(Maria Muldaur cover) My entry for the January 2011 CBC Challenge. Couldn't resist doing this one, although I probably wouldn't have chosen to do it otherwise. Karaoke BT with my vocals (with some special effects added...see below) :)
Story behind the song
Very special thanks to my friend/mentor/vocal coach Wayne Dwyer for his technical assistance on this one.
NOTE: Karaoke BT used with permission of Karaoke Version (http://www.karaoke-version.com/mp3-backingtrack/maria-muldaur/midnight-at-the-oasis.html)
Lyrics
MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS
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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 us 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 am by your side;
And you won't need no camel, no no,
When I take you for a ride.
Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed;
Got shadows paintin' our faces,
And traces of romance in our heads.