Opium Tea lyrics - Cold War Kids

(originally by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)

Here I sleep the morning through

'Til the wail of the call to prayer awakes me

And there is nothing at all to do

But rise and follow the day wherever it takes me

I stand at the window and I look at the sea

And I am what I am and what will be will be

I stand at the window and I look at the sea

And I make me a pot of opium tea

Down at the port I watch the boats come in

Watching the boats come in can do somethin' to ya

And the kids gather 'round with an outstretched hand

And I toss them a dirham or two

Well, I wonder if my children are thinking of me

'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be

I wonder if my kids are thinking of me

And I smile and I sip my opium tea

At night the sea lashes the red rust ramparts

In the shapes of hooded men who pass me

And the moan and the wind laughs and laughs and laughs

The strange lot that fate has cast me

The cats on the rampart sing merrily

That he is what he is and what will be will be

The cats on the rampart sing merrily

And I sit and I drink my opium tea

I'm a prisoner here, I can never go home

There is nothing here to win or lose

There are no choices need to be made at all

Not even the choice of havin' to choose

But I'm a prisoner yes, but I'm also free

'Cause I am what I am and what will be will be

I'm a prisoner here but I'm also free

And I smile and I sip my opium tea