Night Boat To Cairo

Album: One Step Beyond... (1979)
Charted: 6
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  • It's just gone noon, half-past monsoon
    On the banks of the river Nile
    Here comes the boat only half-afloat
    Oarsman grins a toothless smile
    Only just one more to this desolate shore
    Last boat along the river Nile
    Doesn't seem to care, no more wind in his hair
    As he reaches his last half mile
    The oar snaps in his hand before he reaches dry land
    But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
    Just pokes at wet sand with an oar in his hand
    Floats off down the river Nile
    Floats off down the river Nile

    (All aboard, night boat to Cairo!)

    (Night boat to Cairo!) Writer/s: CATHAL JOSEPH SMYTH, CHRISTOPHER JOHN FOREMAN, DANIEL MARK WOODGATE, GRAHAM MCPHERSON, LEE JAY THOMPSON, MARK WILLIAM BEDFORD, MICHAEL BARSON
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Edward Pearce from Ashford, Kent, EnglandMy favorite Madness track. It a combination of ska rhythms, North African music, and a John Barry film score.
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