Mustapha's Tale-Angelo Branduardi

[ti:Mustapha's Tale] [ar:Angelo Branduardi] [al:Fables And Fantasies] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mustapha's Tale - Angelo Branduardi [01:26.54]Mustapha the silver bit [01:28.45]And stoked up the fire [01:30.37] [01:31.17]Began his tale once [01:33.02]In the blue hills so tired [01:35.92]I found a cave to shelter in [01:38.42]The entrance was low [01:40.16] [01:40.70]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind knows [01:45.43] [01:46.92]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind blows [01:51.64] [01:56.02]Suddenly awakened with a [01:58.51]Black chill of terror [02:00.69]I saw twelve hooded figures [02:02.85]In graveyard apparel [02:05.42]Who shuffling towards [02:07.15]Me where I crouched by the wall [02:10.39]Said Mustapha you're now one of us [02:13.19]We have need of one more [02:15.13] [02:16.78]Yes joining hands they left [02:18.68]A place and called for one more [02:21.26] [02:25.51]Thirteen we must be tonight [02:28.12]For conjure and scheme [02:30.20]My limbs gave me to them [02:33.03]I prayed that I dreamed [02:35.13]My hands held fast by other [02:37.39]Hands the circle was closed [02:40.03]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind knows [02:44.68] [02:46.28]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind blows [02:51.31] [03:39.40]A pentagram of Caldea [03:41.52]Was drawn in vermillion [03:43.86]Where five lamps were [03:45.42]A'flickering to foul incantation [03:49.06]When all at once sulphurous vapours did rise [03:53.75]A cloud a shape a form [03:55.94]A face with tapers for eyes [03:58.41] [04:03.01]Never was a gargoyle more [04:05.35]Hideously moulded [04:07.55]Or a voice heard more of snake fit [04:09.93]Which that awful head issued [04:11.99] [04:12.55]No greater riches offered for [04:14.91]A small sacrifice [04:17.16]A name in blood a promised soul [04:19.93]The unholy price [04:21.80] [04:23.31]A name in blood a promised soul [04:25.92]The unholy price [04:28.38] [05:15.61]It offered me all women both living and dead [05:20.07] [05:20.84]Palaces and flower a crown for my head [05:25.32]But from somewhere deep inside [05:27.08]Me came the strength to scream no [05:30.11]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind knows [05:34.74] [05:36.12]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind blows [05:41.28] [05:45.12]Mustapha the silver bit and [05:47.27]Stoked up the fire [05:48.79] [05:49.54]Began his tale once in the [05:52.00]Blue hills so tired [05:54.49]I found a cave to shelter in and [05:57.13]The rest I've disclosed [05:58.97] [05:59.47]Fable or fantasy the desert wind blows [06:04.01] [06:05.16]If its fable or fantasy the desert wind blows