Joey's Camel Lyrics - Godley And Creme

Dear Mother 

I'm lying on a white hot blanket 

wishing you were here 

we're a thousand miles from Cairo 

and it's taken us a year to get this far 

Dear Mother 

I've grown a beard in the last three weeks 

and I can't see nothing but sand 

you wouldn't recognize me Mother 

but I know you'd understand 

Dear Mother 

we spend the nights under canvas 

dreaming of ice cold beer 

and 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 Mother 

we found the Ten Commandments, Mother 

just like I said we would 

but somebody broke our compass, Mother 

and the water is no good 

And Beau said it was sabotage 

so I laughed at him and said 

Mother wouldn't let that happen, Beau 

but Beau was dead 

So I left him in the sand dunes 

and I struck out on my own 

with a page of hieroglyphics 

and the tablets of stone 

Riding on Joey's camel 

(how did you escape?) 

Riding on Joey's camel 

(how did you escape?) 

Dear Mother 

they attacked while I was sleeping 

dreaming of ice cold beer 

but when they saw what I was carrying 

they backed away in fear 

They said the hand of God is upon you 

it is written on the wall, dear Mother 

they must have thought I was Elijah or something 

with the beard and all! 

So they led me down to the catacombs 

the walls were lined with bones 

and a voice said he'd give me three of his wives 

for just a glimpse of the stones 

Dear Mother 

I said that I had lost them 

they were buried in the shifting sands 

but they said if I didn't give them the tablets 

they'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, Mother 

the map was a fake 

now I'm stuck on the Devil's anvil, Mother 

payin' 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 there 

following the scent 

and it cast the shadow of a cobra 

on 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 rifle 

or a dagger or a sword 

so my only other weapon 

as the word of the Lord 

So when it wrapped itself around my body 

and it started crushing bones 

I had to make a decision, Mother 

it 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 blanket 

wishing you were here 

I'm a thousand miles from Cairo 

and it's taken me a year to get this far 

to get this far 

Riding on Joey's camel 

(how did you escape?) 

Riding on Joey's camel 

(how did you escape?)