maps of the world

Singer:cale, john

may i help you

sir?

yes

i'd like to buy a map

please

what kind of map?

as up-to-date as possible

i'm thinking of doing a bit of travelling and i need the latest world atlas

i'm sorry but we may be in a bit of trouble there

all the maps are changing so rapidly it's difficult to follow these days since the east has returned to the dance floor

yes

i sense a loss of azimuth here

a falling off the edge of the world as we know it

a scattering of temples

a wish for a more modern cairo

a more divisive equator

a more beautiful sunset

a bluer sky

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

i'm leaving for home

leaving for home tonight. gabon

zaire

congo

rwanda

i'm leaving for home

leaving for home tonight. zimbabwe

botswana

lesotho

tanzania

the world changes partners to dance. poor libya

so misunderstood

the mighty zambezi

the windblown kalahari

a wish for a more electronic mailbox

a more african nightmare

a more vigorous burundi

mozambique electronique

the armies of namibia

angola

who is your cuba now? changed partners

the world wants to dance

i'm leaving for home

leaving for home tonight

somalia

equatorial guinea

cameroon

togo

i'm leaving for home

leaving for home tonight

tothigua

sierra leone

senegal

western sahara

the maidens of morocco

burkina faso the riches of liberia

a stranger symbolism

a sand-storm of antiquities

a more beautiful sunset

a sparser continent

a bluer sky

a more disturbing rhythm

an angrier drum-beat

i'm leaving for home

leaving for home tonight. estonia

latvia

kazakhstan

nashville

changed partners again

changed partners just for the night

ankara

enseno and madrid

twin cities

reno

i'm leaving for home

leaving for home tonight. inuit

rome

vancouver

changed partners again

changed partners just for the night. afghanistan

sardinia

peru

changed partners again

changed partners just for the night

columbia

argentina

france

syria

catalan

oslo

Lyric Context: maps of the world - cale, john