Christmas camel — Procol Harum
(descending piano glissando) piano arr. for guitar [2x: band enters 2nd time]:
v v v v v v v v
Verse
My Amazon six-triggered bride Now searching for a place to hide Still sees truth quite easily Shrouds all else in mystery While madmen in top hats and tails Impale themselves on six inch nails And some Arabian also-ran Impersonates a watering can
Repeat Intro W/Full Band After Each Verse
Verse
Some Santa Claus-like face of note Entreats my ears to set afloat My feeble, sick, and weary brain And I am overcome with shame And hide inside my overcoat And hurriedly begin to quote And some Arabian sheik most grand Impersonates a hot dog stand
Instrumental break: (guitar solo over verse chords)
Verse
Red Cross ambulance outside Could only mean that I must hide 'Til dusk and finally the night When I will make a hasty flight Across the sea and far away To where the weary exiles stay And some Arabian oil well Impersonates a padded cell
Coda: And some Arabian oil well Impersonates a padded cell