Year: 1974 - Album: Maria Muldaur
Written by David Nichtern
Dm7 G7 C7/9 Am7 Midnight at the o - a - sis -- Dm7 G7 C7/9 Bb9 Send your camel to bed Dm7 G7 C7/9 Shadows paintin' our fa -ces, F7 Bb9 Em7 G/B A7 Tra - ces of romance in our heads. Dm7 G7 C7/9 Am7 Heaven's holdin' a half-moon Dm7 G7 C7/9 Bb9 Shinin' just for us; Dm7 G7 C7/9 F7 Bb9 Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon Em7 G/B A7 And kick up a little dust.Dm7 G7 C7/9 Am7 You don't have to an - swer -- Dm7 G7 C7/9 Bb9 There's no need to speak Dm7 G7 C7/9 F7 Bb9 I'll be your belly dan - cer, pran - cer, Em7 G/B A7 And you can be my sheik. (Instrumental Interlude - 1 Verse & 1 Refrain) Dm7 G7 C7/9 Am7 I know your Daddy's a sul -tan, Dm7 G7 C7/9 Bb9 A nomad known to all, Dm7 G7 C7/9 F7 Bb9 With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him, Em7 G/B A7 Jump at his beck and call. Dm7 G7 C7/9 Am7 But you won't need no harem, honey, Dm7 G7 C7/9 Bb9 When I am by your side; Dm7 G7 C7/9 F7 Bb9 And you won't need no cam - el, no no, Em7 G/B A7 When I take you for a ride. Repeat Refrain: Dm7 G7 C7/9 Am7 Midnight at the o - a - sis -- Dm7 G7 C7/9 Bb9 Send your camel to bed; Dm7 G7 C7/9 Got shadows paintin' our fa - ces, F7 Bb9 Em7 G/B A7 And tra - ces of romance in our heads.Cm7 F7 G#7 Gm7 Come on, Cactus is our friend; Cm7 F7 G#7 Gm7 He'll point us out the way. Cm7 F7 G#7 Gm7 Come on, till the evenin' ends, C7/9 Bb9 Dm7 Till the evenin' ends.