Lyrics Falco – Tut–Ench–Amon (Tutankhamen)
Text:
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
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 archeological 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