In a camel's eye far in a distant land
The sun comes up on sands of endless deserts
See tomorrow run by hand in hand with yesterday

Where once the time hung still forever
In the wink of an eye the veils are drawn
And shadows hurry away

And the world goes to Riyadh, today
See the light of the moon on the dunes
You almost feel the ghost of Lawrence riding by them

See the infidel run as the sabres flash,
The desert tribes come with the sun behind them
At the turn of a page see the moving finger

Writing new worsd to say
And the world goes to Riyadh, today
You can never be sure what the dawn will bring

So just be careful how you choose your friends now
Every turn in the night of the wheel of fortune
Changes everything, don't loose your head now

Like a storm on the ocean, empires wax and wane
And crumble away
And the world goes to Riyadh, today