Cape To Rio

She went from Cape to Cairo I went from Cape to Rio She drinks her Tanqueray But it's Mainstay for me-o My heart and soul are hardened I built the Hanging Gardens I let my tears flow I let my tears flow, oh What bitter stuff Don't say my song's too slow! Don't talk cause you don't know The place I come from is a place you never go No no it's not enough I want more of this bitter stuff You'll see me swaying as you're praying for my fall I try to understand her Outside on the blue veranda When she feels pleasure It's a measure of my worth They say never say never But my name's Nebuchadnezzar And I'll never let it go I'll never let it go No, it's not enough Don't say my song's too slow! Don't talk cause you don't know The place I come from is a place you never go No no it's not enough I want more of this bitter stuff You'll see me swaying as you're praying for my fall She makes the feeling purer With a dash of Angostura I've learned the art Of being everywhere at once I built the Cape to Cairo I drank the Cape to Rio I died an emperor And came back as a griot, oh Don't say my song's too slow! Don't talk cause you don't know The place I come from is a place you never go No no it's not enough I want more of this bitter stuff You'll see me swaying as you're praying for my fall Don't say my song's too slow! Don't talk cause you don't know The place I come from is a place you never go No no it's not enough I want more of this bitter stuff You'll see me haggard as I stagger down the hall