Goodnight Dar Es Salaam

The ships roll in to Dar Es Salaam

Rain's been coming down all day long

There's water in the street

Women in long dresses stepping over it clean

In this hotel room, my laptop burns blue

Cold room service, more work to do

I'm watching the city end the day

Wishing that ancient ocean would take me away

So goodnight, Dar Es Salaam, rest easy

With your cashews and your cardamom coffee

You're beautiful

But you're not home to me

My baby's all the way across the sea

Goodnight Dar Es Salaam

There was a time when all that I could do was run

From a place too small to hold

What I needed to become

I put the miles down, climbed the ladder

Nearly sold my soul

Now I've gone about as far as I want to go

So goodnight, Dar Es Salaam, rest easy

With your cashews and your cardamom coffee

Oh, you're beautiful, but you're not home to me

Oh, goodnight, Dar Es Salaam, rest easy

With your cashews and your cardamom coffee

Oh, you're beautiful

But you're not home to me

My baby's all the way across the sea

Goodnight, Dar-Salaam