Opium Tea

F    Dm

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Here I sleep the morning through
                                Dm
'Til the wail of the call to prayer 
awakes me
And there ain't nothing at all to do
F
 but rise and follow
                    Dm
The day wherever it takes me

F
I stand at the window and I look at 
the sea
Dm
And I am what I am, and what will be
 will be
F
I stand at the window and I look at 
the sea
Dm
And I make me a pot of opium tea

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Down at the port I watch the boats 
come in
Watch the boats come in can do 
Dm
something to you
                            F
And the kids gather around with an 
outstretched hand
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                  Dm
And I toss them a dirham or two

F
Well, I wonder if my children are 
thinking of me
Dm
Cause I am what I am, and what will 
be will be
F
I wonder if my kids are thinking of 
me
Dm
And I smile and I sip my opium tea


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At night the sea lashes the rust red
 ramparts
                          Dm
And the shapes of hooded men who 
pass me
                          F
And the moan of the wind laughs and 
laughs and laughs
                          Dm
The strange luck that fate has cast 
me


F
Well, the cats on the rampart sing 
merrily
Dm
That he is what he is and what will 
be will be
F
Yeah, the cats on the rampart sing 
merrily
Dm
And I sit and I drink of my opium 
tea


                               F
I'm a prisoner here, I can never go 
home
                           Dm
There is nothing here to win or lose
                   F
There are no choices needed to be 
made at all
Not even the choice of having to 
   Dm
choose

F
Well, I'm a prisoner here, yes, but 
I'm also free
Dm
Cause I am what I am and what will 
be will be
F
I'm a prisoner here, yeah, but I'm 
also free
Dm
And I smile and I sip my opium tea.