the rampart sing merrily
Dm
That he is what he is and what will be will be
F
Yeah, the cats on the rampart sing merrily
Dm
And I sit and I drink of my opium tea


                               F
I'm a prisoner here, I can never go home
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There is nothing here to win or lose
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There are no choices needed to be made at all
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Not even the choice of having to choose

F
Well, I'm a prisoner here, yes, but I'm also free
Dm
Cause I am what I am and what will be will be
F
I'm a prisoner here, yeah, but I'm also free
Dm
And I smile and I sip my opium tea.