Midnight at the oasis,
Send your camel to bed.
Shadows paintin' our faces,
Traces of romance in our heads.
Heaven's holdin' a half-moon,
Shinin' just for us.
Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon,
And kick up a little dust.

Come on, Cactus is our friend,
He'll point out the way.
Come on, till the evenin' ends,
Till the evenin' ends.
You don't have to answer,
There's no need to speak.
I'll be your belly dancer, prancer,
And you can be my sheik.

Instrumental break.

I know your daddy's a sultan,
A nomad known to all.
With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him,
Jump at his beck and call.
But you won't need no harem, honey,
When I'm by your side.
And you won't need no camel, no no,
When I take you for a ride.

Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/uOl2Come on, Cactus is our friend,
He'll point out the way.
Come on, till the evenin' ends,
Till the evenin' ends.
Midnight at the oasis,
Send your camel to bed.
Got shadows paintin' our faces,
And traces of romance in our heads.

Oh, c'mon-on.
Oh, c'mon.
Ooo-whoo, yeah.
Fade.
Yeah.

MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS
Written by: David Nichtern-1974
Performed by: Maria Muldaur1-1974
Appears on: Maria Muldaur-1974, After Dusk-1986*, Singers & Songwriters:
40 Hits-1990*, Sounds of the Seventies (1974)-1990*2, Soul Nights-1994*,
Best of the '70s: Love (1974)-1997*, Pop Divas-2004*, Soft Rock-2008*,
et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)

1Covered by:Baaska & Scavelli, The Brand New Heavies, Percy Faith, Freddie
Hubbard, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, David Nichtern, Reneé Olstead, Pleasure, Helen
Shapiro, Sun City Girls, Martin Taylor, Kim Waters, Leanne Weatherly, Laura
Werth, et al.

2Transcribed from the track on this album.