Maps Of The World Lyrics - John Cale

May I help you, Sir? 

Yes, I'd like to buy a map, please 

What kind of map? 

As up-to-date as possible 

I'm thinking of doing a bit of traveling 

And I need the latest world atlas 

I'm sorry but we may be in a bit of trouble there 

All the maps are changing so rapidly 

It's difficult to follow these days 

Since the East has returned to the dance floor 

Yes, I sense a loss of azimuth here 

A falling off the edge of the world as we know it 

A scattering of temples, a wish for a more modern Cairo 

A more divisive equator, a more beautiful sunset 

A bluer sky, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow 

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I'm leaving for home, leaving for home tonight 

Gabon, Zaire, Congo, Rwanda 

I'm leaving for home, leaving for home tonight 

Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Tanzania 

The world changes partners to dance 

Poor Libya, so misunderstood 

The mighty Zambezi, the windblown Kalahari 

A wish for a more electronic mailbox 

A more African nightmare, a more vigorous Burundi 

Mozambique Electronique, the armies of Namibia 

Angola, who is your Cuba now? 

Changed partners, the world wants to dance 

I'm leaving for home, leaving for home tonight 

Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Togo 

I'm leaving for home, leaving for home tonight 

Tothigua, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Western Sahara 

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The maidens of Morocco, Burkina Faso, the riches of Liberia 

A stranger symbolism, a sand-storm of antiquities 

A more beautiful sunset, a sparser continent, a bluer sky 

A more disturbing rhythm, an angrier drum-beat 

I'm leaving for home, leaving for home tonight 

Estonia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Nashville 

Changed partners again, changed partners just for the night 

Ankara, Enseno and Madrid, Twin Cities, Reno 

I'm leaving for home, leaving for home tonight 

Inuit, Rome, Vancouver 

Changed partners again, changed partners just for the night 

Afghanistan, Sardinia, Peru 

Changed partners again, changed partners just for the night 

Columbia, Argentina, France, Syria, Catalan, Oslo