Leif Vollebekk - Cairo Blues Lyrics
I should have never lent you that 45, I guess my lesson is not to lendThere’s a big needle over the line and for a time you have a friendBut stone cold silence in the room means the record is at its endYou’re turning it over so many timesIt’s never going back into its sleeve againThere’s two; sides to every story but it seems like you’ve got tenWhen I get no letters, it’s the Cairo blues you sendCairo, CairoCairo is my baby’s homeWomen in Cairo, CairoSure don’t dance aloneEvery time you get lonesome you go and fill yourself to the brinkFind yourself a man in a suit and tie who’ll introduce you to what he drinksHe’s answering your questions funny now so you’ll wonder how he thinksHe sees his reflection in you skin, you’re gonna see yours in the hotel sinksStaring back, the Cairo blues it never blinksThin winter trees looking like railings for the skyI got my bare hands in my coat pockets, it’s so cold I could cryWhen I see that forest falling, all I hear is firewoodCrackling louder than that record ever couldBut it don’t drown out those Cairo blues for good
