Been and seen down flight from chicago 
All aboard the African Queen 
I am on a night boat down to cairo 

Feeling like a tourist with a foreign man abroad 
Tells it like he thinks it is, but I know he is fraud 
There is a map tucked under his shoulder 
and a cap perched on his head 
If he looked any older, he might as well be dead 

Dressed in army surplus the files around me swarm 
On a mission without a purpose, I wish I'd never been born 

By the light of a pale moon - Tutankhamen 
Half past high noon - Tutankhamen 

Put you in the picture - 1884 
I'm up to date on the literature 
but I have never been here before 

There is a black boy on the corner trailing me behind 
Stalking like a vulture money on his mind 
In the shadow of the giant sphinx the archeological tale 
Before the eastern sun sinks I'll be learning braille 

By the light of a pale moon - Tutankhamen 
Half past high noon - Tutankhamen 
They are playing our tune - Tutankhamen 
Half past high noon - Tutankhamen 

By the light of a, light of a pale moon - Tutankhamen 
Half past high noon - Tutankhamen 
By the light of a pale moon - Tutankhamen 
Half past high noon - Tutankhamen