I Sold the Arabs the Moon-David Lowery

[ti:I Sold the Arabs the Moon] [ar:David Lowery] [al:The Palace Guards] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Sold the Arabs the Moon - David Lowery [00:20.60]And I was the man who sold the Arabs the moon [00:24.88] [00:30.50]The Emirate Princes their hands manicured [00:34.95] [00:40.53]Their servants with luggage they followed behind [00:44.94] [00:50.65]The African concubines regal and tall [00:55.04] [01:00.62]And I was the man who sold the Arabs the moon [01:09.36]They festooned their flags with crescent moons [01:16.89] [01:30.79]And I was the man who sold the English the sea [01:34.73] [01:40.31]They wanted the afternoon breezes it bore [01:44.71] [01:50.08]The sweet smell of spices from over the sea [01:54.30] [01:59.84]The afternoon showers it brought during tea [02:04.02] [02:09.55]And I was the man who sold the English the sea [02:17.90]I cowered before great battleship guns [02:25.38] [02:48.73]And I was the man who sold the Yankees the sky [02:52.94] [02:58.16]The black of the night and the blue of the day [03:02.42] [03:07.76]The endless horizon of hope and desire [03:12.09] [03:17.30]And I was the man who sold the Yankees the sky [03:25.59]The English the sea [03:27.61] [03:30.50]The Arabs the moon