Egypt I saw you on the television I saw your name written on a wall I saw your picture in a magazine Egypt can I ask you to lend me your blue skies And your greens verging on tenderness I don't know you very well but I really like you CHORUS Egypt I'm a gonna see you soon I'm a gonna walk on your firm shores Egypt won't you hold me like I held a map of you I learnt your location from a travel brochure Egypt I need your sophisticated silence Repeat CHORUS Egypt won't you hold me in you desert sounds In your tanks and your sand - your interesting stones