VERSE 1 Shannon was the preacher's only daughter Living in a small town on the edge of nowhere Went to high school with her girlfriends She was different
not know That it is so And I do not suspect It's the kind that you'd expect In this respect It's concrete and cats Like Egypt was Like Egypt was Like Egypt
I remember back in Illinois I found her The lily of the valley the lily of the West was a rose The daughter of the biggest big town banker He kept her
So you wanna go back to Egypt Where it's warm and secure Are you sorry you bought the one way ticket When you thought you were sure? You wanted to live
Strictly academic no doubt about it Like the 10 plagues of Egypt total epidemic Israelites demand it freedom demanded Waiting in the sand is how they
To fill up the hole in his heart To buy something a little nothing To fill up the hole in his heart I'm in Egypt I'm in Egypt
s enough to make anyone weep We are down to our very last sheep Reuben We will starve if we hang around here Zebulun But in Egypt there's food going
Ensemble So Jacob came to Egypt, No longer feeling old And Joseph came to meet him In his chariot Of gold Of gold Of gold Of gold
My homeland, my homeland, my hallowed land, Only to you, is my due hearty love at command, My homeland, my homeland, my hallowed land, Only to you is
Irish sea When I've finished doing that I know where I want to be 'Cos I'm your baby and you love me Spirits of ancient Egypt Shadows of ancient Rome Spirits of ancient Egypt
3000 years ago, in the land of Egypt Pharaoh's first born child Dies in the bloom of her youth High priest they gather To summon an evil spell To bring
Endless sands of Alnantees - etched in gold, a city lost in time and from the sea - A Child speaks of things unseen, before the King - a teller of the
Ensemble So Jacob came to Egypt No longer feeling old And Joseph came to meet him In his chariot Of gold Of gold Of gold Of gold
to make anyone weep We are down to our very last sheep Reuben We will starve if we hang around here Zebulon But in Egypt there's food going
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[Music: Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella, Michael Lepond] [Lyrics: Michael Romeo, Russel Allen, Jason Rullo] Endless sands of Alnantees - etched in gold
september, she held me so tight Now I'm back on the street, New Egypt There's no river Nile, New Egypt I've got to find my baby tonight, New Egypt