Monday, July 21, 2014

Midnight at the Oasis


Remember this song?  Some of you won’t or maybe you have heard the song many years since it was released in 1974.  Midnight at the Oasis was written by David Nichtern and sung by Maria Muldaur.  Some of were inspired by its lyrics, not to mention the song is simply beautiful.  Here are the lyrics of the song with a link at the bottom to the song itself.  Please enjoy! 

Midnight at the Oasis
Written by David Nichtern   Singer: Maria Muldaur  

Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows paintin' our faces
Traces of romance in our heads

Heaven's holdin' a half-moon
Shinin' just for us
Let's slip off to a sand dune
Real soon and kick up a little dust

Come on, Cactus is our friend
He'll point out the way
Come on, till the evenin' ends
Till the evenin' ends

You don't have to answer
There's no need to speak
I'll be your belly dancer
Prancer and you can be my sheik

I know your daddy's a sultan
A nomad known to all
With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him
Jump at his beck and call

But you won't need no harem, honey
When I'm by your side
And you won't need no camel, no no
When I take you for a ride

Come on, Cactus is our friend
He'll point out the way
Come on, till the evenin' ends
Till the evenin' ends

Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows paintin' our faces
Traces of romance in our heads

Oh, come on
Oh come on
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah

Maria Muldaur


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