DEXTER RELOADED - THE OKE KARAOKE

MUSIC - Night In Cairo

This is a song about wanting something you can't have. I've always wanted to go to Egypt and see the pyramids and realise that it most likely will never happen so that became the way to express what the person in the song is feeling. It was co written by Steve Mapstone who came up with the bass line. I wrote the lyrics and recorded it at The Lost Note Studio around 1994. The guitar (since stolen) is a Hondo Strat with Jackson stacked humbucker pickups, the bass guitar was Richard Stillwells Vester P-Style, Kawai PH50 keyboard for the strings. Recorded at The Lost Note Studio 1994. Gear used : Fostex x26 4 track, Alesis III Midiverb, Kawai PH50 Keyboard, Kawai R100 Drum Machine, Shure SM58 mic for vocals, keyboards, drum machine and vocals were recorded through a Sansamp Original and Akai Studio Compressor.

Lyrics:

Night In Cairo

I was talking to the pharaoh
He said you don't have to go
No one is making you do so
On a night in Cairo

Delta man said stay awhile
These pyramids can make you smile
Stay a while check out the Nile
On a night in Cairo

But keep your feet on the black land sand
Don't get lost in the temple man
Watch out for the mummies hand

Pharaoh took me to his side
He said you don't have to hide
Took me on a camel ride
Late at night in Cairo

Pharaoh took me to his tomb
And he took me in a room
He said I'll be back real soon
On a night in Cairo

But keep your feet on the black land sand
Don't get lost in the temple man
Watch out for the mummies hand