THE LEGEND OF XANADU
(Howard / Blaikley)
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, & Tich - 1968 


You'll hear my voice, on the wind, 'cross the sand 
If you should return, to that black barren land 
That bears the name of Xanadu 

Cursed without hope, was the love that I sought 
Lost from the start, was the duel 
That was s'possed to win her heart in Xanadu 

And the footprints leave no traces 
Only shadows move in places where we used to go 
And the buildings open to the sky 
All echo in the vultures cry as if to show 
Our love was for a day 
Then doomed to pass away 
In Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu 

In Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu 

What was it to you that a man laid down his life for your love 
Were those clear eyes of yours ever filled with the pain and the 
tears and the grief 
Did you ever give your self to any one man in this whole wide world 
Or did you love me and will you find your way back one day to Xanadu 

You'll hear my voice, on the wind, 'cross the sand 
If you should return, to that black barren land that bears the name 
of Xanadu 

Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu, in Xanadu