Rolander - Attracted To Foreign Shores

Den Text zu diesem Song hat mein Freund Richard Bellinghausen geschrieben, der diesen auch selber singt.

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Cinnamon, cardamom, incense and gold
Turmeric, smoky China tea – Royalty's dream
Down in Zanzibar, eighteenth century
First made a go of clove and ivory
Spice trading still runs in the family
Bought container ships for our company

Born much too late to be an explorer
Months turned to years while the Silk Road unravelled
Merchants are we, my father before me like his fathers

Now that my Age of Discovery's dawning
Ragas shall light up my Indian mornings
Eager to meet an enlightened teacher
Wisdom, devised in the East

All of the cosmos would certainly face its breakdown
If God forgot a single fanciful atom

So much in awe of Vasco da Gama
Satellites guide our passage to Chennai
Merchants are we, my father before me like his fathers

Finest embroideries, carpets, brocade
sandalwood, rubies, emeralds - Royalty's dream
I heard this call I could not ignore
Magnetically drawn to foreign shores
The Spice Islands had lust for life galore
Lean women danced, visibly adored

Now that my Age of Discovery's dawning
Ragas shall light up my Indian mornings
Eager to meet an enlightened teacher
Wisdom, devised in the East