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Zanya (acoustic version)

from Ignition: Arson Anthems by Manko

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The legendary Suhaila Salimpour asked me to do a version of this for the remix album I did for her, and not speaking any Arabic I wrote my own lyrics to the traditional Egyptian (?) melody. A triphop version came out on the Bal Anat Remixed cd, but this is a stripped-down version I did acoustic with Dance Afire's Bronwen dancing on a webcast from the Soundry.

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Lovely lady, light of my heart, tell me where you'll dance tonight (x2)
Will those sweet lips be smiling? Those hands and hips beguiling?
That burning heart I silently adore that sends you
Turning like a dervish 'cross the floor
Will those dark eyes look up and notice me
Wondering if you're too beautiful to be
The cure to all I endure
The one thing sure is wanting more
So tell me where, anywhere, I don't care, I'll be there
Tell me where you'll dance tonight

Lovely lady, light of my heart, tell me will you dream tonight? (x2)
What secrets you'll uncover lying beside your lover
And if I dream you know I'll dream of you
My dream so real, too perfect to be true
Oh, brave new world, with visions such as these
Beyond my reach like the spinning galaxies
No chance, or so it may seem
But you must dance and I must dream
So spin away, turn away, dream away, dance away
Meet me in a dream tonight.

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from Ignition: Arson Anthems, track released March 23, 2014

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