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