Opium Tea Lyrics

Opium Tea lyrics

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 Opium Tea 



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 Here I sleep the morning through



 Until the call to prayer awakes me



 And there is nothing to do but rise



 And follow the day wherever it takes me



 I stand at the window and look at the sea



 Then I make me a pot of opium tea 



 



 Down at the port I watch the boats come in



 Watching boats come in can do something to you



 And the kids gather round with outstretched hand



 And I toss them a diram or two



 And I wonder if my children are thinking of me



 For I am what I am and what will be will be 



 



 I wonder if my kids are thinking of me



 And I smile and I sip my opium tea



 



 At night the sea lashes the rust red ramparts



 And the shapes of hooded men move past me



 And the mad moaning wind, it laughs and it laughs



 At the strange lot that fate has cast me



 And the cats on the rampart sing merrily



 That I am what I am and what will be will be



 The cats on the rampart sing merrily



 And I sit and I drink my opium tea 



 



 I'm a prisoner here, I can never go home



 There is nothing here to win or to lose



 There are no choices needing to be made at all



 Not even the choice of having to choose



 I am a prisoner, yes, but I am also free



 'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be



 I'm a prisoner here, yes, but I'm also free



 And I smile and I sip my opium tea