Al Stewart - The world goes to Riyadh

In a camel's eye far in a distant land


The sun comes up on sands of endless deserts


See tomorrow run by hand in hand with yesterday


Where once the time hung still forever


In the wink of an eye the veils are drawn


And shadows hurry away


And the world goes to Riyadh, today


See the light of the moon on the dunes


You almost feel the ghost of Lawrence riding by them


See the infidel run as the sabres flash,


The desert tribes come with the sun behind them


At the turn of a page see the moving finger


Writing new words to say


And the world goes to Riyadh, today


You can never be sure what the dawn will bring


So just be carefull how you choose your friends now


Every turn in the night of the wheel of fortune


Changes everything, don't loose your head now


Like a storm on the ocean, empires wax and wane


And crumble away


And the world goes to Riyadh, today