I Sold The Arabs The Moon Lyrics - The Palace Guards - David Lowery

And I was the man who sold the Arabs the moon 

The Emirate Princes, their hands manicured 

Their servants with luggage, they followed behind 

The African concubines, regal and tall 

And I was the man who sold the Arabs the moon 

They festooned their flags with crescent moons 

And I was the man who sold the English the sea 

They wanted the afternoon breezes it bore 

The sweet smell of spices from over the sea 

The afternoon showers it brought during tea 

And I was the man who sold the English the sea 

I cowered before great battleship guns 

And I was the man who sold the Yankees the sky 

The black of the night and the blue of the day 

The endless horizon of hope and desire 

And I was the man who sold the Yankees the sky, 

The English the Sea 

The Arabs the moon