Paroles:
Istanbul

Venezia mi ricorda istintivamente Istanbul stessi palazzi addosso al mare rossi tramonti che si perdono nel nulla. D' Annunzio monto a cavallo con fanatismo

a roll top desk the monkey rode the blade on an overhead fan they paint the donkey blue if you pay I got a telephone call from Istanbul my baby's coming

first stop on this whirl-wind cavelcade. The exotic Middle East! The medieval Turkey of a patoon!" Here we go, Girls! OW!" Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul

Music and lyric by Loreena McKennitt See there, past that far-off hill A tower held in the sky Hear there, in that dark blue night The music calling

Once in a night I spent in Istanbul I had a dream of a forbidden world Where even angels Fear to look upon A place where all of love is doomed to die

back to Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks' Istanbul!! Istanbul

Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks Istanbul, Istanbul Istanbul, Istanbul

Ringrazio il signore Padrone dell' Universo Misericordioso e compassionevole Onnipotente Nel giorno del giudizio A te Rivolgiamo la nostra preghiera

(Music and lyric by Loreena McKennitt) See there, past that far-off hill A tower held in the sky Hear there, in that dark blue night The music calling