Falco Tut-Ench-Amon (Tutankhamen) lyrics

Been and seen down flight from Chicago
All aboard the African Queen
I am on a night boat down to Cairo

Feeling like a tourist with a foreign man abroad
Tells it like he thinks it is but I know he is fraud
There is a map tucked under his shoulder
And a cap perched on his head
If he looked any older, he might as well be dead

Dressed in army surplus, the files around me swarm
On a mission without a purpose, I wish I'd never been born

By the light of a pale moon, Tutankhamen
Half past high noon, Tutankhamen

Put you in the picture, 1884
I'm up to date on the literature
But I have never been here before


There is a black boy on the corner, trailing me behind
Stalking like a vulture, money on his mind
In the shadow of the giant sphinx, the archaeological tale
Before the eastern sun sinks, I'll be learning braille

By the light of a pale moon, Tutankhamen
Half past high noon, Tutankhamen
They are playing our tune, Tutankhamen
Half past high noon, Tutankhamen

By the light of a, light of a pale moon, Tutankhamen
Half past high noon, Tutankhamen
By the light of a pale moon, Tutankhamen
Half past high noon, Tutankhamen