cairo, cairo - song

cairo, cairo
here i am watching the nile river flow
listen to the traffic of the city far below
think of the days we were in ancient cairo

when moses was just a tiny little babe
wrapped in cloth and in a reed basket laid
floating down the river, in the hand of god
found by pharoah's daughter, raised by a mother's love

cairo, cairo
feel in my bones the ancient joys and sorrow
from the lowly hebrew slave to the mighty pharoah
think of the days we were in ancient cairo

moses killed a man and had to run away
found a new life like the bedouin today
but the lord told moses to return to pharoah
'lead my chosen nation and let my people go'

cairo, cairo
we've seen your wonders, more than we could know
but if you wonder where we came from and how this is so
think of the days we were in ancient cairo



27 march 2007, ramses hilton, cairo