Sword of the East - Hawkwind

A starless night

Older than death

The sand dunes of life

Hold their breath

My eyes are closed

Dreaming for you

The holy wars

Time will subdue

Hot desert winds

Never cease

Forgive their sins

Sword of the East

Your swords of steel

Have turned to guns

Your desert steed

Has been outrun

And now you hide

Under the night

To wait for dawn

To continue the fight

Hot desert winds

Never cease

Forgive their sins

Sword of the East

Hot desert winds

Never cease

Forgive their sins

Sword of the East

Gather up the fallen!

The children you bear

Are born into war

Their eyes of despair

Your generals ignore

So now you dream

Of mysterious lands

Warm blood of the past

Still flows in the sand

Hot desert winds

Never cease

Forgive their sins

Sword of the East