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Dear Mother
I'm lying on a white hot blanketwishing you were herewe're a thousand miles from Cairoand it's taken us a year to get this far
Dear Mother
I've grown a beard in the last three weeksand I can't see nothing but sandyou wouldn't recognize me Motherbut I know you'd understand
Dear Motherwe spend the nights under canvasdreaming of ice cold beerand we spend the days in the desert
I miss you Mother dear
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Dear Motherwe found the Ten Commandments, Motherjust like I said we wouldbut somebody broke our compass, Motherand the water is no good
And Beau said it was sabotageso I laughed at him and said
Mother wouldn't let that happen, Beaubut Beau was dead
So I left him in the sand dunesand I struck out on my ownwith a page of hieroglyphicsand the tablets of stone
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Dear Motherthey attacked while I was sleepingdreaming of ice cold beerbut when they saw what I was carryingthey backed away in fear
They said the hand of God is upon youit is written on the wall, dear Motherthey must have thought I was Elijah or somethingwith the beard and all!
So they led me down to the catacombsthe walls were lined with bonesand a voice said he'd give me three of his wivesfor just a glimpse of the stones
Dear Mother
I said that I had lost themthey were buried in the shifting sandsbut they said if I didn't give them the tabletsthey'd cut off both of my hands, Mother
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?) dear Mother
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?) Mother
Dear Mother
I'm running out of water, Motherthe map was a fakenow I'm stuck on the Devil's anvil, Motherpayin' for Beau's mistake
I woke up in a sandstorm
I'd had a terrible dream
I'd broken the Ten Commandments, Mother
I began to scream
But something else was out therefollowing the scentand it cast the shadow of a cobraon the walls of the tent
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Dear Mother
I hadn't got a rifleor a dagger or a swordso my only other weaponas the word of the Lord
So when it wrapped itself around my bodyand it started crushing bones
I had to make a decision, Motherit was me or the stones
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Dear Mother
I'm lying on a white hot blanketwishing you were here
I'm a thousand miles from Cairoand it's taken me a year to get this farto get this far
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
Riding on Joey's camel(how did you escape?)
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