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Yet another love song.

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I found myself in Rostock to protest the G8
That was good but there's something else that I'd commemorate
It started with a text message I got on my cell phone
Eating in the Hotel Troika, sitting all alone
I had just bought the SIM card only the day before
Stuck it on my website and now I knew what for
The words upon my screen asked are you coming to Berlin
No I said but come meet me here at the town I'm in

She said her name was Rosa and the next thing that I knew
She said go down to the Hauptbanhof, I'll be there in a few
It was roll the dice, jump on in and see what happens next
Answering a smoke signal or a random text
I went down to the station to pick up my blind date
And I was suddenly transported to Damascus Gate
She had a denim jacket and a studded leather belt
My knees began to buckle, my heart began to melt

She was a Syrian princess (3x)
The princess of Syria

I asked her are you hungry, would you like to have a meal
She said it's almost midnight and that's not the way I feel
Then do you wanna come with me back to my hotel
She didn't skip a beat, she just said that'd be swell
When we got there we spoke, tried to be understood
I don't speak Arabic or German and her English wasn't good
She started looking bored, I asked is it time for sleep
She said ya, let's count some sheep

Chorus

We brushed our teeth together, I wondered what was going on
In those hours after midnight, just before the dawn
It was right around that time that someone called her on her phone
And it was then that I heard her ring tone
It was a song that I recorded in 1999
I felt a bit embarrassed, but mostly I felt fine
We walked into the bedroom, she took off her shoes
Then she asked me is there something I can do

Chorus

We had breakfast together, then she said fare thee well
I wondered if I'd see her again, couldn't really tell
She went back to her home, I went back to mine
But I'm still looking at my cell phone, waiting for a sign
When I'm alone in a hotel room I wonder if it might
Be a day to turn out like things did on that night
Good times have happened since but I take off my hat
'Cause I've never had another night like that

Chorus

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from Meanwhile In Afghanistan (double album), released January 5, 2015

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David Rovics Portland, Oregon

Singer/songwriter, writer, podcaster (on Spotify, Substack & Patreon), anarchist, dad, lover of life.

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