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I wouldn t normally be one to belt out psychedelic rock music, but I guess singing it took me to a comfortable place when everything else seemed so crazy.</p><br> <p>For all the times I sang The Nile Song it would be rude not to include Roger Water s lyrics on my site. In 1969 when David Gilmour played guitar and sang for the <i>Soundtrack from the Film and More</i> recording, he wouldn t have thought it would be <a href="../niletrip/aboutnile.html">sung to crocodiles on the Nile 36 years later</a>. Enjoy, I did!</p> <br><br> <h2>The Nile Song Lyrics</h2> <br> <p>I was standing by the Nile</p> <p>When I saw the lady smile</p> <p>I would take her out for a while</p> <p>For a while</p> <br> <p>Oh, my tears wept like a child</p> <p>How her golden hair was blowing wild</p> <p>Then she spread her wings to fly</p> <p>For to fly</p> <br> <p>Soaring high above the breezes</p> <p>Going always where she pleases</p> <p>She will make it to the islands in the sun</p> <br> <p>I will follow in her shadow</p> <p>As I watch her from my window</p> <p>One day I will catch her eye</p> <br> <p>She is calling from the deep</p> <p>Summoning my soul to endless sleep</p> <p>She is bound to drag me down</p> <p>Drag me down</p> <br> <img src="art/The-Nile-Song-Lyrics-Single-Pink-Floyd.jpg" title="The Nile Song Lyrics single" alt="The Nile Song Single Cover"/><br><br> <a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Check out the lyrics for Pink Floyd's The Nile Song MarkTanner.com, world-first Nile paddler" target="_blank"><img src="art/twitter-icon.png" alt="Tweet it" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://marktanner.com/the-nile-song-lyrics-pink-floyd.html" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank"><img src="art/facebook-icon.png" alt="Share on Facebook" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://marktanner.com/the-nile-song-lyrics-pink-floyd.html" target="_blank"><img src="art/delicious-icon.png" alt="delicious" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://marktanner.com/the-nile-song-lyrics-pink-floyd.html" target="_blank"><img src="art/stumble-upon-icon.png" border="0" alt="Stumble Upon" hspace="3" /></a> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=www.marktanner.com&title=Mark%20Tanner:%20Adventurer,%20Writer%20and%20Amateur%20Beatboxer&source=http://marktanner.com+&summary=World-first%20Nile%20paddler,%20Viking%20treasure%20hunter,%20midwinter%20Canada%20cyclist%20and%20current%20China%20resident" target="_blank"><img src="art/linked-in-icon.png" alt="Linked In" hspace="3" border="0" /></a> <br><br> <p>Now you ve got The Nile Song lyrics, if you re interested in the <a href="../niletrip/aboutnile.html">River Nile adventure, click here& </a></p><br> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fmarktanner.com&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=70&action=like&font=verdana&colorscheme=light&height=30" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:250px; height:30px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> </div></div> <div id="Footer"><a href="http://marktanner.com">Home</a> | <a href="../myself.htm">Myself</a> | <a href="../travels.php">Travels</a> | <a href="../curios.htm">Curios</a> | <a href="../site-map.php">Site Map</a> | <a href="../contact.htm">Contact</a> <a href="http://www.apollohosting.com/green-certified/marktanner.com" target="_new"><img src="art/wind-energy.png" alt="hosted by wind energy" border="0" width="109" height="64"/></a> </div></div> </div> </div> <div id="social"> <div id="insidesocial"> <g:plusone annotation="none"></g:plusone><br> </div><div id="insidesocial"> <iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fmarktanner.com&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=24&action=like&font=verdana&colorscheme=light&height=30" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:24px; height:30px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe><img src="../art/facebook-edge.png" /> </div><div id="insidesocial"> <a href="https://twitter.com/share" data-via="Tannernz" data-count="none"><img src="../art/tweet-button.png" alt="tweet this page" border="0" /> </a> <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");</script> </div><div id="insidesocial"> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit" onclick="window.location = 'http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location); return false"> <img src="../art/reddit.png" alt="submit to reddit" border="0" /> </a> </div></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var MenuBar1 = new Spry.Widget.MenuBar("MarkMenu", {imgDown:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarDownHover.gif", imgRight:"SpryAssets/SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif"}); </script> </body> </html>