Lyrics
Timbuktu---words and music by Gordon McLeod copyright 2003, 2004 Verse 1 Starlight gleaming, moonlight streaming, desert sky and evening’s sweet taboo. Ancient longings, no belongings, I’ll return again to Timbuktu.
Verse 2 I remember, slow and tender, sad Mandingo queen of midnight blue. Stolen mornings, unheard warnings, I was born again in Timbuktu.
Bridge: Ah, the sweetness of my bitter tears, Wakes my heart with Deja Vu. Softly in the night her voice I hear Calling me to Timbuktu.
Verse 3 Subtle danger, to a stranger, in a foreign land of brown and blue Restless lover, took another, stole my heart away in Timbuktu.
Instrumental interlude over verse chords
Bridge: Ah, the sweetness of my bitter tears, Wakes my heart with Deja Vu. Softly in the night her voice I hear Calling me to Timbuktu
Verse 4 Starlight gleaming, moonlight streaming, desert sky and evening’s sweet taboo. Ancient longings, no belongings, I’ll return again to Timbuktu.