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Constantinople

Constantinople lyrics by Al Stewart. Across the western world The fights are going down The gypsy armies of the evening Have lit their fires across The nether...

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Constantinople

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Across the western world

The fights are going down

The gypsy armies of the evening

Have lit their fires across

The nether side of town

They will not pass this way again

So here in the night

Leave your home it's time for running

Out of the light

I see the hosts of Mohammed coming

The Holy Sister bars her doors against the East

Her house has stood too long divided

The uninvited guests are breaking up the feast

She may not bid them leave again

So here in the night

Leave your home it's time for running

Out of the light

I see the hosts of Mohammed coming

I dreamed I stood like this before

And I'm sure the words that I heard then

Were much the same

It's just an old Greek tragedy they're acting here

Held over by popular acclaim

So here in the night

Leave your home it's time for running

Out of the light

I see the hosts of Mohammed coming

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