Eastern Intrigue Lyrics - Initiation - Todd Rundgren

As the sun rises in the east 

As the wind blows the fog across the sea 

As the hand of man creeps across the face of the world 

Caught in a web of glamours 

Persian perfume and oriental eyes 

Yogi in knots and sufi wise 

Master sublime and swami high 

Through in some voodoo on the side 

And a dash of the old kung fu 

Lord you got me strung out on eastern intrigue 

Chapter six and verse eleven 

If you wanna get to heaven 

You've got to ask the man who owns the property 

Ya gotta dance your dance 

And do your act 

And get his big attention that's a natural born fact 

I'm on my knees, one question please 

Will the real God please stand up? 

Jesus and moses, mohammed, and sri krishna 

Steiner, gurdjief, blavatsky, and bhudda 

Guru maharaji, reverend sun myung moon 

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On the banks of the holy nile 

As the palm tree sways at the base of the sphinx 

'neath a crescent desert moon many thousands 

Younger than ours 

In fact, forget about time completely 

Think of it in the abstract please 

Think of the swaying tropic trees 

One of your many destinies 

Like having a hot peyote tea 

In the palace of fu manchu 

Lord you got me strung out on eastern intrigue 

Sell your wife and pawn your heater 

Buy the new bhagavad gita 

Do the pranayama 'til your spine gets sore 

I'll tell you for free 

'cause God told me 

We checked it with the pope and so we all agree 

I'm on my knees, one question please 

Will the real God please sit down? 

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