Amelia Fairfax (1926 - 2010) (Black Silk Sheets of Cairo) Songtext
von Manning

Hey there, pretty day-dream, will you heed the call?"
The poster on the notice board was shouting from the wall
"Can you help your country in its time of dire need?
So, come on join the O.S.S. and help us to succeed!"

Bored with all conventions
and a case of ′devil may care'
She signed the forms,
ignored the leers of the old commissionaires
Flew away to Egypt and then got herself a place
Low red lighting, double bed and a uniform of lace!

Oh! Just like a spider lures a fly
Oh! Laid down on pillows under exotic skies


Come in here, my eager boys, for you will not last long
Whispers in the black silk sheets of Cairo
Secret orders, guarantees, dispatches for the front
All left upon the black silk sheets of Cairo

Oh! She wove her magic through the night
Oh! Their pitiful yearning fueled by the cozy fire light

Come in here my little toys and rest yourselves a while
Folded in the black silk sheets of Cairo
A snip of poison also helps to take your cares away
Then wrapped within the black silk sheets of Cairo

Come in here, my eager boys, for you will not last long
Whispers in the black silk sheets of Cairo
Secret orders, guarantees, dispatches for the front
All left upon the black silk sheets of Cairo

Come in here my little toys and rest yourselves a while
Folded in the black silk sheets of Cairo
A snip of poison also helps to take your cares away
Then wrapped within the black silk sheets of Cairo